(a) 
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this article, it shall be unlawful for any person to install or cause to be installed, or to permit any person to install, any electrical wiring, fixtures or equipment within or on any building, structure or premises, publicly or privately owned, or to make any alterations, additions, changes or repairs within the scope of this article, without first having procured a permit therefor issued by the electrical inspector. No meter loop shall be connected to the electric distribution system of the city unless a permit has been obtained. No signs or neon tubing shall be installed until a permit has been applied for and issued by the electrical inspector.
(b) 
No permit shall be required for:
(1) 
Maintenance work or the making of minor repairs, such as replacement of lamps, sockets, fuses, drop cords, snap switches or other similar items.
(2) 
The connection of portable electrical equipment to suitable permanently installed receptacles.
(3) 
The replacement of a motor by another motor of the same horsepower and rating, solenoid valves, low-pressure controls, or other controls when the electrical supply to same is or has been properly installed by a licensed electrician.
(4) 
The installation of electrical conductors or equipment to be installed by or for a public utility corporation in the generation, transmission, sale or use of electrical energy as outlined in its franchise, nor for the use of such corporation in the transmission of messages.
(5) 
Any work involved in the manufacturing, testing or servicing, altering or repairing of electrical equipment or apparatus, except that the exemption shall not include any permanent wiring.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 6.121, adopted 12/20/2021)
(a) 
There shall only be one (1) permit issued or outstanding at the same time for any one (1) installation of electrical equipment.
(b) 
When one (1) electrician completes the rough work, in whole or in part, on any electrical wiring or installation of fixtures or equipment, and a second electrician is called upon to complete the work in whole or in part, a separate permit is required, for which regular fees shall be paid for the work to be done. Each electrician shall be held responsible only for the work installed by him. Before the second electrician is issued a permit for the completion of an electrical wiring or installation of fixtures or equipment on the job, the electrical inspector shall first give three (3) days' notice to the electrician holding the original or first permit, if he can be found, to show cause within three (3) days why the second permit should not be issued.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 6.122, adopted 12/20/2021)
(a) 
Application for a permit under this division shall be made in writing upon forms provided by the city, and shall contain:
(1) 
The date the application is submitted.
(2) 
The name of the person under whose authority the application is made.
(3) 
The name of the person actually presenting the application.
(4) 
Exact address where the work is to be done.
(5) 
Description of the work to be performed.
(6) 
Signature of the person in the electrical inspector's office receiving the application.
(7) 
Time and date that such application is actually received.
(8) 
Other pertinent information required by the electrical inspector.
(b) 
Applications for permits will only be accepted when presented during normal working hours, and then they must be presented in person.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 6.123, adopted 12/20/2021)
The electrical inspector shall, when he deems it necessary to accomplish the objects of this article, require the applicant for a permit under this division to submit plans, specifications and a complete feeder layout of large or special installations of electrical work. When such plans, specifications and layout are demanded, it shall be a violation of this article for any person to install any part of the electrical work concerned until the electrical inspector approves the installation.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 6.124, adopted 12/20/2021)
(a) 
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this article, no permit required by this division shall be issued to any person who is not the holder of a master electrician's license. If the master electrician holds a restricted license, no permit shall be issued for the doing of electrical work except that which is authorized under such license.
(b) 
Each master electrician may appoint not more than five (5) full-time employees of his to act as his agent in obtaining permits by filing with the electrical inspector an affidavit sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths, stating the name and address of each such agent, that each such agent is a regular full-time employee under the personal supervision of such master electrician, and that such master electrician assumes all and full responsibility for any permit taken out or applied for by any such agent. Such affidavit shall be permanently filed by the electrical inspector. This subsection is intended only as a convenience to master electricians in handling ordinary electrical work and shall never be construed as making the delivery of a permit to any such agent mandatory upon the electrical inspector.
(c) 
A person performing electrical work with his own hands in a dwelling owned by him and registered in the state tax rolls as his homestead may be issued a permit to do electrical work on his homestead.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 6.125, adopted 12/20/2021)
(a) 
Permit fees under this division, as established from time to time by the city council, shall be paid for all new electrical work, repairs, renewals and additions.
(b) 
The permit fees provided for in this section shall be paid to the city before the issuance of a permit and before any work is started. All such fees shall be delivered, as required, to the office of the electrical inspector.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 6.126, adopted 12/20/2021)
(a) 
When the electrical inspector finds the application to be correct and the diagram or plan and specifications are approved and when the required fees have been paid, he shall cause the permit applied for under this division to be issued. Upon receipt of such permit, the electrician may start the proposed job and make the installation described in his application, requesting inspection in the proper sequence as the work progresses.
(b) 
If the plans relating to electrical wiring or installation of fixtures or equipment and the application for the permit are found to be incorrect or faulty, they shall be disapproved and the electrical inspector shall notify the applicant, listing the corrections necessary to comply with this article.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 6.127, adopted 12/20/2021)
Except as otherwise specifically provided, it shall be unlawful for a person to:
(1) 
Obtain a permit in the name of another person.
(2) 
Suffer, allow or permit another person to obtain a permit in such other person's name.
(3) 
Do or perform any electrical work under a permit issued to another person.
(4) 
Suffer, allow or permit another person to do or perform any electrical work under the permit in such other person's name.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 6.128, adopted 12/20/2021)
Each permit issued under this division shall be personal to the permittee, and shall not be assigned or transferred to any other person.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 6.129, adopted 12/20/2021)
(a) 
All permits issued under this division shall contain the date that the job is expected to be finished, and the permit shall expire after such date. If the electrical inspector finds that the date of expected completion stated by the applicant would not, in the usual course of completing such work, require the time for completion specified by the applicant, the inspector shall fix a date of expiration of such permit commensurate with the time usually required for completion of such work in the usual course of performance of similar work. The electrical inspector may extend the expiration date where he finds that extraordinary circumstances beyond the control of the permit holder have made it impossible to complete the work before the original expiration date.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person who has been granted a permit to refuse to either apply for an extension of time or call for a final inspection before the original expiration date shown on the permit.
(c) 
After the expiration of a permit, no work shall be done nor shall the job be finally approved until a new permit is issued.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 6.130, adopted 12/20/2021)