The purpose of this article is the preservation of life and
the protection of the public safety by reducing personal hazard and
fire hazard resulting from electrical causes. Therefore, the provisions
stated hereinafter are enacted relating to the installation, alteration
and repair of all electrical installations on all property and in
all buildings and structures now erected or to be erected, changed,
constructed, reconstructed, repaired or altered within the city and
outside the city within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 10, Section 10-1)
The provisions of this article shall not apply to electrical
installations in railway cars, automotive equipment, electrical railway
companies, nor to installations used by electrical public utility
companies, telephone and telegraph companies, radio transmission stations
and television transmission stations in the generation, transmission
or distribution of electricity; or for the operation of signals or
the transmission of intelligence in the exercise of their function
as such agencies and located outdoors or in buildings used exclusively
for that purpose, and no provision of this article shall require a
permit or inspection of the above mentioned installations. Provided
however, that nothing in this article shall be construed as exempting
from the permit and inspection requirements hereof other electrical
installations which are used in conjunction with the specialized uses
enumerated above.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 10, Section 10-2)
This article shall not be construed to affect the responsibility
or liability of any party owning, operating, controlling or installing
any electrical equipment for damages to persons or to property caused
by any defect therein, nor shall the city or any officer or employee
of the city be held as assuming such liability by reason of the inspection
or reinspection authorized herein or the certificate of approval issued
as herein provided or by reason of the approval or disapproval of
any equipment authorized herein.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 10, Section 10-3)
