[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Scranton 4-26-1999
by Ord. No. 60-1999. This ordinance supersedes former Ch.
215, Electrical Standards, adopted 9-23-1998 by Ord.
No. 84-1998. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A certain document, one copy of which is on file in the office of the
City Clerk of the City of Scranton, being marked and designated as the "National
Electrical Code, 1999, Twelfth Edition," as published by the National Fire
Protection Association, is hereby adopted as the Electrical Code for the City
of Scranton in the State of Pennsylvania for the control of buildings and
structures as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions,
penalties, conditions and terms of the National Electrical Code, 1999 Edition,
are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part thereof as if fully set out
in this chapter.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this chapter
or the Electrical Code hereby adopted shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty
of a summary offense and shall be fined an amount not to exceed $600 and a
minimum of $200 for any offense, recoverable with costs, together with judgment
of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days if the amount of such fine and costs
shall not be promptly paid. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed
a separate offense. Any person found guilty shall be responsible to pay for
any and all repairs to correct any and all violations.
Upon the filing of a written application in such form as the Electrical
Inspector shall require, and upon payment of the required fee, a permit shall
be issued in duplicate to the electrical contractor or other person making
application, one copy thereof to be conspicuously posted upon the premises
where the work is being done, until the work done has been inspected and approved
by either the electrical underwriters agency or the Electrical Inspector of
the City of Scranton.
A.Â
Before any electrical contractor or other person doing
the electrical installation or construction work for which he has received
a permit shall complete such work, he shall make application for inspection
on the form used by an approved electrical underwriters inspection agency,
specifying the premises wherein the installation or construction is being
done, the extent, specification and classification of such work, and pay the
fees for all inspections.
B.Â
The electrical underwriters inspection agency shall,
upon receipt of an inspection application, make or cause to be made an inspection
of such work and conduct such test as may be necessary. If the work is done
in accordance with the requirements of this Electrical Code, the electrical
underwriter inspection agency shall thereupon issue a cut-in card to the local
electric utility office and a rough wiring or final certificate of approval,
as the case may be, to the applicant and the City Electrical Inspector; provided,
however, that if service entrance and/or metering are not involved in the
work to be inspected, the issuance of a cut-in card to the utility company
will not be required.
C.Â
When the electrical installation or construction is not
approved by the underwriters inspector, such inspector shall send a notice
of noncompliance to the applicant and to the City Electrical Inspector and,
if required, to the local electric utility company.
D.Â
No electrical energy shall be introduced into a building
which, previous to the installation or construction, had no electrical energy
until a cut-in card is issued to the local utility, excepting only as such
electrical energy may be used by contractors in furtherance of the construction
work, electrical or otherwise, in such building.
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 written notice prior to stopping the work. Any person
who shall continue any work on the system after being served with a stop-work
order, except such 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
$500 dollars or not more than $10,000.
