No person shall begin any electrical installation or begin any work of installing, erecting or altering material, wiring, fixtures or any other apparatus to be used for generation, transmission or utilization of electricity for light, air conditioning, heat or power in or on any building or premises in the city without first securing a permit therefor from the office of the electrical inspector; provided that no permit shall be required for minor work such as repairing flush switches, replacing fuses, changing lamp sockets, receptacles or any installation of three or less openings not requiring entry into the service panel. This section shall not apply to maintenance and repairs on the premises of a person regularly employing a maintenance electrician for that purpose.
(Ordinance 740, sec. 1-50, adopted –/–/–)
Homeowners and holders of certificates of qualification shall make application for a permit to the electrical inspector.
(Ordinance 740, sec. 1-51, adopted –/–/–)
If a building has not received a final inspection within sixty days after completion of the building, the permit shall expire, and may be renewed only after a fee amounting to the sum of the original permit fee has been paid; provided, however, the permit may be extended a reasonable length of time without charge if application for extension has been made to the office of the electrical inspector before the expiration of the permit.
(Ordinance 740, sec. 1-53, adopted –/–/–)
Permits for temporary service shall be issued in the electrical contractor’s name only, and shall be limited to ninety days. Temporary service may be renewed for single periods of thirty days each for a fee of one (1) dollar for each renewal.
(Ordinance 740, sec. 1-54, adopted –/–/–)
The following inspection fees shall be paid by the contractor or applicant. For initial inspections of residential a fee of five (5) dollars plus the added fee, pertaining to what is being installed. For initial inspections of commercial a fee of ten (10) dollars plus the added fee, pertaining to what is being installed.
(1) 
Service (move, change, alter, temporary) each: $2.00.
(2) 
Electrical openings (each): $0.50.
(3) 
Electric range, oven, cooktop (each): $1.00.
(4) 
Electric water heater (each): $1.00.
(5) 
Electric dryer (each): $1.00.
(6) 
Elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators (each): $10.00.
(7) 
Gasoline, diesel pump (each): $3.00.
(8) 
Electrical welders (each): $1.00.
(9) 
Motors - fractional to 3 H.P. (each): $1.50.
(10) 
Motors - 3 H.P. to 5 H.P. (each): $3.00.
(11) 
Motors - 5 H.P. to 10 H.P. (each): $4.00.
(12) 
Motors - 10 H.P. to over (each): $7.50.
(13) 
Incandescent signs (each): $1.50.
(14) 
Neon signs (each): $5.00.
(15) 
Motion picture machines (theater) (each): $5.00.
(16) 
Yard light (each): $2.50.
(17) 
Reinspection (each): $5.00.
(18) 
Generators: Inspection fees for electric generators including switchboards and incitors of ten kilowatts or less shall be (each): $15.00.
(19) 
Air conditioning: $3.00.
(20) 
Hot tub: $3.00.
(21) 
Whirlpool: $1.50.
(Ordinance 740, sec. 1-55(a), adopted –/–/–)
Festoon lighting circuits shall not be smaller than size twelve AWG conductors and shall be supported by the necessary size of messenger cable for spans of thirty feet or more. Circuit breakers or fuses shall not be larger than fifteen amperes maximum and there shall be no more than fifteen sockets or outlets per circuit. Installations not applicable to this rule shall be approved by the electrical inspector. The fee for inspection of festoon lighting is $2.00 for the first circuit and $1.00 for each additional circuit.
(Ordinance 740, sec. 1-55(b), adopted –/–/–)
Each strip or series of strips of baseboard heating tied or bonded together shall be counted as one opening on the permit and each such single or bonded strip shall be a single circuit of no smaller than number twelve AWG wire. If the load requires larger conductors, they will be sized accordingly. All such heaters are required to be grounded.
(Ordinance 740, sec. 1-56, adopted –/–/–)
Permit holders and others whose installations are ready for inspection shall allow the electrical inspector or his representative twenty-four hours, Saturday, Sundays and holidays excluded, before proceeding with the installation. Under no circumstances shall work proceed without authorized inspection.
(Ordinance 740, sec. 1-57, adopted –/–/–)