(a)
Office established; qualifications; compensation.
(1)
There is hereby created the office of electrical inspector, who shall
be appointed by the city manager and confirmed by the city council.
The building official may serve as the electrical inspector. The electrical
inspector shall be of good moral character, and shall be versed in
the approved methods of electrical construction for safety of life
and property and the National Electrical Code. He shall receive such
compensation as the council may decide.
(2)
The electrical inspector shall enforce safety requirements generally
and especially those set out in this section and the National Electrical
Code and the state safety regulations applying to electrical work.
There shall be no definite experience requirements for the electrical
inspector. However, said electrical inspector is authorized and instructed,
where any matter pertaining to this article and his duties hereunder
are beyond his knowledge or where said electrical inspector has any
doubt about his ability to properly perform his duties hereunder,
to use a consultant retained by the city to perform the work of the
electrical inspector and be compensated accordingly.
(b)
Duties.
(1)
The electrical inspector, who for the purpose of this article shall
be known as the city electrician and hereinafter referred to as such,
shall have the duty and is hereby authorized, empowered and directed
to regulate and determine the placing of electric wires or other appliances
for electric lights, heat or power in the city and to cause all such
wires, appliances or apparatus to be placed, constructed and guarded
as not to cause fires or accidents endangering life or property and
to be constructed as to keep to a minimum the loss or waste of electric
current.
(2)
It shall be the duty of the city electrician to enforce all provisions
of this article, and he is hereby granted the authority to enter all
buildings in the city in the performance of his duties between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. daily, except that, in emergency
and within the limits of reason, the city electrician may enter buildings
for such purposes at other than the designated hours.
(3)
It shall be the duty of the city electrician to inspect and/or test
all electrical work and equipment or apparatus for compliance with
the code, and whenever electric wiring, appliances or apparatus shall
be defective or hazardous through improper manufacture or improper
or insufficient insulation or for any other reason, he shall at once
cause the removal of such defect or defects, at the expense of the
owners of such wiring, appliance or apparatus.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 4:B; 1986
Code, ch. 3, sec. 4:B, C; Ordinance adopting Code)
Upon failure to comply with this article, the city electrician
shall have authority, after due notice, to cut out electric current
in the locality concerned.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 4:K)
