(a) 
No electrical equipment shall be installed, nor shall any alteration or addition be made to existing equipment in or on any building, structure or premises in the city, whether such be publicly or privately owned, unless a permit shall first be obtained from the office of electrical inspection authorizing such installation, alteration or addition.
(b) 
No permit for constructing, installing, altering, extending, maintaining, repairing, or replacing any electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment of any voltage in excess of twenty-four (24) volts shall be issued to any person, firm or corporation other than a holder of a license of the grade necessary to entitle such holder to lawfully do or supervise the work to be done by virtue of said permit.
(c) 
The provisions of this part shall not apply to equipment owned and used by an electricity supply company or communications agency in the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity or for the operation of signals or the transmission of intelligence.
(d) 
A separate permit shall be required for each separate building, store, space or apartment, whether such unit is metered separately or conjunctively, and a service permit shall be taken on all such units whether supplied from a central metering station or directly from an electricity supply agency, except that in trailer courts the individual trailer disconnect switches shall not be deemed services; fees for such service permits shall be charged as set out in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code.
(2005 Code, sec. 15.3.35)
(a) 
Except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, application for such permits, with a description of the work to be done, shall be made in writing to the building official by the electrician properly licensed to perform the work. When required by the building official, the application shall be accompanied by such plans, specifications and schedules as may be necessary to determine whether the installation as described will conform to the requirements of this code. If it shall be found that the installation as described will conform with all legal requirements and if such electrician has complied with all provisions of this code, a permit for such installation shall be issued. Payment of all permit and inspection fees required in this code shall be made prior to the final inspection required in part VIII of this division.
(b) 
The building official may make and issue in writing such regulations in connection with the filing of applications for permit by telephone as he may deem necessary for the collection of fees and the proper enforcement of this code.
(2005 Code, sec. 15.3.36)
(a) 
In any case where an electrician commences work requiring any permit at a time when the office of the building official is open for business and said electrician does not first make application for such permits as may be necessary, the fees therefor shall be doubled.
(b) 
The permit fee for installation of electrical equipment in all buildings and the permit for alteration of electrical equipment in any building shall be as provided in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code.
(2005 Code, sec. 15.3.37)