In the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter, the following
definitions shall apply:
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
All wires, equipment or devices installed for the purpose
of conducting or safeguarding electrical current at all voltages.
ELECTRICAL WORK
Any act in connection with the installing, altering or maintaining
of electrical systems, which act ordinarily requires the use of tools.
WIRING
All conductors and all other devices incidental to the safe
conduction of electrical current.
See §
118-7 of Chapter
118, Article
I, Building Code, of the Town Code.
The Electrical Inspector may grant special permission, for a
limited time, for the installation or use of temporary electric wiring
and equipment which does not conform with the regulations of this
chapter. The person installing such wiring or equipment shall be directly
and legally responsible and accountable for the safe condition of
the installation at all times and its complete removal at the end
of the fixed temporary period, as set by the Electrical Inspector,
or any time sooner when ordered by the Inspector. Carnivals, circuses,
theatrical acts and exhibitions and all places of temporary outdoor
assembly are included in the provisions of this section, and all electrical
wiring and equipment associated therewith shall be installed, maintained
and operated in a safe and workmanlike manner. All such electric wiring
and equipment shall be isolated from the public by proper elevation
and guarding of all electric fuses, and switches shall be installed
in approved enclosures. Cable laid on the ground in areas traversed
by the public shall be buried in trenches or protected by approved
covers. No wooden raceways shall be used. All temporary services shall
be rainproof in their entirety. Where an enclosure is built around
nonwaterproof equipment, it shall have a hinged cover and be supplied
with a hasp and lock.
Whenever the Electrical Inspector determines that all or part
of the electrical work of any building does not comply with the provisions
of this chapter, he or she shall, in cases where the construction
is in progress, give five days' written notice thereof to the contractor
on the job. In all other cases he or she shall give five days' notice
thereof to the owner or his authorized agent or attorney. Such contractor
or owner may have such determination reviewed by the Board of Zoning
Appeals.
This chapter shall not be considered as assuming any liability
on the part of the Town or any official or employe thereof for damages
to anyone injured or for any property destroyed by any defect in any
building or equipment, or in any electric wiring or equipment.
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter or any regulation, rule or order made hereunder shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter
1, Article
II, General Penalty, of the Town Code.