[Amended 7-27-1999 by Ord. No. 1125; 5-22-2001 by Ord. No. 1149]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BOARD
The City of Roseville Electrical Appeals Board.
DEPARTMENT
The City of Roseville Department of Buildings and Inspection or equivalent department.
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
All electrical devices in connection with the generation, distribution, communication and utilization of electrical energy within or on a building, residence, structure or properties, including fire alarm and sign devices.
ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR
Any person who has the necessary qualifications, training, experience and technical knowledge to inspect all electrical apparatus for compliance with the codes and who shall be the agent or employee of the Department designated by the Building Official as an "Electrical Inspector." Inspectors shall be registered pursuant to Act No. 54 of the Public Acts of 1986, being MCL § 338.2301 et seq., and known as the "Building Officials and Inspectors Registration Act."
ELECTRICAL WIRING
All wiring, generating equipment, fixtures, appliances and appurtenances in connection with the generation, distribution, communication and utilization of electrical energy within or on a building, residence, structure or properties, and including service entrance wiring as defined by the code.
ELECTRIC SIGN
Fixed, stationary or portable self-contained, electrically illuminated equipment that has words or symbols designed to convey information or attract attention. The term includes outline lighting. Electric sign does not include those signs that are indoor or outdoor portable applications or recognized holiday residential signs listed with a recognized electrical testing laboratory and that use a cord cap plug as the electrical energizing attachment method.
JOB SITE
The immediate work area within the property lines of a single construction project, alteration project or maintenance project where electrical construction or alteration of electrical wiring is in progress.
MINOR REPAIR WORK
Electrical work, such as repairing or replacing flush and snap switches, fuses, lamp sockets or receptacles, replacement of fixtures, repairing or taping bare connections, replacing lamps or the connection of portable electrical equipment to suitable permanently installed receptacles, provided that the total value does not exceed $100.
MUNICIPALITY
A city, village or township.
OUTLINE LIGHTING
An arrangement of incandescent lamps or electric discharge tubing which is an integral part of an electrical sign that outlines certain features, such as the shape of a building or the decoration of a window.
OWNER
Any natural person, firm, partnership, association or corporation and its legal successors. In all proceedings, actions or prosecution hereunder in which a corporation is the owner of any building, structure or part thereof or of premises, any of its officers, directors or persons in control or management thereof, as well as the corporation, shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.
PORTABLE ELECTRIC SIGN
A self-contained single-unit sign, wired in conformity with methods recognized by the State of Michigan Electrical Code. Such signs are intended for indoor use only and employ incandescent lamps or fluorescent lamps, or gas-filled luminous tubes (neon), with provisions made for standing on a horizontal surface or for being suspended, and shall be equipped with not more than six feet of flexible cord and an attachment cap. All other signs are considered nonportable and require inspection by the Electrical Inspection Authority unless the sign bears a label of approval by a recognized national testing laboratory. A connection permit is required for all nonportable signs.
Subject to the Constitution and the laws of the State of Michigan, the Electrical Inspector(s) and/or his or her deputy shall have the right during reasonable hours to enter any building in the discharge of his or her official duties for the purpose of making any inspection or test of the installation of electrical wiring, electrical devices and/or electrical materials contained therein and shall have the authority to cause the turning off of all electrical supply and to disconnect, in cases of emergency, any wire where such electrical currents are dangerous to life or property or may interfere with the work of the Fire Department.
A. 
Upon the completion of the wiring of any building, it shall be the duty of the person, firm or corporation installing the same to notify the City of Roseville Department of Buildings and Inspection, which shall notify the Electrical Inspector(s) to inspect the installation as soon as possible, and if it is found to be fully in compliance with this chapter and does not constitute a hazard to life and property, he/she shall, upon request, issue to such person, firm or corporation, for delivery to the owner, a certificate of inspection.
B. 
All wires which are to be hidden from view shall be inspected before concealment, and any person, firm or corporation installing such wires shall notify the City of Roseville Department of Buildings and Inspection, giving sufficient time in which to make the required inspection before such wires are concealed.
The Electrical Inspector(s) may periodically make a thorough reinspection of the installation in buildings, interior and exterior, of all electric wiring, electric devices and electric material now installed or that may hereafter be installed within the City of Roseville; and when the installation of any such wiring, devices and/or material is found to be in a dangerous or unsafe condition, the person, firm or corporation owning, using or operating the same shall be notified and shall make the necessary repairs or changes required to place such wiring, devices and material in a safe condition and shall have such work completed within 15 days or any longer period specified by the Electrical Inspector in said notice. The Electrical Inspector is hereby empowered to disconnect or order in writing the discontinuance of electrical service to such wiring, devices and/or material so found to be defectively installed until the installation of such wiring, devices and material has been made safe as directed by the Electrical Inspectors.
No certificate of inspection shall be issued unless the electrical installation is in strict conformity with the provisions of this chapter, the statutes of the State of Michigan and the rules and regulations issued by the Michigan Public Service Commission under the authority of the state statutes and unless they are in conformity with approved methods of construction for safety to persons and property. The regulations as laid down in the State Electrical and Building Codes and NFPA S:71, 72, 73 and 74 for fire alarm systems as approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and in the amendments, rules and regulations established as hereinafter provided shall be prima facie evidence of such approved methods.
A. 
The Roseville Department of Buildings and Inspection shall keep complete records of all permits issued and inspections made and other official work performed under the provisions of this chapter.
B. 
When the Electrical Inspector condemns all or part of any electrical installation, the owner or his or her agent may, within five days after receiving written notice from the Electrical Inspector, file a petition, in writing, for review of said action of the Electrical Inspector with the Electrical Appeals Board. Upon receipt of the petition, the Board shall at once proceed to determine whether said electrical installation complies with this chapter, and within three days shall make a decision in accordance with its findings.
A. 
The Electrical Appeals Board is hereby constituted, consisting of a representative of the electrical utility company, a licensed electrical contractor who is also a licensed master electrician, a licensed journeyman electrician, a licensed master electrician and an electrical engineer.
B. 
The members of said Board shall be appointed in accordance with the practice of the City of Roseville for such terms as shall be designated at the time of appointment. The Board may adopt the rules of procedure for conducting its business. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of this Code or the rules legally adopted thereunder have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of this Code do not fully apply, or an equally good or better method of installation is proposed. The Board shall have no authority to waive the requirements of this Code. The Board of Appeals shall consist of members who are qualified by experience and training to pass on matters pertaining to electrical installations and are not employees of the jurisdiction.
The location of property used in conjunction with furnishing electrical services to detached dwelling units shall conform to the following:
A. 
No transformer or junction box shall be placed on or near a lot line so as to obstruct the erection, maintenance, repair and replacement of a fence.
B. 
All services to dwelling units from the rear property line shall follow the side property line to a point perpendicular to the dwelling unit. Service cables shall be no closer than one foot nor more distant than two feet from such property line at a depth which is required by the utility company furnishing such service.
C. 
Deviation from the installation requirements set forth shall not be allowed unless written approval is obtained from the Building Director or his designee and is conditional upon an approved diagram of the installation as built being posted on the inside cover of the distribution panel.
D. 
The utility company shall post on the meter box, in an unobstructed view, notice of warning of all underground services.
The provisions of this chapter, except for those relating to location (§ 126-9) shall not apply to apparatus and equipment installed by or for any utility operating under jurisdiction of the Michigan Public Service Commission in the exercise of its function as a utility and when such apparatus or equipment is used primarily for the purpose of communication or metering or for the generation, control, transformation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy.
A. 
Any person, firm or corporation who shall fail to comply with any of the provisions hereof shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I, unless otherwise provided in this chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
B. 
Except as provided for in Subsection A, a person licensed or registered under this chapter who commits a violation of this chapter that is not a minor violation as described in the General Rules[2] or a person not licensed or registered under this chapter who is performing any activity regulated by this chapter is guilty of a civil infraction, punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000 per day for each day of the violation, except that a fine shall not exceed $5,000 in total per violation. A second or subsequent violation is punishable by a fine of not less than $2,000 per day for each day the violation occurs, except that a fine shall not exceed $10,000 in total per violation.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Article II, General Rules, of this chapter.
This chapter shall not be construed to relieve from or lessen the responsibility or liability of any party owning, operating, controlling or installing any electrical wiring, electrical devices and/or electrical material for damages to person or property caused by any defect therein, nor shall the City of Roseville or the Electrical Inspectors be held as assuming any such liability by reason of the inspection authorized herein or certificate of inspection issued as herein provided.