[Amended 11-15-1983 by L.L. No. 16-1983; 11-7-1984 by L.L. No. 8-1994; 12-19-2000 by L.L. No. 7-2000; 8-2-2017 by L.L. No. 7-2017]
A. 
The following specific requirements shall be observed:
(1) 
Lights are required outside all side and rear means of ingress to and egress from all residential occupancies of four families or more and business establishments. Such lights shall be controlled by an inside switch.
(2) 
Lights are required in the fire passages in business buildings, in the ceiling slab, spaced 12 feet apart and controlled by a three-way switch placed at each end of such passage. Such ceiling lights shall not be less than fifty-watt capacity and shall be equipped with a locked guard.
(3) 
Wall switches, not pull chains, are required in bathrooms, lavatories, kitchens, laundries, boiler rooms, attics and crawl spaces. Appliance receptacles are prohibited in fixtures or fixture canopies.
(4) 
A gas burner or oil burner disconnect switch, properly identified, is required at the burner location, and a switch properly identified at the top of the basement stairway or on a wall outside the boiler room door is also required. All switches shall be labeled "oil burner" or "gas burner."
(5) 
Gas burner and oil burner low-voltage-control circuit wiring, where exposed, is required to be installed in thin-wall conduit in order that wiring be protected from mechanical injury.
(6) 
In all residential occupancies of four families or more, electrical ranges require minimum size service wiring which shall be three No. 3 AWG stranded copper wires, and wiring from service distribution panel to range shall be not smaller in size than three No. 6 stranded copper wires.
(7) 
Outdoor meter cabinets. Enclosed meter cabinets or bypass meter sockets are required. Enclosed cabinet shall accommodate the meter inside and be so designed as to permit the meter to be easily read while fully enclosed.
(8) 
Service entrance cable is not permitted except in special instances where impossible or impractical to install rigid conduit as determined by the Electrical Inspector.
(9) 
Service entrance cable is not permitted for electric range.
(10) 
In all residential occupancies of four families or more, a twenty-circuit or larger panel is required for each single-family residence installation.
(11) 
Bell wiring is required to be attached with bell wire staples; the use of nails or BX staples is prohibited.
(12) 
All current-carrying electrical cable as approved by the National Electrical Code shall not be installed less than one foot above basement floor.
(13) 
Certificates will not be issued for installations unless the original copy of the electrical permit is securely attached at or near the service switch or inside the meter equipment location.
(14) 
Any bell-ringing transformer is required to be grounded.
(15) 
Rigid galvanized steel conduit, rigid aluminum conduit or rigid nonmetallic conduit Schedule No. 80 is required for all service wiring to first disconnect.
(16) 
Flashing electrical signs. The installation of electrical signs of the flashing or revolving type is prohibited on buildings used wholly or in part for residential purposes or within 100 feet thereof.
(17) 
Fuses and circuit breakers. In cases where tampering or overfusing is found to exist in connection with the conventional type of fuse panels or switches, the Electrical Inspector may direct that circuit breakers of proper capacity be installed in place of such existing fuse panels or switches.
(18) 
Nonmetallic sheathed cables shall be permitted for one- and two-family residences only.
(19) 
The vertical run of any ground wiring conduit shall be securely strapped directly to the basement masonry wall.
(20) 
All permanently installed heating units or air-conditioning units shall have at least 18 inches of working space above and on all sides of the equipment to permit accessibility for maintenance of equipment and controls.
(21) 
In all residential occupancies of four families or more, the feeders to each apartment shall not be less than three No. 6 AWG copper wires, and there shall be at least four lighting and two appliance circuits with at least one additional twenty-ampere circuit for each additional room air conditioner.
(22) 
Outdoor socket meters shall not be installed less than six feet three inches from ground level to the bottom of the glass meter enclosure where meter installations are over a walkway that is located adjacent to a building.
(23) 
Aluminum conductors shall not be used, except with written permission from the Building Department Superintendent or Village of Hempstead Electrical Inspector.
(24) 
All service work being done with any replacement parts or used equipment must be in compliance with the National Electrical Code in effect at the time the work is performed.
(25) 
Any service reconnect to vacant or vandalized buildings must be in compliance with the National Electrical Code in effect at the time the work is performed.
(26) 
Any installations, other than those specified herein, must be in compliance with the National Electrical Code in effect at the time the work is performed.
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Editor's Note: Former § 60-34, Boardinghouses, rooming and lodging houses, was repealed 12-19-2000 by L.L. No. 7-2000.
It shall be unlawful to install or permit to exist in or upon any premises any electrical wiring, fittings, fixtures, equipment or appliances which are in violation of the provisions of this chapter or which are installed, maintained or existing so as to constitute an immediate and serious hazard to the safety or welfare of the occupants of any building or premises or a hazard to the building or its contents.
All wiring shall be adequately protected from water and mechanical damage.
A. 
All permits shall be subject to zoning regulations and to all other laws and ordinances of the Village of Hempstead and may be automatically revoked without notice if in violation of such regulations.
B. 
The original electrical permit shall be securely attached to the inside meter location or the service entrance on the job for which such permit is issued.
C. 
Uncorrected violations shall be cause for the denial of any further permits to an applicant.
A utility company shall not connect electrical service to any building or equipment unless a temporary or a final certificate of approval has been issued by the Electrical Inspector.
[Amended 8-2-2017 by L.L. No. 7-2017]
When electrical equipment is replaced or abandoned, the old wiring, devices, conduits and service equipment shall be removed from the premises.
[Added 5-7-1996 by L.L. No. 4-1996]
The Village Board of the Incorporated Village of Hempstead hereby declares and finds that unlawful multiple-family occupancies of dwellings have been facilitated by the installation of separate electric meters for the additional families. The Board thus wishes to limit the number of electric meters in single-family or two-family dwellings to one or two, respectively.
A. 
No dwelling occupied by a single-family shall have more than one electric meter located therein or elsewhere on the property.
B. 
No dwelling occupied by two families shall have more than two electric meters located therein or elsewhere on the property.
C. 
In the event that the number of existing electric meters exceeds the number of meters permitted hereunder, the premises shall be made to comply with the provisions hereof by the owner or other occupant of the premises wherein the same is located within one year from the date of the adoption of this section. This one-year period is allowed for the specific purpose of permitting the amortization of the remaining cost, if any, of such meter(s) and the installation thereof.