[Amended 12-15-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992; 8-10-2004 by L.L. No. 15-2004]
Upon completion of an electrical installation
which has been authorized by permit, the electrical contractor shall
notify the Building Inspector or the duly authorized electrical inspector,
who shall inspect the installation promptly. If it is found to be
fully in compliance with the provisions of this chapter as well as
the provisions of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building
Code, said Building Inspector or duly authorized electrical inspector
shall issue a certificate of approval or may endorse his approval
upon the certificate of approval issued by the authorized agency for
the same work. Such certificates, when so issued or when so endorsed,
shall be delivered to the electrical contractor to whom a permit for
the work was issued and shall constitute authorization for connection
to the electric service and the use of the installation.
A certificate may be issued authorizing the
connection and use of temporary work for a stated time, and a preliminary
certificate may be issued authorizing the connection and use of certain
specified portions of an uncompleted installation. Both such certificates
shall be revocable at the discretion of the Building Inspector.
If, upon inspection, any installation is found
not to be in accord with this chapter, the Building Inspector shall
at once notify the electrical contractor.
When any part of an installation is to be concealed
from view by the permanent placement of parts of the building, the
electrical contractor shall notify the Building Inspector, in writing,
and such parts of the installation shall not be concealed until they
have been inspected or until 48 hours, exclusively of Sundays and
legal holidays, shall have elapsed from the receipt of such notification
to the Building Inspector, provided that on large installations where
the concealment of parts of the installation proceeds continuously,
the electrical contractors shall give the Building Inspector due notice,
and inspections shall be made periodically without further notice.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to make connection from a source of electrical energy
to any electrical installation for which a permit is required or which
has been disconnected or the use of which has been ordered discontinued
by the Building Inspector, until a certificate of approval, as aforesaid,
has been issued authorizing the connection and use of such installation.
No certificate of approval shall be issued unless
the electric light, power or heating installations are in strict conformity
with the provisions of this chapter, the laws of the State of New
York and the rules and regulations issued in accordance therewith
and unless they are in conformity with approved methods of construction
for safety to life and property. The rules and regulations in the
National Electric Code and in the National Electric Safety Code, both
as approved by the American Standards Association, shall be the standard
for such approved methods, as amended from time to time and as actually
in force and effect at the time of any ruling.