There is hereby created the office of electrical inspector who shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to the confirmation of the city council. The electrical inspector shall have had at least two (2) years’ experience as an electrician, shall be of good moral character, shall be versed in the approved methods of electrical construction for safety of life and property and the National Electrical Code. He shall receive such compensation as the council may decide.
(1983 Code, sec. 6.2)
(a) 
The electrical inspector, who for the purpose of this article shall be known as the city electrician, and hereinafter referred to as such, shall have the duty and is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to regulate and determine the placing of electric wires or other appliances for electric lights, heat or power in the city and to cause all such wires, appliances or apparatus to be placed, constructed and guarded as not to cause fires or accidents, endangering life or property, and to be constructed as to keep to a minimum the loss of waste of electric current. It shall be the duty of the city electrician to enforce all provisions of this article and is hereby granted the authority to enter all buildings in the city in the performance of his duties between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. daily, except that in emergency and within the limits of reason, the city electrician may enter buildings for such purposes at other than the designated hours.
(b) 
It shall be the duty of the city electrician to inspect and/or test all electrical work and equipment or apparatus for compliance with the code. Whenever electric wiring, appliances, or apparatus shall be defective or hazardous through improper manufacture or improper or insufficient insulation or for any other reason, he shall at once cause the removal of such defect or defects, at the expense of the owners of such wiring, appliance, or apparatus.
(1983 Code, sec. 6.3)
No installation, alteration, or removal shall be made in/or of the wiring of any building or structure for light, heat or power or to increase the load of energy carried by such wires or equipment, nor shall any building or structure be wired for electric lights, appliances, motors, apparatus, or heating devices nor alterations made thereto without a written permit therefor being first obtained from the city secretary by the person, firm or corporation having direct charge of such installation.
(1983 Code, sec. 6.4)
Upon the completion of the wiring, installation or alteration of any building or structure for light, heat, power, appliance or apparatus, it shall be the duty of the person, firm or corporation having direct charge of such to notify the city electrician who shall, as early as possible, inspect such wiring, installation, appliance, and apparatus, and if installed, altered and constructed in compliance with the permit and in accordance with the requirements of this article, he shall execute a certificate of satisfactory inspection, which shall contain the date of such inspection and the result of his examination, but no such certificate shall be issued unless such electric wiring, motors, heating devices, appliances, and apparatus be in strict accordance with the rules and requirements and the spirit of this article, nor shall current be turned on such installation, equipment, appliance, motors, heating device, and apparatus until said certificate be issued. The amount of fee or charge to be made for such inspections and certificate is to be fixed and determined by the city council.
(1983 Code, sec. 6.5)
All electrical construction; all materials, appliances, motors, heating devices, and apparatus used in connection with electrical work; and the operation of all electrical apparatus within the city shall conform to the rules and requirements of the National Electrical Code current when work is performed or equipment and apparatus installed; however, the necessity, good service and said results often require larger sizes of wire, more branch circuits, and better types of equipment than the minimum which is specified in the National Electrical Code. Therefore, the city electrician supervising the enforcement of this code will have the responsibility and authority for making interpretations of the rules; for deciding upon the approval of equipment, materials, construction; and for granting the special permission contemplated in a number of the rules, and the city electrician, where necessary, shall follow the code procedure for securing official interpretations of the code.
(1983 Code, sec. 6.6)
Any person, firm or corporation desiring to engage in the business of electrical construction or of the installation of wiring and apparatus for electric lights, appliances, heating or power in the city shall, before doing so, obtain a license therefor, the fee for which shall be $10.00 per year which shall be paid into the city treasury before such license shall become effective.
(1983 Code, sec. 6.7)
Every person, firm or corporation doing electrical business in the city shall execute and deliver to the city a bond with a surety bonding company in the sum of $2,000.00 to indemnify the city or any citizen for any damage caused by the failure of such person, firm or corporation doing the electrical work to comply strictly with the provisions of this article.
(1983 Code, sec. 6.8)
No license shall be issued until the party applying for same has given satisfactory evidence to the city electrician of his or their ability to do said electrical work in a safe and satisfactory manner. No permit for installation or alteration of any wiring, heating devices, motors, appliances and apparatus shall be issued until the license and bond herein required have been obtained.
(1983 Code, sec. 6.9)
Any person, firm or corporation who shall fail to correct any defect or defects in his or her work or to meet the required standards after having been given notice of the unfit condition by the city electrician, within a reasonable time, shall be refused any other permit until such defect or defects have been corrected and shall be subject to revocation of license for continual defective work or either upon conviction for violation of the provisions of this article.
(1983 Code, sec. 6.10)
Upon failure to comply with this article, the city electrician shall have authority, after due notice, to cut off electric current in the locality concerned.
(1983 Code, sec. 6.11)
Any individual desiring to perform his own electrical work personally shall not be required to make the required bond or to obtain the required license, but shall be required to obtain the regular permit for that particular job. Such work done by an individual must be done by him personally on his own particular job and not be a way of performing a service to the public generally.
(1983 Code, sec. 6.12)