[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Hudson 8-20-1974
by Ord. No. 3-1974 (Ch. 52 of the 1973 Code); amended in its entirety 1-15-1991
by L.L. No. 1-1991. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector to enforce
all provisions of this Code and all violations or deviations from all state
and local laws and ordinances, including the Building Code applicable to the
City of Hudson, insofar as any of the same apply to electrical wiring, installations,
devices, appliances and equipment. The Building Inspector is authorized to
make inspections and reinspections of electrical wiring, installations, devices,
appliances and equipment, in or on properties within the City of Hudson, where
the Building Inspector deems it necessary for the protection of life and property.
B.
It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector to furnish
written reports to the owners and/or lessees of property where defective electrical
installations and equipment are found upon inspection. The Building Inspector
shall issue permits for installations and shall also accept and file certificates
of compliance issued by authorized electrical inspectors in conformity with
this chapter.
A certificate of compliance is a written document signed by an authorized
electrical inspector stating that all electrical wiring, installations, devices,
appliances and equipment in or on therein specified property comply with all
state and local laws and ordinances, including the Building Code applicable
to the City of Hudson. Certificates of compliance shall be accepted for filing
from, and only from, electrical inspectors as are authorized by resolution
of the Common Council of the City of Hudson. Electrical inspectors shall be
authorized by the Common Council to issue certificates of compliance as required
hereunder upon written application, proof of ability and experience to competently
perform such inspections, proof of adequate liability insurance and execution
of an agreement holding harmless the City from any and all claims arising
out of the performance of any inspection or issuance of certificate pursuant
to this chapter.
Before any person, firm or corporation shall install or alter or cause
to be installed or altered electrical wiring for light, heat or power in or
on properties within the City of Hudson, the person, firm or corporation shall
apply for and receive a permit from the Building Inspector. The application
shall, at a minimum, describe the work to be performed and shall include a
copy of an application for a certificate of compliance which has theretofore
been filed with an authorized electrical inspector. Such application shall
also include such other information as the Building Inspector deems appropriate.
No permit for installation shall be issued by the Building Inspector
until a fee has been paid to the City of Hudson in the amount as established
by the Common Council. No certificate of compliance shall be accepted for
filing by the Building Inspector until a fee has been paid to the City of
Hudson in the amount established by the Common Council.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person, firm or corporation
to install or alter or cause to be installed or altered electrical wiring
for light, heat or power in or on properties of the City of Hudson until a
permit for installation has been issued by the Building Inspector. It shall
be a violation of this chapter for a person, firm or corporation to connect
or cause to be connected electrical wiring in or on properties within the
City of Hudson for light, heat or power to any source of electrical energy
supply, prior to the filing of a certificate of compliance with the Building
Inspector.
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter
shall be guilty of a violation punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding
15 days or by a fine not exceeding $250, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The continuation of an offense against provisions of this chapter shall constitute,
for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.
