[HISTORY: Sections 14-1 to 14-8 of the 1967 Code. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
A.
Annual appointment; report. There shall be appointed
annually by the Board of Selectmen an Inspector of Wires. Such appointment
shall be made in May of each year and he shall hold office from the first
day of June following for the term of one year and until another is appointed
in his place. The Selectmen may at any time remove him. He shall keep a record
of the business of his department and submit to the Selectmen in time for
publication in the Annual Town Report a yearly report of such business.
[Amended 3-14-1974 ATM by Art.
67]
B.
Powers and duties.
(1)
He shall be, by virtue of his office, in charge of the
police and fire signal systems.
(2)
He shall require all persons and corporations owning
or operating wires to conform to all of the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
and to all rules and regulations contained in the National Underwriters Code.
Any person or corporation operating electric or other wires within the
Town shall, upon request of the Inspector, furnish him with such information
as may be necessary to the faithful and effectual discharge of his duties
under this Bylaw.
The Inspector shall have access at all reasonable times to all wires,
appliances, and apparatus in the interior of a public building or on private
premises which are intended for carrying an electric light or power current,
and no person shall arrange, affix or change any such wires or apparatus without
giving the Inspector reasonable opportunity to inspect such wires and their
arrangement and fixtures before the same are covered or enclosed; and no person
shall place such wires in any building in process of construction until all
gas, steam, water, and furnace pipes have been placed in proper position.
No person shall connect such wires in the interior of building and on private
premises with an outside circuit which crosses or runs along, over or under
any street or way of the Town without written permission therefor having been
first obtained from the Inspector.
No person or corporation shall attach any wire or line for the transmission
of electricity for any purpose, except the lines and wires of the Town of
Marblehead, to any post, except on his own premises or upon other lands with
the consent of the owner thereof, nor insert the same into any underground
conduit, except with the consent of the owner and by order of the Board of
Selectmen.
No electrical installation shall be made in any house, factory, building
or structure of any type or affixed in any way to any portion of any premises
in the Town of Marblehead which is intended to be connected with an outside
electrical circuit which crosses or runs along, over, or under any street
or way of the Town, without first obtaining a written permit from the Inspector
of Wires to make such electrical installation, upon written application of
a person, firm or corporation intending to make such installation.
[Amended 5-6-1980 ATM by Art. 21;
5-5-1986 ATM by Art. 20; 5-7-1990 ATM by Art. 17; 5-6-1991 ATM by Art. 21]
A.
Fees shall be charged by the Inspector of Wires to any person, firm or corporation applying for permits for electrical installations as provided in § 52-5. Said fees to be paid by the applicants when such permits are issued in accordance with the following schedule.
(1)
Additions, alterations and new construction. Where a
building permit is required, the fee is $15 per $1,000 of the total cost of
the work to be done under such permits, as estimated by the Building Commissioner.
This fee will include the cost of the building permit, wiring permit and the
plumbing permit.
(2)
(3)
Fire alarm:
[Amended 5-7-2001 ATM by Art. 33; 5-3-2004
ATM by Art. 42[1]]
(a)
Interior fire alarm system: $30.
(b)
Initial timing and connection of a privately owned fire
alarm master box: $300.
[1]
Editor's Note: This article also renumbered former Subsection
A(3) as Subsection A(2)(h) and Subsection A(4) as Subsection A(3).
B.
No fee shall be paid for the installation of portable
appliances for use with convenience outlets. All fees received by the Inspector
of Wires shall be turned over to the Town Treasurer as receipts and accounted
for by him.
C.
Electrical permits may be obtained at the office of the
Inspector of Wires, located at Gerry Street. The office will be open between
8:00 and 9:00 a.m., 1:00 and 1:30 p.m. daily, or by appointment, except Saturdays.
Telephone: Office: 631-2220.
