HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 1934ORDINANCE NO. 1934
AN ORDINANCE OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL ADOPT¡NG
THE'2016 CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE', THEREBY
REPEALING AND REENACTING LODI MUNICIPAL CODE
CHAPTER 15.16IN ITS ENTIRETY
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Lodi does ordain as follows:
Sectionl. Lodi Municipal Code Chapter 15.16, "California Electrical Code," is
hereby repealed and reenacted in its entirety to read as follows.
Chapter 15.16
ELECTRICAL CODE
Sections
15.16.010
15.16.020
15.16.030
15.16.040
15.16.050
15.16.060
15.16.070
Adoption.
Fees.
Fee Schedule.
lnvestigation Fee.
Appeals Board.
Qualifications of lnspectors.
Violation - Misdemeanor.
15.16.010 Adoption
The provisíons set forth in the "2016 California Electrical Code" together with
Annex C, Annex H, and Administration and Enforcement thereto, are hereby adopted as
the Electrical Code of the City of Lodi, and copies of the same are maintained by the City
Building Official and available for review in the Community Development Department.
The Electrical Code of the City of Lodi shall apply to all matters pertaining to the
installation, alteration, or addition of electrical wiring, devices, appliances, or equipment
in the City of Lodi; and the enforcement of the rules and regulations as set forth in the
2016 California Electrical Code together with Annex C, Annex H and Administration and
Enforcement thereto.
15.16.020 Fees
A fee for each electrical permit required by this Code shall be paid to the City of
Lodi. Fees shall be paid prior to permit issuance.
15.16.030 Fee Schedule
The Schedule of Electrical Permit Fees required by this Chapter will be those
established and adopted by the City Councilfrom time to time by resolution.
15.16.040 lnvestigation Fee - Work Without a Permit
Work commenced before permit is issued. Any person who commences work
requi¡ng a permit before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to a fee
established by the applicable governing authority that shall be in addition to the required
permit fee.
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15.16.050 Appeals Board (CEC Annex H)
Annex H gO.1S - is amended to read: ln order to determine the suitability of
alternate materialé ãnd $pes of construction and to provide I"l reasonable
inierpretations of tn¡s ınapter, t!9 City Council shall s.it as a Board of Appeals' The
gùil,iìng official shall be ah ex-officio member and shall act as secretary of the Board'
Three members present shall constitute a quorum and no act of the Board shall be valid
unless a majority of the full board shall concur therein'
The Board of Appeals shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for
conducting a meeting anã'¡nvestigations and shall render a decision and findings in
duplicate. A copy *itigo to the euiiding Official with the other copy to the applicant'
15.16.060 Qualificationsoflnspectors
Annex H gO.Z7- is amended to read: All electrical inspectors shall meet the
minimum certification and experience as required by the City of Lodi's job description.
15.16.070 Violation - Misdemeanor
A. lt shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to erect, construct,
enlarge, alter, repair, mOVe, imprOve, remove, Convert, demOliSh, equip, USe, or maintain
,ny
"'í"ótr¡"al'wirìnj,'devices,
äppliances or equipment or permit the same to be done in
violation of this ChaPter.
B. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions or failing to
comply with any of ine mandatory requirements of this Chapter is guilty of a
m¡sdemeanor punishable on conviction as set forth in Chapter 1.08- of.this Code. Each
separate day or any portion of thereof, during which any violation of this Chapter occurs
or' continueL, sfrait' be deemed to constitute a separate offense and punished
accordingly.
C. tn addition to the penalties set forth in Section 15.16.070(8) above, City
may at its sole discretion, seekto enforce its Building Code underChapter 1.10 of this
Code.
Section 2 - No Mandatorv Dutv of Care ff,!q ordinance is not intended to and shall
notbeconstrued@nnerwhichimposesupontheCity,oranyofficer
òr employee thereof] a mandatory duty of care tow-ards persons or.property within the
c¡tv oio¡.itside of the City so as to provide a basis of civil liability for damages, except as
otherwise imPosed bY law.
Section 3 - Severabilitv. lf any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof
to any person orffir.tances -is
held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other
prou¡.io|r or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid
þrovision or apþiication. To this end, the provisions of this ordinance are severable. The
ciiy council hereby àeclares that it wouid have adopted this ordinance irrespective of
the invalidity of any particular portion thereof'
Section 4. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed
insofar as such conflict may exist.
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Section 5. Effective Date and publication. This O.rdinance shall take effect thirty (30)
f the full text of the ordinance within fifteen
(ié) Oays after its passage, a summary of the ordinance. may be,published at least five
iSl ã"Vé prior to an¿ meän (15) days áfter adoption by the City Council, a1d a certified
òopv rr,"ir be posted in the oÌTice otine City Clerk pursuant to Government Code section
36e33(cX1).
Approved this 7th day of December, 2016
MARK CHANDLER
Mayor
Attest:
J IFER
Clerk
State of California
County of San Joaquin, ss.
l, Jennifer M. Ferraiolo, City Clerk of the City of Lodi, do hereby certify that
OrdinanceNo. lg34wasintroducedataregularmeetingof theCityCouncil of theCity
of Lodi held November 2, 2016, and was thereafter passed, adopted, and ordered to
print at a regular meeting of said Council held December7,201ô by the following vote:
AYES: couNclL MEMBERS - Johnson, Kuehne, Mounce, Nakanishi,
and Mayor Chandler
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
I further certifY that Ordinance N
on the date of its passage and the same
Approved as to Form
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o. 1934 was approved and signed by the Mayor
has been published puçsuant to law.
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