No electrical work shall be done without a permit. No wiring,
devices or equipment for the transmission, distribution or utilization
of electric energy for light, power or heat shall be installed within
or on any structure, nor shall any alteration or addition be made
in any existing wiring, devices or equipment, without first securing
a permit therefor, except as follows:
A. For the replacement of lamps or fuses, or the connection of portable
devices to suitable permanently wired receptacles.
B. For maintenance and repair work on premises where one or more electricians
are regularly employed for the purpose.
C. For the installation of electric wiring devices or equipment installed
by or for a public utility corporation for its own use in the generation,
transmission, distribution and use of electrical energy, or for telephone
or telegraph transmission.
D. For Town electrical work done under supervision of department heads.
All permits shall be issued in the form of a poster which shall
bear the name of the licensed contractor to whom it is issued, and
shall bear a permit number. This permit shall be placed on the premises
in which installation is to be made, adjacent to the service meter
or to the future location of the service meter.
Application for a permit shall be made to the Building Inspector
on forms supplied by him to the electrical contractor.
No permit for the installation or alteration of any electric
wiring devices or equipment shall be issued to any person, firm or
corporation unless such a person, firm or corporation has been registered
as an electrical contractor and holds a license.
Any holder of a bona fide license issued by a municipality outside
of the Town of Rye may deposit a certified copy of such license with
the Town Clerk, and may thereafter at any time during period of such
license receive a license from the Town Clerk upon the payment of
$5, provided the municipality issuing his license recognizes, in a
reciprocal manner, licenses issued by the Town Clerk of the Town of
Rye to electrical contractors, and provided further that such electrical
contractors shall be subject to all provisions of this chapter.