That certain document, one copy of which is on file in the office of the city clerk of the city of Manteca, being marked and designated as the 2025 California Electrical Code, California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 3, including Annex Chapter H, excluding Section 80.15, as published by BNi Publications, as now existing, or hereafter amended, regulating and governing the conditions of all properties, buildings, and structures; by providing the standards for facilities and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary, and fit for occupancy and use; and the condemnation of such structures; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and providing penalties for the violation thereof; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions, and terms of said 2025 California Electrical Code on file in office of the city clerk of the city of Manteca is hereby referred to, adopted as the electrical code of the city of Manteca.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Section 80.15 of Annex H of the 2025 California Electrical Code is amended to read:
Whenever the Building Official shall disapprove an application or refuse to grant a permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the provisions of the code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of the code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant or any person directly or adversely affected thereby, or the authorized agent of either of said parties, may appeal the decision of the Building Official to the Building Board of Appeals of the City of Manteca within thirty days from the date of said decision of the Building Official. The decision of said Board shall be final.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Article 100, Definitions, of the NEC is amended by adding definitions to read as follows:
A. 
Building Department. (See Section 15.04.020 for definition.)
B. 
Building Official. (See Section 15.04.020 for definition.)
C. 
City. (See Section 15.04.020 for definition.)
D. 
Deputize. (See Section 15.04.020 for definition.)
E. 
Enforcing Agency. (See Section 15.04.020 for definition.)
F. 
Person. (See Section 15.04.020 for definition.)
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
A. 
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to energize or permit to be energized any electrical wiring coming under the provisions of this chapter until such wiring shall have been inspected and approved by the building official. The building official may give written temporary permission to furnish electric current to, or the use of electric current through, any electric wiring for a reasonable length of time, if it appears to the building official that such electrical wiring may be used safely and that there exists an urgent necessity for such use.
B. 
Any utility company furnishing electrical current, under such temporary permit, shall be requested to disconnect such electrical service within five days of written notice from the building official that such electrical wiring cannot be approved.
C. 
Unless written approval is obtained from the city building official, all occupied residential buildings shall have an approved, operating connection to the local electrical utility.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Article 230.70(A)(1) Exterior Means of Disconnection—Location of the California Electrical Code is amended to read as follows:
Location. The service disconnecting means shall be installed at a readily accessible location outside of a building or structure or the installation thereof shall be approved by the Chief Building Official and the Fire Chief.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Article 300, Wiring Methods, General Requirements, of the California Electrical Code is amended by adding Section 300.24 to read as follows:
300.24. Raceways and Wireways on Roof Tops. Raceways and wireways on roofs shall have a minimum of one-half inch (1/2″) clearance above the roof surface, and shall be installed in a manner acceptable to the building official. Raceways and Conduits on rooftops shall utilize the ASHRAE Handbook–Fundamentals (Sacramento being the closest City) to determine the Temperature Adjustment in accordance with Section 310.15(B)(3)(c).
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Article 334.12(A)(11) Nonmetallic Sheathed Cable is amended by adding Section 334.12(A)(11) as follows: 334.12(A)(11) Commercial and Industrial Uses. Types NM, NMC or NMS cable shall not be installed in buildings used for industrial or commercial purposes.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Article 334 Exposed Work, Residential Garages is amended by adding Section 334.16 as follows:
334.16 Exposed Work, Residential Garages. Exposed work below the plate line in residential garages shall be in an approved raceway. Where a cable or cables pierce a required fire protection wall, the cable or cables shall be protected by enclosing the cable or cables on the garage side with a metal or equivalent raceway extending five (5) feet beyond the protective wall.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Section 80.23(B) of Annex H is amended by adding paragraph (B)(3) as follows:
(B)(3) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the California Electrical Code hereby adopted or fails to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder, or shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificates or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the City Council or a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein, shall severally for each and every violation and noncompliance respectfully, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue, and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonably time, and when not otherwise specified, each ten days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Section 80.19(E) of Annex H is amended to read as follows:
80.19(E) Fees. Permit fees for each permit shall be paid as set forth by city fee schedule or by a determination by the Building Official of the estimated reasonable costs of service.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)