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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 82-25 - Electrical Installationco CD 0 a Q 3'71 ^/ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING Aa ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING ELECTRICAL INSTALL- ATION AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR ALL CLASSES OF ELECTRICAL WORK IN THE C11Y OF GEORGETOWN AND AREAS ADJACENT TO THE CITY RECEIVING CITY ELECTRICAL SERViCES; ESTABLISHING DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY ELECTRICAL INSPECTOP-, CREATING THE CITY BOARD OF ELEC- TRICAL EXAMINERS TO EXAMINE AND CERTIFY QUALIFICA 10.NS OF PERSONS APPLYING FOR ELECTRICAL. CONTRACTCR, MASTER ELECTRICIAN, JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN LICENSES AND TO HEAR APPEALS FROM DECISIONS OF THE CITY ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR; PRO- VIDING TOR RECIPROCAL. RECOGNITION OF AN ELECTRICIAN'S QUALIFICATIONS WHEN LICENSED BY OTHER TEXAS CITIES; ESTABLISHING REQUIREMENTSI FOR PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS OF ELECTRICAL WORK; SETTING TECHNICAL STAN - ARDS BY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE 'THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1981 EDITION, THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL SAFETY CODE AND ESTABLISHING MORE STRINGENT STANDARDS FOR SOME CLASSES OF WORK; ESTABLISHING FEES FOR EXAMINATION, LICENSES AND PERMITS: AND PROVIDING FOR PENALITIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ORDINANCE. WHEREAS, the City of Georgetown did duly pass and approve the above captioned ordinance on the 13th day of March, 1979; and WHEREAS, the above captioned ordinance is in need of amendment; Now therefore BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Georgetown, that: 1. Section 56, Para b(1) is hereby am:nded to read as follows: b.(1) Such electrician shall submit evidence satisfactory to the building department of the City of Georgetown, Texas, that his electrician's license or certificate of registration was issued by and from another city within the State of Texas, and that such electrician presently and properly holds a currently valid electrician's license or certificate of registration from and by such city, and further, that the clty which issued said electrician's license or certificate of registration does and is, as an act of mutual reciprocity, under said other cities' ordinances, honor and accept elec- tricians' licenses or certificates of registration issued by the City of Georgetown, Texas, and does permit, and is per- mitting, such electricians licensed or certificated by the City of Georgetown, Texas, to apply for and obtain similar electricians' licenses or certificates of registration and in fact, does perform electrician' work within the city limits of said ether city of the State of Texas. The City of Georgetown will not accept a reciprocal license that would have recipro- cated to that City, and must have been licensed with that City for a pericd of one (1) year. 2. Section 72, Para (a) and (c) is•.hereby amended to read -as follows: (a) No person shall commence the erection, construction, alteration or change of any electrical installation, machinery, apparatus, work or wiring in the city until a permit has been issued by the city building department covering each installation to be made. When a service of one hundred ten (110) amperes demand or more is required, a wiring diagram showing feeder details may be required and approved by the city building department before a permit will be granted. (c) It shall be unlawful for the city electrical department to do any wiring of any nature in or on any building, except power houses and substations of electric light, heat and pow:r companies opera- ting under a franchise granted by the city, for which a permit has not been issued, or to make any electrical connections to any building or electrical wiring or apparatus until a certificate of inspection or written statement authorizing connect?on has been issued by the city building department. All persons operating under a regular franchise granted by the city, shall upon written notice by the city building department, disconnect any circuit, main service wires, branch feeder wires, or distribution system. as designated by such notice; and shall not reconnect such Installa- tion except upon written permission from the city building department> M-2 3'72 3. Section 98 is hereby amended to read as follows: In the installation, construction, erection, repair and maintenance of all electrical wiring and apparatus, the rules and the requirements of the National Electrical Code, 1981 Edition, as published by the Nat- ional Fire Protection Association and the National Electrical Safety Code as approved by the American Standards Association in force and effect at this time together with such requirements and rules as are provided herein, shall be complied with and become a part of this Code. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this ordinance and the National Electrical Code, the provisions of this ordinance shall prevail and govern. 4. Section 102 is hereby amended to read as follows: Whereas service mast is used, rigid metal conduit or intermediate conduit will be required and the minimum size will be 2 (two) inch. 5. Section 103 - 104 Reserved 6. Section 116, Para (b) is hereby amended to read as follows: (b) Small appliance branch circuits are limited to the following receptacle outlets: Kitchen (refrigerator) ciruit #1 - 2 outlets Additional kitchen circuit(s) - 4 outlets All other smi11 appliance circuits serving pantry, breakfast room, dining room and all food preparation areas. - 4 outlets All general lighting circuit s! -10 outle.te READ, PASSED AND APPROVED thls — clay of OG/ , '1982, r.pon first reaJirig and PASSED AND APPROVED this �eday of 6a,�r , 1982 upon second reading. %,t,.L- c- � . ,21a., Jc4in C. Doerfler, Mayor P'iTEST; a Jim Colbert, City Secretary APPROVED BY: Joe B. McMaster, City Attorney