HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 751ORDINANCE # 751
AN ORDINANCE ADOFTING BY REFERENCE THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE,
1962 EDITION; REGULATING THE INSTALLATIOK, ALTERATION OR ADDITION OF
ELECTRICAL WIRING, DEVICES, APPLIANCES, OR EQUIPMENT IN THE CITY OF ,
~DI; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES
THEREFOR; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; AND REPEALING
SECTION 9.1 AND 9.2 OF THE DDI CITY CODE; RENUMBERING SECTIONS g03
TO 9016 OF THE LODI CITY CODE; AND AMENDING RENUMBERED SECTIONS 9031,
9.32, 9.33, AND 9.35.
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LODI DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLDWS:
SECTION 1.
repealed and there is hetreby enacted and adopted in their place and
stead Sections 9.1 to 9.20 to read as hereinafter set forth in
Sections 2 to 20.
SECTION 2.
Sections 9.1 and 9.2 of the Lodi City Code are hereby
Compliance kiaving been made with Government Code Sections
5OQ22.1, et seq., the National Electric Code, 1962 Edition, is hereby
adopted by reference.
SECTION 3.
enforce the provisions of this Ordinance. He shall, upon application,
grant permits for the in!stallation or alteration of electrical wiring,
devices, appliances and /equipment, and shall make inspections of all
new electrical installatlions as provided in this Ordinance.
keep complete records ~fl all permits issued, inspections and reinspections
made and other official hork performed in accordance with the provisions
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SECTION 4.
of his assistants, to erigage in the business, within the area under his
jurisdiction, of the saSe, installation or maintenance of electrical
wiring, devices, appliakes or equipment, either directly or indirectly,
It shall be the duty of the Chief Building Inspector to
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He shall
It shall be hnlawful for the Chief Building Inspector, or any
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and they shall have no financial interest in any concern engaged in such
business while holding duch office as herein provided for. I
SKXION 5.
hours, to enter any building in the discharge of his official duties, or for
the purpose of making any inspection, reinspection, or test of the installa-
tion of electric wiring, devices, appliances and equipment contained therein,
except that the inspector is not empowered to enter any dwelling while the
same is occupied as a dwelling, without the consent of the occupant thereof,
The Chief Building Inspector shall have the authority to cut or disconnect
any wire in cases of emergency where necessary for safety to life or property,
or where such vhre may interfere with the work of the Fire Department.
Chief Building Inspector is1 hereby authorized to disconnect or order discon-
tinuance of electrical service to any electrical wiring, devices, appliances
or equipment found to be dangerous to life or property because they axe
The Chief Building Inspector shall have the right, during reasonable
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defective or defectively in'stalled until such wiring, devices, appliances and
equipment and their installation have been made safe and approved by said
Chief Building Inspector.
The Chief Building Inspector shall have the right to viithhold clearing
an electrical installation for hook-up by the service agency if the owner or
contractor fails to comply With this Ordinance.
SECTION 6.
duties to any of his assidants or subordinates.
SBJTION 7. A. No electrical wiring, devices, appliances or equipment shall
be installed within or on any building, structure 'or premises, nor shall any
The Chief Building Inspector may delegate any of his powers or
alteration or addition be made in any such existing wiring, devices, appli-
ances or equipment without first securing a permit therefor from the Chief
Building Inspector, exceptq
1. No permit shall be required for the replacement of lamps or the
connection of $ortable appliances to suitable receptacles which
have been permanently installed,
No permit shalf be required for the installation, alteration or
repair of wiring, devices, appliances or equipment for the
operation of s'gnals or the transmission of intelligence (not
such wiring, devices, appliances or equipment operate at a voltage
not exceeding 25 volts between conductors and do not include
generating or transforming.
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including the 9 ontrol of lighting or appliance circuits) where I
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3. No permit shall be required for the installation, alteration or
repair of electrical wiring, devices, appliances and equipment
installed by or for a public service corporation for the use of
such a corporatioh in the generation, transmission, distribution
or metering of electrical energy, or for the use of such a corpor-
ation in the openation of signals or the transmission of intelligence.
4. No permit shall be required for the installation of temporary
wiring for testing electrical apparatus or equipment.
B. Application for such permit, describing the work to be done,
shall be made in writing to the Chief Building Inspector by the person, firm,
or corporation installing the work. The application shall be accompanied by
such plans, specifications and schedules as may be necessary to determine
whether the installation as described will be in conformity with the require-
ments of this Ordinance. If it shall be found that the installation as
described will, in general, conform with the requirements of this Ordinance,
.and if the applicant has complied with all provisions of this Ordinance, a
permit for such installatiion shall be issued; PROVIDED, EOWEVER, that the
issuance of the permit shall not be taken as permission to violate any of
the requirements of this Ordinance.
The permit when issued shall be for such installation as is C.
described in the applicati'on and no deviation shall be made from the installa-
tion so described without the written approval of the Chief Building Inspector.
any one
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D. The Chief Building Inspector may suspend or revoke any permit for
of the following $easons:
I If any reasons exist which would have been cause for denial of the permit.
Any material misdepresentation or falsity in the application upon
which the permit was issued.
When any person other than the permittee has been allowed to use
the permit in coqnection with the performance of any act or work
of the kind authorized by the permit, for the purpose of avoiding
compliance with dny provisions of this Ordinance.
The person to whom the permit was issued shall be notified of the charges,
corrections or reinstalladions necessary to make the work done under the
permit comply with all provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 8,
a yearly permit may, upon application thereior, be issued to any person, firm
In lieu of an individual permit for each installation or alteration,
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or corporation reguJarly employing one or-more electricians for the installa-
tion and maintenance of electric wiring, devices, appliances and equipment on
premises owned or occupied by the applicant for the permit, except new con-
struction of major proportions, or wiring installations in additions to present
buildings, in which case plans shall be submitted and work performed by a
registered electrical contractor. The application for such yearly permit
shall be made in writing to the Chief Euilding Inspector and shall contain a
description of the premises within which work i's to be done under the permit.
Within not more than fifteen (15) days following the end of each calendar
month, the person, firm or corporation to which a yearly permit is issued,
shall transmit to the Chief Building Inspector a report of all the electrical
work which has been done under the yearly permit during the preceding month.
Each yearly permit shall expire on June 30 of the succeeding year in which it
is issued.
SEETION 9. The Chief Euilding Inspector is authorized to issue to an individual
a special owner's permit authorizing said individual to install, alter, change
or repair electrical equipment in, on or about a building of which said indi-
vidual is owner and in which he resides or intends to reside, but not elsewhere:
PROVIDED, that no electrical work authorized under any such special owner's
permit shall be done, nor shall the owner holding any such permit allow any
such work to be done, except personally by the owner to whom the permit is
issued, or by a member of his immediate family; and if this, or any other provi-
sion hereof, shall be violated by the holder of such special owner's permit,
such permit shall be subject to immediate cancellation by the Chief Building
Inspector, and the holder thereof shall be liable to the penalty hereinafter
provided for violation of this Ordinance,
SETION 10.
declared to govern and control the installation, alteration or repair of any
electrical wiring, devices, appliances or equipment in any building or structures
owned or controlled by any kublic or quasi-public or political corporation or
The requirements of this Ordinance are hereby specifically
body, except as to such electrical wiring as is specifically exempt under
Section 11.
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SECTION 11.
of any permit, except a yearly permit, it shall be the duty of the person, firm,
or corporation installing the same to notify the Chief Building Inspector, who
Upon completidn of the work which has been authorized by issuance
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shall inspect the installation as soon thereafter as practicable.
SECTION 12. Except where work is done under a Maintenance Electrician's permit,
it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to make connection
from a source of electrical energy or to supply electric service to any
electric wiring, devices, appliances or equipment for the installation of which
a permit is required, unless such persons, firm or corporation shall have
obtained satisfactory evidence that such wiring, devices, appliances, or equip-
ment are in all respects in conformity with all applicable legal provisions.
SECTION 13. This 'Ordinance shall not be construed to relieve from or lessen
the responsibility of any party owning, operating, controlling or installing
any electric wiring, electrlc devices or electrjc material for damages to
persons or property caused by any defect therein, nor shall the local agency
enforcing this Ordinance be held as assuming any such liability by reason of
the inspection authorized herein, or certificates of inspection issued as
herein provided,
SECTION 14. Except as otherwise provided herein, all installations whereby
electrical energy is to be distributed or utilized shall be in strict conform-
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ity with the most approved bethods of construction for safety to life and
property. I
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The following pubbications, which are on file in the office of the
Clerk of the City of Lodi shall be prima facie evidence of such approved
methods and are herby declared to be a part hereof when not in conflict with a
specific requirement contained in this Ordinance.
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1. The "National Elettrical Code", 1962 Edition.
2. The "Electrical Sefety Orders" of the Division of Industrial
Safety of the State of California.
3. The "Rules and Regulations for Electrical Standards in Mobile Parks,"
California Administrative Code, Title 8, Chapter 9, Sub-chapter 5, I SECTION 15. FEES
A. The fees prescribed in this section must be paid for each electrical
installation for which a pehmit is required by this Ordinance and must be paid'
at the time the permit is issued. I
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A r B. ?he fees for a&k>i.ondl alecirical installstions not included in, or .>
authorized on, the original permit shall 6e billed as an added account on the
first day of each month following the completion of the work and final approval
by the inspector;
C. In the event that added inspection fees due for any previous inspec-
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tions shall not have been paid as required by this Ordinance, such fees shall
be paid upon request and before any subsequent inspection for any electrical
installation shall be made.
D. AMOUNT OF FEES (Additions--Commercial--Industrial)
The fee for inspeption work shall be as follows:
For issuing pbrmits.
each permit ip addition to all other charges
sDecified herein .................. $1.00 each
A fee shall be paid for issuing 1.
2.
30
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for wiring ouklets at which current is used
or controlled1 .................. .10 each
For fixtures;; sockets or other lamp holding
devices less ‘than 18” apart ............ .LO each
For each 5’ oc fraction thereof multi-outlet
.05 each
For electric discharge lighting fixture,
Mercury vapor lamps and equipment ......... 1.00 each
Heaters .. i ................... .50 each
X-Ray machines ................... 2.00 each
assembly .. t ...................
each tube . 1 ................... .10 each
For fixed mot rs, transformers, heating appliances,
welder, recti ! ier, storage battery system, infra-
red industria$ heating appliances, or cooking and
baking equipment, and other miscellaneous equipment
or appliances shall be that given in the following
table for the rating thereof:
HP, KW or KVA
Up to and inclluding 1 ............. S .50
Over 1 and no;t over 5 ............. 1.00
Over 5 and not over 20 ............ 1.50
Over 20 and n‘ t over 50 ............ 3.00
Over 100 .. i. ................ 10.00
Over 50 and n&t over 100 ........... 6.00
For any equiphent or appliance containing more than one motor
or other currknt consuming components in addition to the motor
or motors, thb combined electrical ratings, converted to KVA
of all shall be used to determine the fee, for the purpose of
this subsectibn one H.P. or one K.W. is equivalent to one KVA.
The fees for change of location or replacement of equipment
on the same piremises shall be the same as that for a new
installation.1 However, no fees shall be required for moving any
temporary conktruction motor from one place to another on the
same site durkng the time of actual construction work after a
permit has on e been obtained.
For Switchboa k ds the fees for installing, changing, replacing,
relocating, ob reinstalling a switchboard, or for additions
to an existinb switchboard shall be as follows:
a. 600 volts’ and less
First swi chboard section ......... $ 5,OO each
Each addi ional section .......... 2.50 each
5,OO each
b. Over 600 F , olts .............. 10.00 each
Each addipional section ..........
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For distributior
panelboard, or n
replaced, reloc:
NUh
1 to 12 inclusii
13 to 20 inclusj
Over 20. ...
For busways, pov
the fees shall 1
Oto99....
100 Ampere or mc
Minimum fee sha
For service ins1
service conductc
or relocating e:
shown in the fo
Type of Se:
0 to 100 Ampe:
101 to 200 Ampe:
201 to 500 Ampe:
Over 500 Ampere
All services OVI
For each additic
For gas tube li(
be as follows:
a. One sign or
(including I
b. Each additit
(same locat
c. For each fl
transformer
d, Each sign r
erection in
e. Each lampho
with a sign
f. Next 100 .
g. Each additi
h. For the purl
shall mean
continuous 1
i lluminatio
symbol, or
high potent
For single fami
flat rate shall
panels, all out
circuits ...
For multi-famil
flat rate shall
panels, all out . circuits ...
19. Miscellaneous i
equipment for w
shall be at the
20. A fee of $25.00
permit at the t
work installed
previous inspec
at the time whe
addition to the
issued.
panels the fee for each distribution panel,
tor control panel that is installed, changed,
ed or reinstalled shall be as follows:
ER OF BMCH CIRCUITS .............. .$LOO
e .............. 2.00 ............... 2.50
r duct, trolley ducts and similar equipment,
as follows:
AMPERE RATING ............... $.03 per foot
e .............. .05 per foot
llations, the installation of each set of
s and equipment, inaluding changing, replacing
sting service equipment, the fees shall be as
owing table:
ice under 600 Volts (including One Meter)
5.. ............ $1.00
s.. ............ 3.00
s.. ............ 6.00 ............... 12.00
600 volts ......... 12,OO
a1 meter .......... -50
ting, signs, and sign flashers the fees shall
be ............. .50
as tube system
a1 sign or gas tube system
n, same building) ...... LOO each
her, time clock, or extra ............... .50 each
iuiring inspection before
he shop or field ....... 3.00 each
ing device in connection
first 100 .......... ,05 each ............... .03 each
a1 .............. .01 each
ise of this item, a gas tube system
at electric discharge tubing installed
or continguously for the purpose of
or to form a single outline, border,
I convey a message, and operating at
1 voltages.
' dwelling on new construction work the following
pply, which will include issuing permit, service
its, range, dryer, and any other miscellaneous
building on new construction work the following
Ipply, which will include issuing permits, service
bts, range, dryer, and any other miscellaneous
,pection, for the inspection of any electrical
ch no fee is herein prescribed, time consumed
,hall be paid for each annual maintenance electrician
ie when such permit is issued.
ider such a permit since the date of the last
on shall be paid, according to the above schedule,
such work is inspected.
'ee paid at the time when the yearly permit is
e transformer) ........ $2.00 each
.............. $0.008 per sq. ft.
.............. $0.008 per sq. ft.
.ate of .......... $5.00 per hr.
Fees for all new
These fees shall be in
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E. No permit shall qe issued to any person, firm or corporation LW&%S
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unless all fees due are paid in full.
SETION 16. All electrical materials, devices, appliances and equipment
installed or used shall be in conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance
and with approved standards for safety to life and property.
j Listing or labeling, 'as conforming to the Standards of the Underwriters'
Laboratories, Inc,, the United States Bureau of Standards, the United States
Bureau of Mines, or other similar institution of recognized standing, shall be
prima facie evidence of conformity with the approved standards for safety to
life and property. I
The maker's name, tr&-mark, or other identification symbol shall be
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placed on all electrical mdterials, devices, appliances and equipment used or
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Previously used matedial shall not be reused in any work without the
written approval obtained i!n advance from the Chief Building Inspector,
SECTION 17. Additions or ktensions to and alterations and renewals of
existing installations shall be made in compliance with the provisions of
this Ordinance.
SECTION 18.
of this Ordinance shall be 'guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)
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Any person, firm or corporation, violating any of the provisions
or by imprisonment in the dity jail for a period of not more than six (6) months,
or by both such fine and i prisonment.
SECTION 19. Every person, /firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this Ordinance shall be /deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day or
portion thereof during whidh such violation continued and shall be punishable
therefor as herein provideq.
Section 20.
architect, contractor, artdsan or otherwise, to do or knowingly to cause or
permit to be done any elecjrical wiring as defined in this Ordinance in such
manner that the same shall not conform to all of the provisions of tinis
Ordinance. I
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I It is unlawfuq for any person, firm or corporation, either as owner,
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SETION 21, Present Lodi City Code Sections 9.3 to 9.16 inclusive are hereby
renumbered to read 9.30 to 9.43 inclusive.
SECTION 22.
sentence thereof reads as follows: "The service entrance head or outlet shall
be located in accordance with Article 230 of the National Electric Code."
Renumbered Section 9.31 is hereby amended so that the first
SECTION 23.
another sentence to read in full as follows: "There shall be one main service
disconnecting switch or breaker located at a point adjacent. to and outside of
the building with the electkical metering device."
Renumbered Section 9.32 is hereby amended by adding thereto
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~ SETION 24. Renumbered Sec'tion 9.33 is hereby amended so that subparagraph (a)
shall read in full as follows:
not exceed 200 amps."
SECTION 25,
Instrument Transformer Cabinet Sizes," as set forth in the third paragraph of
said Section, is hereby amdnded to read in full as follows:
"If the capacity of the service switch does
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Renumbered Seytion 9.35 is hereby amended so that "Minimum
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Service Switch 240 Volt 208 Volt, 4 Wire or
Capacity 3-Wire Service 480 Volt, 3-Nire Service
400 Amp or less 20 x 36 x 11" 30 x 36 x 11"
401 Amp. to 800 pimp, 21 x 48 x 12" 30 x 48 x 12"
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SECTION 26, This Ordinancd shall be published one time in the "Lodi News-
Sentinel, '* a daily newspaper of general circulation printed and published
in the City of Lodi and shall be in force and take effect 30 days from and
after its passage, I
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Approved this ~ 17th day of , 1963
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Attest : BEATRICE
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State of California,
County of San Joaquin,
I, Beatrice Gariba
hereby certify that Ord
regular meeting of the
July 3, 1963, and was t
to print at a regular n
following vote:
AYES : Councilmen -
NOES: Councilmen -
ABSENT: Councilmen -
I further certify
signed by the Mayor on
published pursuant to 3
ss.
?A, City Clerk of the City of Lodi,
nance No. 751 was introduced at a
ity Council of the City of Lodi held
ereafter passed, adopted and ordered
eting held July 17, 1963, by the
BROWN, CULBERTSON, DOW, ULLMANN and
KATZAKIAN
NONE
NONE
hat Ordinance No. 751 was approved and
he date of its passage and has been
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