All electrical installations or alterations within the Town of East
Bloomfield shall be made in conformity with the National Electrical Code,
except when the provisions of this chapter, the New York State Uniform Fire
Prevention and Building Code or any ordinance or regulation of the Town of East Bloomfield
shall have more stringent requirements that shall be recognized as compliance
with this chapter. The requirements of the National Electrical Code shall
be those known as the "National Fire Protection Association, Pamphlet No.
70-1996" as approved and adopted by the American Standards Association and
as may be modified or amended by said Association in the future.
Failure by an inspection agency to comply with the inspection report
provisions or any other provisions herein shall be grounds for revocation
or suspension, at the sole discretion of the Town Board, of any license granted
hereunder. Revocation or suspension may be imposed upon recommendation of
the Code Enforcement Officer but only after a hearing before the Town Board
at which the inspection agency shall be given an opportunity to show cause
against revocation or suspension. Such a hearing must be conducted if requested
by the Code Enforcement Officer and may be conducted upon the Town Board's
own motion.
The Town of East Bloomfield shall not be charged or otherwise responsible
for costs associated with any inspections required by this chapter or otherwise
required by the Town of East Bloomfield.
By the acceptance of an electrical inspection license by an agency,
such agency shall, at its own expense, indemnify and hold harmless the Town
of East Bloomfield, its officers, agents, servants and employees from all
liability, judgments, costs, damages and expenses (including attorney's
fees) arising out of any electrical inspection made by the agency in the Town
of East Bloomfield.
The Code Enforcement Officer is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations
which are deemed necessary by the Code Enforcement Officer to administer the
provisions of this chapter. Said rules and regulations shall not become effective
prior to approval thereof by resolution of the Town Board.
This chapter shall not be construed to relieve from or lessen the responsibility
of any person owning, operating, controlling or installing any electrical
wiring, devices, appliances or equipment for loss of life or damage to person
or property caused by any defect therein, nor shall the Town of East Bloomfield
be deemed to have assumed any such liability by reason of any inspection made
pursuant to this chapter.
If any part or provision of this chapter or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance is adjudged invalid by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part
or provision or application directly involved in the controversy in which
such judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect or impair the
validity of the remainder of this chapter or the application thereof to other
persons or circumstances.
Any person violating the provisions of this chapter will be guilty of
an offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not
more than $250 or imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both such fine
and imprisonment. Each day's continuation of the offense shall be considered
a separate offense.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter or Chapter
63, prior authority to perform electrical inspections in the Town of East Bloomfield may be continued for a period of 90 days following the effective date of this chapter. Thereafter, only those inspection agencies that are duly licensed pursuant to this chapter shall perform electrical inspections in the Town of East Bloomfield.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon its filing with the
Secretary of State pursuant to Section 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law.