[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Plattsburgh 8-25-1977 (Ch. 166 of the 1989 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
In order to obtain electrical service from the Plattsburgh Municipal
Lighting Department, the following procedures are hereby established:
A.
All persons desiring to make an electrical installation of any type
must obtain an electrical permit from the Building Inspector of the
City of Plattsburgh, New York. No work is to be started prior to obtaining
a permit and securing a service location.
B.
Following issuance of a building permit, the person desiring a service
connection must contact (or have his representative contact) the Plattsburgh
Municipal Lighting Department and arrange an appointment for a service
location sheet to be issued. No electrical work is to be started prior
to the issuance of a service location sheet.
C.
An inspection by an electrical inspection person or agency approved
by the City must be requested and approval obtained prior to the Plattsburgh
Municipal Lighting Department completing the electrical connection
for a service location.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
D.
It is explicitly prohibited for the Plattsburgh Municipal Lighting
Department to effect an electrical service connection until such time
as the above items have been complied with in full.
All electrical permits for service locations are valid for a
period of 90 calendar days only. If the electrical work has not been
effectively started prior to the expiration of the 90-day period following
issuance of the building permit, the building permit and service location
become null and void.
Persons desiring an electrical service connection shall prepare
and submit to the Plattsburgh Municipal Lighting Department, together
with their request for a service location, a load data collection
sheet covering the entire electrical loading to be imposed on the
requested new service location. A load data calculation sheet can
be obtained from the Building Inspector's office.
Persons desiring the installation of electrical heating and/or
cooling facilities shall prepare and submit to the Plattsburgh Municipal
Lighting Department, together with their request for a service location,
a heat loss calculation sheet covering the structure to be heated
and/or cooled. A heat loss calculation sheet can be obtained from
the Building Inspector's office.
Applications for the installation of electric heating shall
be processed in the numerical order of date and application number
of receipt. Such application will be approved, when all application
procedures have been observed, if the power capacity in the Plattsburgh
Municipal Lighting Department system is available without detrimental
loading effects to the system. Special "hardship" occasions of applicants
shall be ruled and acted upon on an individual basis by the Mayor's
office, in conjunction with the Plattsburgh Municipal Lighting Department
Management.
The acquisition of an electric service does not permit the installation
of electric heat which requires the issuance of a building permit
from the Building Inspector's office. Any future installations
must make application for a new building permit prior to the start
of any work.
