[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Ardsley 11-18-2002
by L.L. No. 5-2002. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful to install electric devices or wiring for light,
heat or power or to alter, extend or repair any existing electric device or
wiring system or to maintain and use electric devices or wiring systems within
the Village except in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
For the purpose of interpreting and applying the provisions of this
chapter, the following definitions shall have the meanings indicated. All
other definitions shall be set forth in the National Electric Code.
The Board of Electrical Control.
The Building Inspector of the Village of Ardsley or any of his duly
appointed representatives.
The Chief Inspector and each of the duly appointed inspectors of
any electrical inspection agency which is a member of the International Association
of Electrical Inspectors (IAEI) and applies the National Electrical Code (NEC)
as the standard for inspection and certification who are authorized by the
Building Inspector to make inspections and reinspections of all electrical
installations described in this chapter and to recommend that the Building
Inspector approve or disapprove of the same.
Includes installation, alteration, extension and repair.
Any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation having
a regular place of business who performs the work or who is engaged in the
business of electrical contracting and/or installing, altering and repairing
or contracting to install, alter or repair any electric wires or wiring, apparatus,
fixtures and other appliances (except small plug-in appliances) used for the
transmission of electricity for light, heat or power or signaling systems
when more than 50 volts are required.
Only the materials, fittings and devices approved by a recognized
laboratory shall be acceptable as suitable for use under this chapter, except
as may be provided otherwise.
That area encompassed by the incorporated Village of Ardsley.
Includes installation, alteration, extension and repair of electric
devices or wiring for light, heat or power or signaling systems when more
than 50 volts are required.
It shall be unlawful for any person, whether licensed elsewhere or not,
to engage in work of the character herein defined within the Village without
first having obtained a license as required by the County of Westchester licensing
division and/or the State of New York.
Except as may be provided otherwise in this chapter, the requirements
of the National Electric Code and the Uniform Fire Prevention and Building
Code shall be deemed to be the approved method and practices to be used in
the Village.
A.
It shall be unlawful to install electric devices or wiring
for light, heat or power or to extend an existing electric device or wiring
system unless a permit has been issued therefor by the Building Inspector,
except that no permits shall be required for electrical work for the generation
and primary distribution of electric current or the secondary distribution
system ahead of the meter where such work is an integral part of the systems
owned and operated by an electric light and power company in rendering its
duly authorized service. No permit shall be issued to any person, firm, or
corporation other than an electrician licensed under this chapter except those
not required to be licensed by this chapter.
B.
Applications for permits shall be made to the Building
Inspector on the forms supplied by him.
C.
Permits shall be issued to the licensed electrician engaged
to perform the work in the form of a poster, which shall bear the name of
the electrician to whom it was issued, the location of the premises and such
other information as the Building Inspector may require. The permit shall
be posted by the electrician on the premises in which the installation is
to be made, adjacent to the existing or proposed location of the electric
service meter.
D.
No permits to perform any work shall be issued until
the applicant provides satisfactory compliance with the following requirements:
(1)
Certificate of compliance with the statutory requirements
for worker's compensation insurance and disability insurance in the State
of New York.
(2)
Certificate that the licensee has comprehensive general
liability insurance or comprehensive commercial liability insurance against
personal injury or property damage arising out of any operations of the electrician
and/or his employees pursuant to a license or permit issued by the Village
and which designates the Village of Ardsley as a coinsured or additional insured
on the policy. Such insurance shall be in the following amount.
E.
No permit shall be required for the repair of electrical
fixtures.
A.
Inspections shall be made during the installation of
an electrical device or wiring system to assure compliance with this chapter.
An application for inspection must be filed with Village and/or a certified
inspection agency.
B.
No work in connection with an electric installation shall
be covered or concealed until it has been inspected as prescribed in this
section and permission to do so has been given by the Building Inspector or
a certified inspector.
C.
The Building Inspector or certified inspector shall,
within a reasonable time after notice of the completion of any electric installation
which shall come under the provision of this chapters make an inspection of
such work and perform such tests as may be necessary in the interest of public
safety.
D.
The Building Inspector or certified inspector shall make
a reinspection of an electric installation whenever he deems it necessary
in the interest of public safety.
E.
If an electric installation, upon reinspection, is found
to be defective or unsafe, the Building Inspector or certified inspector shall
revoke all certificates in effect at the time relating to such installations,
and the use of such installation shall be discontinued until it has been made
to conform to this chapter and a new certificate has been issued by the Building
Inspector or certified inspector.
F.
Inspection and reinspection fees shall be set by the
Building Inspector subject to the approval of the Village Board.
A.
Certificate of approval. If it is found that an electric
device or wiring system is lawfully installed or altered, the Building Inspector
shall issue a certificate of approval to that effect. A certificate of approval
issued by a certified inspector shall be deemed sufficient under the provisions
of this chapter.
B.
Supplying current.
(1)
It shall be unlawful to permit the use of or to supply
current for electrical devices or wiring for light, heat or power within the
Village unless the required certificate of inspection and approval has been
issued.
(2)
The Inspector may, in his discretion, give temporary
permission for a reasonable time to supply and use current in part of an electrical
installation before such installation is completed.
(3)
When, in the opinion of the Inspector or Fire Chief,
any electric current is dangerous to life or property or may interfere with
the work of the Fire Department, either of them may disconnect or cause to
be disconnected said current.
(4)
It shall be unlawful for a person, firm or corporation
to connect or cause to be connected electrical wiring in or on properties
for light, heat or power to any source of electrical energy supply prior to
the issuance of a temporary certificate or certificate of compliance by any
certified inspector.
C.
This chapter shall be enforceable by the Building Inspector,
Fire Marshal, or the Electrical Inspector and/or their assistants. Each shall
have the authority to issue violation notices, summonses and stop-work orders
as necessary.
D.
It shall be unlawful for any licensed electrician to
allow his license to be used in connection with work not actually done by
him or his employees.
E.
The provisions of this section pertaining to licenses
shall not apply to electric corporations as defined in the Transportation
Corporations Law of the State of New York nor to any person or corporation
engaged in their behalf nor to employees of any of them in performing such
work in the conduct of the business of such corporation in installing, maintaining
or repairing wires, apparatus or fixtures or other appliances used by such
companies and necessary for or to their business, whether or not such wires,
conduits, apparatus, fixtures or other appliances are on their own premises,
unless the work in connection therewith is done within a building now owned
by such corporation. Such provisions shall not apply to the electrical work
of a telephone, telegraph, central station protective, railroad or radio broadcasting
company nor those performing electrical work for such a company where said
electrical work is an integral part of the plant or service used by such company
in rendering its duly authorized service to public.
A.
Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall,
upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $500 and/or imprisonment
not to exceed three months. Each day the violation continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
B.
A second and subsequent violation for the
same offense shall be a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than
$1,000 and/or imprisonment not to exceed six months. Each day the offense
continues shall constitute a separate offense.
