That certain document entitled "California Electrical Code, 2025 Edition," which adopts by reference the National Electrical Code, 2024 Edition, as published by the California Building Standards Commission and the National Fire Protection Association including Article 89, Informative Annex C, Informative Annex F, are hereby adopted with the local amendments and provisions of this Chapter, as the Electrical Code of the City of Santa Monica.
(Added by Ord. No. 1945CCS § 6, adopted 6/8/99; amended by Ord. No. 2054CCS § 6, adopted 10/8/02; Ord. No. 2157CCS § 1, adopted 6/14/05; Ord. No. 2244CCS § 6, adopted 11/27/07; Ord. No. 2328CCS § 14, adopted 11/9/10; Ord. No. 2445CCS § 21, adopted 11/12/13; Ord. No. 2527CCS § 6, adopted 11/22/16; Ord. No. 2623CCS § 8, adopted 10/22/19; Ord. No. 2727CCS § 8, adopted 10/25/22; Ord. No. 2831CCS, 10/14/2025)
Notwithstanding any provisions of the California Electrical Code, California Building Standards Code, or other codes adopted by any Chapter in Article 8 of the Municipal Code to the contrary, the following local amendments shall apply.
(Added by Ord. No. 1945CCS § 6, adopted 6/8/99; amended by Ord. No. 2054CCS § 6, adopted 10/8/02; Ord. No. 2157CCS § 1, adopted 6/14/05; Ord. No. 2244CCS § 6, adopted 11/27/07; Ord. No. 2328CCS § 14, adopted 11/9/10; Ord. No. 2527CCS § 6, adopted 11/22/16; Ord. No. 2623CCS § 8, adopted 10/22/19; Ord. No. 2727CCS § 8, adopted 10/25/22; Ord. No. 2831CCS, 10/14/2025)
(a) 
Use of Approved Materials. No person, firm or corporation shall use any electrical material, device, appliance or equipment, designed or intended for attachment, directly or indirectly, to any electrical system, circuit or electrical service for light, heat or power in the City unless such electrical material, device, appliance or equipment complies with the provisions of this Chapter. The Building Official is hereby empowered to enforce the provisions of this Chapter.
(b) 
Rating. All electrical materials, devices, appliances, or equipment designed or intended for attachment, directly or indirectly, to any electrical system, circuit or electrical service for light, heat or power, shall be only those that conform with the requirements of this Chapter. Each such article shall bear or contain the makers name, trademark or identification symbol, together with such rating by the manufacturer as may be necessary to determine the intended use. The correct operating voltage, amperage and total watts shall be stated and no person shall remove, alter, deface or obliterate any such marking.
(c) 
Revocation. Any approval granted by the Building Official may be revoked if the electrical material, device, appliance, or equipment is found to be hazardous, unsuitable for the purpose used or intended, or does not conform with the standards under which it was approved for use.
(d) 
Exceptions. The provisions of this Chapter shall not be deemed to apply to:
(1) 
Safe, substantial, used or second-hand devices or appliances, provided that all parts or equipment used in rebuilding or reconstruction shall conform in all particulars with the National Standards for such article, and provided further, that such articles shall have the same degree of safety to life and property as may then be required in a new article of the same type.
(2) 
Electrical materials, devices, appliances and equipment which are safe and suitable for the purpose used or intended, provided such materials, devices, appliances and equipment are already fully covered and regulated by existing laws and ordinances now in effect.
(3) 
Vehicles or motor vehicle equipment.
(4) 
Industrial or commercial appliances which are to be used in a specific location, and which have been submitted to a recognized laboratory for approval as conforming to the standards required hereof but on which final approval is still pending; provided, however, that exemption from the provisions of this Code shall be granted separately for each appliance only when satisfactory written evidence has been filed that laboratory approval has been applied for, and shall continue in force only during such time as the Building Official has reason to believe that the testing laboratory will grant final approval certifying compliance to the prescribed standards.
(Added by Ord. No. 1945CCS § 6, adopted 6/8/99; amended by Ord. No. 2054CCS § 6, adopted 10/8/02; Ord. No. 2157CCS § 1, adopted 6/14/05; Ord. No. 2244CCS § 6, adopted 11/27/07; Ord. No. 2328CCS § 14, adopted 11/9/10; Ord. No. 2445CCS § 22, adopted 11/12/13; Ord. No. 2527CCS § 6, adopted 11/22/16; Ord. No. 2623CCS § 8, adopted 10/22/19; Ord. No. 2727CCS § 8, adopted 10/25/22)
Previously used materials shall not be re-used in any work without the advance approval of the Building Official.
(Added by Ord. No. 1945CCS § 6, adopted 6/8/99; amended by Ord. No. 2054CCS § 6, adopted 10/8/02; Ord. No. 2157CCS § 1, adopted 6/14/05; Ord. No. 2244CCS § 6, adopted 11/27/07; Ord. No. 2328CCS § 14, adopted 11/9/10; Ord. No. 2527CCS § 6, adopted 11/22/16; Ord. No. 2623CCS § 8, adopted 10/22/19; Ord. No. 2727CCS § 8, adopted 10/25/22; Ord. No. 2831CCS, 10/14/2025)
Where a metallic enclosure is installed outdoors within 402.4 meters (0.25 miles) from the mean shoreline, the enclosure shall have adequate protection against severe corrosive influences.
(Added by Ord. No. 2328CCS § 14, adopted 11/9/10; amended by Ord. No. 2445CCS § 26, adopted 11/12/13; Ord. No. 2527CCS § 6, adopted 11/22/16; Ord. No. 2623CCS § 8, adopted 10/22/19; Ord. No. 2727CCS § 8, adopted 10/25/22; Ord. No. 2831CCS, 10/14/2025)