This chapter shall be known as the "Electrical Code of the Village
of Oakfield."
Since there is danger to life and property inherent in the use
of electrical energy, this Electrical Code in the form of a local
law is enacted to regulate the installation or alteration of wiring
for electric light, heat or power and signal systems operating on
50 volts or more in or on all real property within the Village of
Oakfield.
All electrical installations heretofore mentioned shall be made
in conformity with the requirements of the National Electrical Code
as compiled in the National Fire Protection Association Pamphlet No.
70, as approved, adopted and from time to time amended by the American
Standards Association, except when the provisions of this chapter
or any other local law, ordinance or building code of the Village
of Oakfield, now existing or hereinafter adopted, shall differently
prescribe, in which event compliance with the provisions of this chapter,
such other local law, ordinance or building code shall be recognized
as proper compliance with this chapter.
The position of Village Electrical Inspector is hereby created. Said position shall be filled by appointment by the Village Board of Trustees, and said appointee shall serve at the pleasure of the Village Board. It shall be the duty of the Village Electrical Inspector to enforce the provisions of this chapter. The Village Electrical Inspector and any inspector of an inspection agency authorized or chartered to do so by the State of New York and hereinafter designated, in writing, by either the Village Electrical Inspector or the Village Board are hereby authorized and appointed as agents of the Village of Oakfield to perform such duties as are hereinafter specified in §
142-5 of this chapter. All costs, if any, incurred in connection with the inspections and reinspections hereinafter authorized shall be borne by the owner or lessee of the property inspected. In no event, however, shall the cost or expense of such inspections and reinspections be a charge against the Village of Oakfield.
Any person, firm or corporation desiring to install or cause
to be installed or to alter or cause to be altered electrical wiring
for light, heat, power or signal systems operating on 50 volts or
more or to connect the same or cause the same to be connected in or
on properties within the Village of Oakfield to any source of electrical
energy supply shall first make and file an application for either
said installations, alteration or connection to the Village Electrical
Inspector on forms to be provided by him/her at no cost and available
at the offices of either the Village Clerk-Treasurer or the Village
Electrical Inspector. Either the Village Electrical Inspector or any
inspector duly authorized as an agent of the Village of Oakfield pursuant
to this chapter shall have the authority, once an application has
been obtained, to make inspections and reinspections of electrical
installations, wiring, devices, appliances and equipment on properties
within the Village of Oakfield, to approve or disapprove the same,
and to issue to the owner and/or lessee of the property inspected
appropriate temporary or permanent certificates of compliance or noncompliance
depending on whether the electrical installations, wiring, devices,
appliances or equipment are in conformity with the standards herein
prescribed. It shall be the further duty of all inspectors other than
the Village Electrical Inspector to make and deliver written reports
of all inspections showing compliances with as well as deviations
from or omission of the National Electrical Code and of all local
laws, ordinances and building codes, now existing or hereinafter adopted,
as referred to in this chapter, to the Village Electrical Inspector.
Where an inspection is made by the Village Electrical Inspector, it
shall be his duty to make similar written reports and to deliver copies
of reports either received by him/her from other inspectors or drawn
by him/her individually to the Village Clerk-Treasurer of the Village
of Oakfield.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person, firm or corporation to install or cause to be installed or to alter or cause to be altered electrical wiring for light, heat, power or signal systems operating on 50 volts or more in or on properties in the Village of Oakfield until an application for inspection has been filed with the Village Electrical Inspector. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person, firm or corporation to connect or cause to be connected electrical wiring in or on properties for light, heat, power or signal systems operating on 50 volts or more to any source of electrical energy supply prior to the issuance of a temporary or permanent certificate of compliance by the Village Electrical Inspector or by one of the inspectors authorized to serve as agents of the Village of Oakfield pursuant to §
142-4 hereof.
Any violation of this chapter shall constitute a violation pursuant
to the Penal Law of the State of New York. Each day that said violation
continues shall constitute a separate offense. Any person, upon conviction
therefor, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $250 or be imprisoned
for a period of not more than 15 days, or both, for each offense.
This chapter may also be enforced by injunction.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the electrical
installations in mines, ships, railway cars, automotive equipment
or the installations or equipment employed by a railway, electrical
or communication utility in the exercise of its function as a utility
and located outdoors or in buildings used exclusively for that purpose.
This chapter shall not apply to any work involved in the manufacture,
assembly, test or repair of electrical machinery, apparatus, materials
and equipment by a person, firm or corporation engaged in electrical
manufacturing as their principal business. It shall not apply to any
building which is owned or leased in its entirety by the government
of the United States or the State of New York.
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 Village of Oakfield, the Village Electrical
Inspector or any agent duly appointed pursuant to this chapter be
deemed to have assumed any such liability by reason of any inspection
made pursuant to this chapter.
If any clause, sentence paragraph, section or part of this chapter
shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder
thereof but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,
paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy
in which such judgment shall have been rendered.