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)
