[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Greenburgh 12-10-1990 by L.L. No. 7-1990; amended in its entirety 10-14-2009 by L.L. No.
8-2009. Subsequent 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 Town 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 as set forth
in the National Electric Code.
The Building Inspector of the Town of Greenburgh, 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 or to be 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 part of the Town of Greenburgh lying outside the limits
of any incorporated village.
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.
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
methods and practices to be used in the Town.
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 thereof 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 system 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 by Westchester County, except those
not required to be licensed by this chapter.
B.
Applications for permits shall be made on forms supplied
by the Building Inspector.
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 is 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 permit shall be required for the repair of electrical
fixtures.
E.
The fee for a permit shall be set by the Building
Inspector subject to the approval of the Town Board.
A.
Inspections shall be made during the installation
of an electric device or wiring system to assure compliance with this
chapter. An application for inspection must be filed with the Town
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 a certified inspector shall,
within a reasonable time after notice of the completion of any electric
installation which shall come under the provisions of this chapter,
make an inspection of such work and perform such tests as may be necessary
to determine that it conforms with this chapter.
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 that time relating
to such installation, 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 Town 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 use or permit the use of or
to supply current for electric devices or wiring for light, heat or
power within the Town 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 electric installation before such installation has been fully
completed.
(3)
When, in the opinion of the Inspector or a 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 a 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 his or
her 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 appertaining 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 corporations
engaged in their behalf nor to the 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 its 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 to 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 the public.
A.
Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall,
upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor more
than $1,000 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 less than $750
nor more than $2,500 and/or imprisonment not to exceed six months.
Each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
