[Added 6-17-1985 by L.L.
No. 3-1985; amended 6-21-1999 by L.L. No. 5-1999]
The Chief Inspector and each of the duly appointed inspectors
of any company in the business of providing and making inspections
and reinspections of electrical installations who are approved by
New York State Electric and Gas Corporation and/or the Sullivan County
Board of Electrical Licensing are hereby authorized as agents of the
Village of Monticello 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 inspection or reinspection be a charge against
the Village.
[Added 6-17-1985 by L.L.
No. 3-1985]
No company or board in the business of providing and making
inspections and reinspections of electrical installations shall be
authorized under this chapter to make such inspections and reinspections
as agents of the Village of Monticello if:
A. The charge to be made by such company or board shall be contingent
upon the electrical work to be inspected or reinspected being satisfactorily
approved by said company or board;
B. The charge to be made by such company or board shall be predicted
or based upon a percentage of the cost of the work to be inspected;
C. The work to be inspected has been performed by the inspecting company
or board of any of its employees, agents, servants or affiliates;
or
D. The inspector employed, hired or retained by the inspecting company
or board does electrical contracting work within the Village of Monticello
or is an agent, servant or employee of an electrical contractor performing
such work in the Village of Monticello.
[Amended 6-21-1999 by L.L. No. 5-1999]
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 of the Village of Monticello until an application for inspection has been filed with a company licensed as required under §
135-1 of this chapter. 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 or a certificate of compliance by any agency licensed as stated in §
135-1 of this chapter.
[Amended 6-21-1999 by L.L. No. 5-1999]
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation, punishable as provided in Article
III, General Penalty, of Chapter
1 of the Code of the Village of Monticello.