No person shall within or upon any building or premises, whether private or public, commence any new electrical work or substantially alter or extend any old work until written notice thereof shall have been given to and a written permit therefor issued by the Inspector of Wires.
[Amended 12-9-1980 by Doc. 196-B]
The fees for the permits required by the preceding section shall be as provided in Chapter 120, Building Construction.
All wires, wiring and apparatus shall be installed to conform to the rules and regulations set forth in the National Electrical Code referred to in § 141-1, and to all law and ordinances, copies of which shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk, and shall not be approved by the Inspector of Wires unless they so conform, but the Inspector of Wires, may, if he shall deem it necessary in the interest of public safety, make and enforce further reasonable requirements concerning the installation, operation, use or protection of such wires, wiring and apparatus.
The Inspector of Wires shall examine all buildings in course of erection, construction, reconstruction or repair and shall have the right of entry thereto at all reasonable times for the purpose of seeing that the provisions of law, ordinance, orders and rules and regulations of any local light or power company as approved by the City Council in relation to electric wires and electric wiring are fully complied with as the building progresses.
Whenever any wire, appliance or apparatus used for the transmission of an electric current for light, heat or power within or upon any building or premises is found unsafe or dangerous or if the installation or condition thereof is in violation of law or ordinance, the Inspector of Wires shall notify the owner or any person having an interest therein to remove or repair the same and may order the same disconnected or otherwise render the service inoperative, and the service shall not be resumed except with his written permission.
Upon the completion of the installation of any electric wires, wiring or apparatus in any building for use in connection with light, heat or power, or upon the completion of any material change or alteration in or addition to the same, it shall be the duty of the person installing, owning or operating such wires, wiring or apparatus to notify the Inspector of Wires, who, by himself or by his deputy, shall inspect the same and, if approving it, shall issue a certificate of satisfactory inspection which shall contain the date of such inspection and an outline of its results, but no such certificate shall be issued unless all wires, wiring or apparatus inspected shall be installed in strict conformity with law and ordinance. No current shall be turned on through or into any such wires, wiring or apparatus until such certificate of satisfactory inspection shall have been issued.
No persons shall conceal or cause to be concealed within floors, walls or ceilings any electric wires, wiring or apparatus except by the express written permission of the Inspector of Wires, and the Inspector is hereby authorized and directed to cause the removal of any flooring, lathing or plaster, sheet metal or other material that may conceal any electric wire, wiring or apparatus contrary to the provisions of this section.
[Added 10-25-1983 by Doc. 164]
The main service-disconnecting means in all service entrance installations requiring current transformers for meter reading shall be installed ahead of the current transformers at all times.
[Added 10-25-1983 by Doc. 164]
In buildings of three apartments and over there shall be a separate house meter installed for the smoke-detector circuit which will ensure the operation of the smoke detectors at all times. Any other circuits connected to this meter shall not be on the same overcurrent device to which the smoke-detector circuit is connected.
All lights installed in bathrooms or elsewhere within reach of sinks shall have keyless sockets and be controlled by switches, which also shall not be within reach of either bathtubs or sinks.