There is hereby adopted for the purpose of establishing rules
and regulations for the construction, alteration, removal, and maintenance
of electric wiring and apparatus, including permits and penalties,
that certain electrical code known as the National Electrical Code
of the National Fire Protection Association, being particularly the
1997 edition thereof, save and except such portions as are hereinafter
deleted, modified, or amended, of which one (1) copy is on file in
the office of the electrical inspector of the city, and the same is
hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein,
and the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction,
alteration, maintenance, or removal of all electric wiring and apparatus
within the corporate limits of the city.
(2001 Code, sec. 150.10)