Any person, firm or corporation found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this division shall be subject to a fine as provided for in the general penalty provision found in section 1.01.009 of this code nor more than the maximum fine as provided for in section 1.01.009 of this code, together with the costs of such prosecution, or by imprisonment. Each day during which violation continues shall be a separate offense.
(2001 Code, sec. 3.212)
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 be of good moral character and shall be versed in the approved methods of electrical construction for safety of life and property and the National Electrical Code. He or she shall receive such compensation as the city council may decide.
(2001 Code, sec. 3.202)
(a) 
The electrical inspector 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 limits 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 cooperate with the fire marshal.
(b) 
It shall be the duty of the electrical inspector to enforce all provisions of this division, and he or she is hereby granted the authority to enter all buildings within the city limits in the performance of his duties between the hours of eight a.m. and five p.m. daily, except that in emergency and within the limits of reason he may enter buildings for such purposes at other than the designated hours.
(c) 
It shall be the duty of the electrical inspector to inspect and/or test all electrical work and equipment or apparatus for compliance with the code [and] 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.
(2001 Code, sec. 3.203)
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 license-issuing clerk by the person, firm or corporation having direct charge of such installation.
(2001 Code, sec. 3.204)
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 electrical inspector, who shall, as early as possible, inspect such wiring, installation, appliance, and apparatus, and if installed, altered and constructed in compliance with the permit in accordance with the requirements of this division, he or she shall execute a certificate of satisfactory inspection, which shall contain the date of such inspection and the result of his or her examination, but no such certificate shall be issued unless such electric wiring, motors, heating devices, appliances, and apparatus be in strict accord with the rules and requirements and the spirit of this division, nor shall current be turned on such installation, equipment, appliance, motors, heating device, and apparatus until said certificate be issued.
(2001 Code, sec. 3.205)
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 limits 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 electrical inspector 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, and construction and for granting the special permission contemplated in a number of the rules, and the electrical inspector, where necessary, shall follow the code procedure for securing official interpretations of the code.
(2001 Code, sec. 3.206)
Upon failure to comply with this division, the electrical inspector shall have authority, after due notice, to cut out electric current in the locality concerned.
(2001 Code, sec. 3.211)
A property owner may do electrical work in a building or on premises owned and occupied by him or her as his or her home. In such a case, a bond or license is not required. A permit for that particular job is still required, and the work must still be inspected by the electrical inspector.
(2001 Code, sec. 3.213)