[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Stony Point 1-12-1999
by L.L. No. 3-1999. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as the "Electrical Code of the Town of Stony
Point."
Since there is danger to life and property inherent in the use of electrical
energy, this electrical chapter is enacted to regulate the installation, alteration
of wiring for electric light, heat or power and signal systems operating on
50 volts or more, in or on all real property within the Town of Stony Point.
All electrical installations heretofore mentioned shall be made in conformity
with the requirements of the National Electrical Code except where the provisions
of this chapter or any other local law, ordinance or building code of the
Town of Stony Point shall differently prescribe, in which event compliance
with the provisions of such local law, ordinance or building code shall be
recognized as proper compliance with this chapter. The requirements of the
National Electrical Code shall be those known as National Fire Protection
Association Pamphlet #70, as approved and adopted by the American Standards
Association.
The Chief Inspector, and each of the duly appointed Inspectors by the
Town of Stony Point Town Board are hereby authorized and deputized as agents
of the Town of Stony Point to make inspections and reinspections of all electrical
installations heretofore and hereafter described, and to approve or disapprove
the same. In no event, however, will the cost or expense of such inspections
or reinspections be a charge against the Town of Stony Point.
It shall be the duty of the Inspector to report, in writing, to the
Chief Building Inspector, whose duty it shall be to enforce all the provisions
of this code, all violations of or levitations from or omissions of the electrical
provisions of the National Electrical Code and of all local laws, ordinances
and the building code as referred to in this chapter insofar as any of the
same apply to electrical wiring. The Inspector shall make inspection and reinspections
of electrical installations in and on properties in the Town of Stony Point
upon the written request of an authorized official of the Town of Stony Point
as herein provided. The Inspector is authorized to make inspections and reinspections
of electrical wiring installations, devices, appliances and equipment, in
and on properties within the Town of Stony Point where he deems it necessary
for the protection of life and property. In event of an emergency it is the
duty of the Inspector to make electrical inspections upon the oral request
of an official or officer of the Town of Stony Point. It shall be the duty
of the Inspector to furnish written reports to the proper officials of the
Town of Stony Point and owners and/or leasees of property where defective
electrical installations and equipment are found upon inspection. He shall
authorize the issuing of a certificate of compliance when electrical installations
and equipment are in conformity with his ordinance. He shall direct that a
copy of the certificate of compliance be sent to the Town of Stony Point to
the attention of the Building Inspector. The Building Inspector shall not
issue a certificate of occupancy until a certificate of compliance has been
filed with the Building Inspector.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person, firm or corporation
to install or cause to be installed or to alter electrical wiring for light,
heat or power, in or on properties in the Town of Stony Point until an application
for inspection has been filed with the inspectors appointed by the Stony Point
Town Board. It shall be a violation of this chapter for a person, firm or
corporation to connect or cause to be connected electrical wiring in or on
properties for light, heat or power, to any source of electrical energy supply,
prior to the issuance of a temporary certificate of compliance by the inspectors
appointed by the Stony Point Town Board.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter or any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor as provided in § 135 of the Town Law, and upon
conviction thereof may be punished by a fine of not more than $200, and each
day on which such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
In the event that any person, firm, entity or corporation and/or principle
of a corporation shall continue a violation and the Town Board shall make
a finding that such violation is detrimental to the health, safety or general
welfare of the inhabitants of the town, then the Town Board may direct the
Town Attorney to apply to the Supreme Court in the Ninth Judicial District
for legislative relief directing that the violation be corrected or removed
and that all costs and expenses incurred by the Town of Stony Point in connection
with such proceeding, including the actual cost of correction or removal of
the condition causing the violation, shall be assessed against the offender
and shall be added to the next year's tax roll and become a lien against said
property. The Town Board may direct, by resolution, that the town may correct
violations creating emergency conditions of danger by forthwith entering the
property and correcting the violation and assessing the cost of the same to
the violator as set forth above.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the electrical installations
in mines, ships, railway cars, automotive equipment or the installations or
equipment employed by a railway, electrical or communication utility in the
exercise of its function as a utility,and located outdoors or in buildings
used exclusively for that purpose. This chapter shall not apply to any work
involved in the manufacture assembly, test or repair of electrical machinery,
apparatus, materials and equipment by a person, firm or corporation engaged
in electrical manufacturing as their principal business. It shall not apply
to any building which is owned or leased in its entirety by the government
of the United States or the State of New York.
This chapter shall not be construed to relieve from or lessen the responsibility
of any person owning, operating, controlling or installing any electrical
wiring, devices, appliances or equipment for loss of life or damage to person
or property caused by any defect therein, nor shall the Town of Stony Point
or the inspectors appointed by the Stony Point Town Board be deemed to have
assumed any such liability by reason of any inspection made pursuant to this
chapter.
