[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Oil
City 8-27-2001 by Ord. No. 2673 (Ch. 95 of the 1986 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 110.
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Oil City, being marked and designated as the "NFPA 70, National Electrical Code," including Appendix Chapters A, B, C, D and E (this edition of NFPA 70 was approved as an American National Standard on August 15, 2007), be and hereby is adopted as the Electrical Code of the City of Oil City, County of Venango, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the control of electrical systems and installations as herein provided, and each and all regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said National Electrical Code, 2008 Edition, are with this referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this chapter, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes as prescribed in § 142-3 of this chapter.
Ordinance No. 2618 of the City of Oil City, entitled the "Building
Code of the City of Oil City,"[1] and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
with this chapter are hereby repealed.
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Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 2618, adopted 1-12-1998,
appeared as former Ch. 71, Building Construction, Art. I, BOCA National
Building Code.
The following sections are hereby added, as follows:
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Work prior to permit. In the event work is commenced
on any project prior to the issuance of an electrical permit, the
fees for the acquisition of a permit shall be doubled.
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Fee Schedule. The fees for electrical work shall
be indicated in the following schedule: $10 for $0 to $1,000; $25
for $1,001 to $5,000; $30 for $5,001 to $6,000; $35 for $6,001 to
$7,000; $40 for $7,001 to $8,000; $45 for $8,001 to $9,000; $50 for
$9,001 to $10,000; $55 for $10,001 to $11,000; $60 for $11,001 to
$12,000; $65 for $12,001 to $13,000; $70 for $13,001 to $14,000; $75
for $14,001 to $15,000; $80 for $15,001 to $16,000; $85 for $16,001
to $17,000; $90 for $17,001 to $18,000; $95 for $18,001 to $19,000;
$100 for $19,001 to $20,000; and over $20,000, $100 plus $6 for each
additional $1,000 or part thereof. When the project includes work
normally covered by a plumbing, electrical, mechanical or energy permit,
the fees for those permits shall not be separately charged, but rather
the value of such work shall be included in the total project costs.
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Plan examination. The fee for each plan examination
shall be computed at 40% of the electrical permit fee. In no instance
shall the fee be less than $25.
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Violation penalties. This section shall read in
its entirety as follows:
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Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this code shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding
before a Magisterial District Judge, be sentenced to pay a fine of
not less than $300 or more than $1,000, together with the costs of
prosecution and any fee or fees, or be imprisoned for a period not
to exceed 30 days, or both. Each day that a violation continues after
due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.
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Stop-work orders. This section shall read in its
entirety as follows:
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Upon notice from the Code Official that electrical work is being
done contrary to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous or
unsafe manner, such work shall immediately cease. Such notice shall
be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property or to
the owner's agent or to the person doing the work. The notice
shall state the conditions under which work is authorized to resume.
Where an emergency exists, the Code Official shall not be required
to give a written notice prior to stopping work. Any person who shall
continue any work as that person is directed to perform to remove
a violation or unsafe condition shall be liable to a fine of not less
than $100 or more than $1,000.
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Reference Standards in Conjunction with 2008 Electrical
Code.[1]
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Code Inserts
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IRC
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2009 International Residential Code One- and Two-Family
Dwelling
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IBC
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2009 International Building Code
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IMC
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2009 International Mechanical Code
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IFPC
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2009 International Fire Prevention Code
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IPC
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2009 International Plumbing Code
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IPMC
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2009 International Property Maintenance Code
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