There is hereby adopted by the city, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the construction, alteration, removal and maintenance of electrical wiring and apparatus, including permits and penalties, that certain electrical code known as the International Electrical Code, 2000 edition, with appendixes and amendments thereto, save and except such portions as are hereinafter amended, deleted, or modified, of which one copy with all amendments noted therein shall be on file in the office of the city secretary available to all persons for inspection, and the same are hereby adopted as the electrical code(s) of the city as fully as if set out at length herein, and the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction of all dwellings and premises within the corporate limits of the city. Wherever there may be a conflict between the electrical code and the Code of Ordinances, the Code of Ordinances shall prevail.
(Ordinance adopted 12/17/01)
No installation, alteration or removal shall be made in or of the wiring of any building or structure for light, heat or power or to increase the load of energy carried by such wires or equipment, nor shall any building or structure be wired for electric lights, appliances, motors, apparatus or heating devices nor alterations made thereto, without a written permit therefor being first obtained from the city license-issuing clerk by the person, firm or corporation having direct charge of such installation. Permit fees are as established by the city council.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 4:D)
Upon the completion of the wiring, installation or alteration of any building or structure for light, heat, power, appliance or apparatus, it shall be the duty of the person, firm or corporation having direct charge of such to notify the city electrician, who shall, as early as possible, inspect such wiring, installation, appliance and apparatus, and if installed, altered and constructed in compliance with the permit and in accordance with the requirements of this article he shall execute a certificate of satisfactory inspection, which shall contain the date of such inspection and the result of his examination, but no such certificate shall be issued unless such electric wiring, motors, heating devices, appliances and apparatus be in strict accord with the rules and requirements and the spirit of this article, nor shall current be turned on such installation, equipment, appliance, motors, heating devices and apparatus until said certificate be issued. The amount of fee or charge to be made for such inspections and certificates is to be fixed and determined by the city council.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 4:E)
All electrical construction, all materials, appliances, motors, heating devices and apparatus used in connection with electrical work and the operation of all electrical apparatus within the city shall conform to the rules and requirements of the National Electrical Code current when work is performed or equipment and apparatus installed; however, the necessity, good service and said results often require larger sizes of wire, more branch circuits and better types of equipment than the minimum which is specified in the National Electrical Code. Therefore, the city electrician supervising the enforcement of this code will have the responsibility and authority for making interpretations of the rules, for deciding upon the approval of equipment, materials, construction and for granting the special permission contemplated in a number of the rules, and the city electrician, where necessary, shall follow the code procedure for securing official interpretation of the code.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 4:F)