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Cross reference — Licenses, permits and miscellaneous business regulations, Ch. 15.
[Ord. No. 993, §6, 6-3-1976; Ord. No. 1347, §6, 4-16-1987]
No person shall begin any work of installing, erecting or altering material, wiring, fixtures, or other apparatus, to be used or in use for generation, transmission, and utilization of electricity for light, heat and power in and on buildings and premises in the territory subject to the provisions of these regulations unless, and until written application shall have been filed in the office of the city engineer for a permit to do the work contemplated at least twenty-four (24) hours before such work shall be commenced; such application shall describe in detail the nature of such work and shall give the location thereof by street and number and shall bear the date of beginning such work and the tentative date of completion thereof. No person shall begin such work unless and until a permit shall have been obtained. In the event of an emergency, work may begin by securing permission from the city engineer upon condition that written application be filed in such office without delay. No permit issued under the provisions of these regulations shall be assignable or transferable or be used to aid or abet any unlicensed person in the performance of electrical work.
[Ord. No. 993, §9, 6-3-1976; Ord. No. 1347, §9, 4-16-1987]
Upon completion of any electrical installation for which a permit has been issued, the permittee shall notify the office of the city engineer and a final inspection shall be made. The official in charge of electrical inspection shall cause to be made as many interim inspections as he deems necessary. No installation shall be covered or concealed until inspected.
[Ord. No. 993, §5, 6-3-1976; Ord. No. 1347, §5, 4-16-1987; Ord. No. 1612, §2, 7-7-1994; Ord. No. 1743, §3, 7-17-1997; Ord. No. 1871 §2, 1-4-2001]
(a) 
Inspection of buildings and premises, where electrical installations and maintenance are undertaken shall be performed by the official designated by the city. Each applicant for all electrical work permits and inspections shall pay a fee to the city in the amount of twenty-two dollars ($22.00) as a permit processing fee in addition to the appropriate unit prices as set forth in the schedule of unit prices in subsection (b) herein; however, said schedule notwithstanding, the minimum fee for an electrical permit shall be fifty dollars ($50.00), including permit processing and one (1) inspection, and where plan review is required, the minimum fee for an electric permit shall be seventy-three dollars ($73.00). When additional or extra inspections are needed they shall be charged at the rate of twenty-eight dollars ($28.00) per inspection.
(b) 
Schedule of unit prices:
Item
First Unit
Each Additional Unit
Cable television
Head-end station — Per street mile
$4.00
Power booster
$29.00
$29.00
Carnivals — Per each location
$35.00
$35.00
Communications systems
Amplifiers
$8.00
$8.00
Telephones
$8.00
$8.00
Television Antenna
$8.00
$8.00
Burglar Alarm
$8.00
$8.00
Electrical heat — Per 10 KW
$6.00
$6.00
Electrical outlets
$7.00
$0.60
Elevators
Per floor
$6.00
$0.60
Per car
$6.00
$6.00
Motors
Less than and up to and including 5 h.p.
$6.00
$0.60
More than 5 h.p.
$6.00
$0.60
Reinspections
Union Electric
$34.00
$34.00
Disconnected service
$34.00
$34.00
Old installations
$34.00
$34.00
Residential new construction — Integrated permit
Residential rewire
Service installed
$34.00
$34.00
Service not installed
$34.00
$34.00
Service equipment and switch boards and panel boards
Up to and including 200 amperes
$11.00
$11.00
Over 200 and up to and including 400 amperes
$117.00
$17.00
Over 400 and up to and including 600 amperes
$39.00
$39.00
Over 600 amperes
$50.00
$50.00
Transformers
$8.00
$4.00
X-rays
$8.00
$8.00
(c) 
Notes/definitions: The following terms shall have the following respective meanings when used in this section:
(1) 
ELECTRICAL OUTLETS — Each and every point on the electrical system where power or light is derived for any purpose whatsoever. In computing outlets for fluorescent fixtures, each fixture shall be counted as an electrical outlet.
(2) 
PANEL BOARD SWITCHES AND SWITCHBOARD SECTION — Each and every point on the electrical system where switches or protective devices are mounted in an individual panel or single framework.
(3) 
REINSPECTIONS; DISCONNECTED SERVICE — Reinspection of buildings on which service wires have been removed, or in commercial installations, when a change in tenancy has taken place or installations of the "R" use group and which may not have been in use for a period of six (6) months or more. This does not apply to cases of discontinuance of service pending payment of delinquent bills.
(4) 
REINSPECTIONS; OLD INSTALLATIONS — Inspection of old installations of electrical work, made upon request of the owner, and issuance of certificates thereon.
(5) 
RESIDENTIAL REWIRE — Inspection of rewiring, rehabilitation, additions and alterations to existing electrical wiring and equipment installation to residential occupancies of the R-1, R-2 and R-3 use groups.
(6) 
SERVICE EQUIPMENT — Each and every point on the electrical system where power is derived from the public utility systems or a private generating plant.
(7) 
TRANSFORMERS — Each and every point on the electrical system where the primary voltage is either increased or decreased.
(8) 
X-RAYS — Each and every point on the electrical system where an individual x-ray device or machine is served.