As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BUILDING
Any building, structure, or portion thereof used for any
purpose.
CLASS A MASTER ELECTRICIAN
A person approved by the City of Amsterdam Electrical License
Board of Examiners to be engaged in, or holding themselves out to
the general public as being in the business of, contracting to install
or alter electrical wiring, fixtures, equipment or apparatuses, for
the utilization of electricity for light, heat or power purposes.
CLASS B LICENSE
A license approved and issued by the Electrical License Board
of Examiners to a licensed master electrician from another state,
city, county, or town to perform work at a single location or property
within the City.
DIVISION
The Division of Building and Zoning Enforcement.
ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR
The Inspector, LLC, inspector, who shall serve as Electrical
Inspector for the City of Amsterdam without additional compensation.
ELECTRICAL PERMIT
The permit as required herein and used by the City of Amsterdam
for the installation or alteration of all electrical systems within
any building or at any premises within the City of Amsterdam.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Electrical wiring devices or material, construction and/or
equipment, including services, power distribution systems, fixtures,
appliances, devices and appurtenances for the purpose of providing
power, light or heat.
HOMEOWNERS' PERMIT
A permit for the unlicensed individual owner of a one- or
two-family residential property, and/or accessory structure, which
he or she owns and is personally performing the installation as stated
on the affidavit for homeowners' residential electrical permit
provided by the City Engineer's office and approved at the discretion
of an authorized City inspector for the work listed on the electrical
permit. This permit does not allow an individual, employee, or workmen
of a corporation/association/trust which owns the property to perform
work.
No license granted under this chapter shall be transferable,
and no such license shall be used for the interests of any unlicensed
electrician.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to persons engaged
solely in the replacement of fixtures or electrical outlets, in the
attachment of ordinary electrical appliances; nor to the work in connection
with the erection, construction, maintenance or repair of lines for
the transmission of electricity from the source of supply to the service
connection on the premises where used, by public utility companies
or municipal plants authorized to generate or sell electricity, or
to make emergency repairs of wiring and appliances on consumer's
premises necessary for the protection of life or property; nor to
the work of companies incorporated for the transmission of intelligence
by electricity in installing, maintaining or repairing wires, apparatus,
fixtures, or other appliances.
Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any of the
provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be subject to and punished by a fine of
not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 per day of violation, or imprisonment
not exceeding 15 days, or both. Any person, firm or corporation convicted
of such violation shall, in addition to the penalty imposed, have
his, her or its license revoked.