[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of New Paltz 10-23-2018 by L.L. No. 15-2018. [1]Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This local law also repealed former Ch. 95, Code Enforcement, derived from Ch. 29 of the 1978 Code of the Village of New Paltz.
The Electrical Inspector shall administer and enforce all the provisions of the New York State Uniform and Fire Prevention and Building Code* in the Village of New Paltz. (*Note: The National Electrical Code has been designated as the acceptable standard.) Except as otherwise provided by the New York State Uniform and Fire Prevention and Building Code, other state laws, or other sections of this chapter, all buildings, structures, and premises, regardless of use or occupancy, are subject to the provisions of this chapter.
The duly appointed Electrical Inspector of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters or of any other authorized electrical-inspection agency acceptable to Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation are hereby authorized and deputized as agents of the Village to make inspections and reinspections of all electrical installations hereinafter described and to approve or disapprove the same. In no event, however, will the cost or expense of such inspections and reinspections be a charge against the Village.
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It shall be the duty of the Electrical Inspector to furnish written reports to the Code Enforcement Official and owners and/or lessees of property of all violations or deviations from or omissions of the electrical provisions of the New York State Uniform and Fire Prevention and Building Code* and this Municipal Code. (*Note: The National Electrical Code has been designated as the acceptable standard.)
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The Electrical Inspector is authorized to make inspections and reinspections of electrical installations in and on properties in the Village upon the oral request of the electrical permit holder.
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In the event of an emergency, it is the duty of the Electrical Inspector to make electrical inspections upon the oral request of an official or officer of the Village.
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The Electrical Inspector shall submit a written copy of the final electric report to the municipal Code Enforcement Official to keep on record.
A fee schedule shall be established by resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Village of New Paltz. Such fee schedule may thereafter be amended from time to time by like resolution.
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 or the New York Board of Fire Underwriters be deemed to have assumed any such liability by reason of any inspection made pursuant to this chapter.
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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 repair electrical wiring for light, heat or power, in or on properties in the Village until an application for inspection has been filed with the New York Board of Fire Underwriters.
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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 conditional certificate, or a certificate of compliance, by the New York Board of Fire Underwriters.