[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Ossining 4-25-1978 by Ord. No. 93. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
This article shall be known as the "Electrical
Code of the Town of Ossining, in the County of Westchester, State
of New York."
Since there is danger to life and property inherent
in the use of electrical energy, this Electrical Code is enacted to
regulate the installation, alteration or repair of wiring for electric
light, heat or power and signal systems operating on 50 volts or more,
in or on all real property within the Town of Ossining.
All electrical installations heretofore mentioned
shall be made in conformity with the requirements of the National
Electrical Code except where the provisions of this chapter or any
other local law, ordinance or code of the Town of Ossining shall differently
prescribe, in which event compliance with the provisions of such local
law, ordinance or code shall be recognized as proper compliance with
this chapter. The requirements of the current National Electrical
Code shall be those known as "National Fire Protection Association
Pamphlet No. 70," as approved and adopted by the American Standards
Association, and/or any amendment thereto.
[Amended 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 8-1998; 4-13-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
The Chief Inspector and each of the duly appointed
inspectors of a corporation that is a member of the International
Association of Electrical Inspectors, applies the National Electric
Code as the standard for inspection and certification and has been
approved by the Town Board are hereby authorized to make inspections
and reinspections of all electrical installations heretofore and hereafter
described and to approve or disapprove the same. In no event, however,
will the cost or expense of such inspections and reinspections be
a charge against the Town of Ossining.
It shall be the duty of the Inspector to report
in writing to the Chief Building Inspector, whose duty it shall be
to enforce all the provisions of this code, all violations of or deviations
from or omissions of the electrical provisions of the National Electrical
Code and of all local laws and ordinances and the Building Code[1] as referred to in this chapter insofar as any of the same
apply to electrical wiring. The Inspector shall make inspections and
reinspections of electrical installations in and on properties in
the Town of Ossining upon the written request of an authorized official
of the Town of Ossining or as herein provided. The Inspector is authorized
to make inspections and reinspections of electrical wiring installations,
devices, appliances and equipment in and on properties within the
Town of Ossining where he deems it necessary for the protection of
life and property. In the event of an emergency it is the duty of
the Inspector to make electrical inspections upon the oral request
of an official or officer of the Town of Ossining. It shall be the
duty of the Inspector to furnish written reports to the proper officials
of the Town of Ossining and owners and/or lessees of property where
defective electrical installations and equipment are found upon inspection.
He shall authorize the issuing of a certificate of compliance when
electrical installations and equipment are in conformity with this
chapter. He shall direct that a copy of the certificate of compliance
be sent to the Town of Ossining to the attention of the Building Inspector.
It shall be a violation of this article for
any person, firm or corporation to install or cause to be installed
or to alter or repair electrical wiring for light, heat or power in
or on properties in the Town of Ossining until an application for
inspection has been filed with the New York Board of Fire Underwriters.
It shall be a violation of this article 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 the New York Board of Fire Underwriters.
[Amended 5-25-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010]
Any person committing an offense against any
provision of this article shall be guilty of a violation punishable
by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days or by a fine of not
less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this article
shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate
and distinct offense hereunder.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
to the electrical installations in mines, ships, railway cars or automotive
equipment or the installations or equipment employed by a railway,
electrical or communication utility in the exercise of its function
as a utility and located outdoors or in buildings used exclusively
for that purpose. This chapter shall not apply to any work involved
in the manufacture, assembly, test or repair of electrical machinery,
apparatus, materials and equipment by a person, firm or corporation
engaged in electrical manufacturing as its principal business. It
shall not apply to any building which is owned or leased in its entirety
by the Government of the United States or the State of New York.
This chapter shall not be construed to relieve
from or lessen the responsibility of any person owning, operating,
controlling or installing any electrical wiring, devices, appliances
or equipment for loss of life or damage to persons or property caused
by any defect therein, nor shall the Town of Ossining or the New York
Board of Fire Underwriters be deemed to have assumed any such liability
by reason of any inspection made pursuant to this chapter.
The provisions of this article shall constitute
the rules regulating the work of electrical contractors and nonresident
electricians in the Town of Ossining, County of Westchester, State
of New York, and shall be known as the "Electrical Ordinance."
For the purposes of this article, the terms
used herein are defined as follows:
Any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation
having a regular place of business open at all reasonable hours to
the public, who or which performs the work of or who is engaged in
the business of electrical contracting and/or of installing, altering
and repairing or contracting to install, alter or repair any electrical
conductors or wiring apparatus, fixtures and/or other appliances,
with the exception of small plug-in appliances used or to be used
for light, heat or power, or signaling systems or signs where more
than 50 volts are required for operation, excepting persons, copartners,
associations and corporations regularly employing electricians for
the maintenance, repair, alterations and extensions of electrical
conductors, electrical machinery, apparatus or appliances on their
own property and also excepting electric corporations as defined in
the Transportation Corporations Law of this state and their employees
engaged in performing such work in the conduct of the business of
such corporation.
Includes a copartnership, association or corporation.
No person shall engage in or conduct a business
of maintaining, installing, altering or repairing or contracting to
install, alter or repair any electrical conductors, wiring apparatus,
fixtures or other appliances, except small plug-in appliances used
or to be used for supplying electrical energy for light, heat or power,
or signaling systems when more than 50 volts are required for operation,
in the Town of Ossining, until such person shall apply for and obtain
a master electrician's license to engage in such business as herein
provided.
No person shall install, alter or repair any
electrical conductors, wiring apparatus, fixtures or other appliances,
except small plug-in appliances used or to be used for the supplying
of electrical energy for light, heat or power, or signaling systems
when more than 50 volts are required for its operation, in the Town
of Ossining, in one single occupancy, until such person shall apply
for and obtain a special A license for the purpose of installing same.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former §§ 82-14
through 82-21, regarding Licensing Board, master electricians, special
licenses and license fees, as amended, were repealed 12-22-1998 by
L.L. No. 8-1999.
A.
No individual, partnership or corporation shall lend,
rent or in any manner transfer or assign its license name and/or license
number to any other individual, partnership or corporation; nor shall
any individual, partnership or corporation use any license number
which is not actually its own. Every such license may, after due notice
to the holder thereof and opportunity to be heard, be suspended or
revoked by the Board of Examiners for failure or refusal of the licensee
to comply with any town ordinances or local laws and the National
Electrical Code or the code in effect or for other cause deemed sufficient
by the Board, including the lending, renting, transferring or assignment
of any license contrary to the provisions of this section.
B.
No individual, partnership or corporation shall falsely
represent itself as a master or employing electrician by the use of
words "master electrician" or "licensed electrical contractor" or
words of similar import or meaning or signs, cards, stationery or
in any other manner whatsoever.
[Amended 5-25-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010]
Any person committing an offense against any
provision of this article shall be guilty of a violation punishable
by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days or by a fine of not
less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this article
shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate
and distinct offense hereunder.
[Amended 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 8-1998]
A.
Whenever the Inspector shall disapprove an electrical
installation or when it is claimed that the provisions of the code
do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of the standards
have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal
the decision of the Inspector to the Electrical Board of Examiners
within 30 days from the date of the decision appealed.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 82-25, Reciprocal
licensing agreements, which immediately followed this section, was
repealed 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 8-1998.
