[Amended 4-8-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-14]
A. An individual
who owns and resides in or is constructing and will reside in a single-
or two-family dwelling may personally perform the maintenance, installation
or repair of electrical wiring or equipment in the dwelling and normal
accessory buildings, upon receipt of the necessary permit. The Electrical
Inspector shall issue a permit to the homeowner only if he demonstrates
that he adequately knows the National Electrical Code and has a working
knowledge of wiring methods and the installation of electrical equipment.
B. Property owners, or people with legal control of residential property,
may be issued a permit required by this chapter to change existing
light fixtures, existing power receptacles, including Arc-faults and
ground fault interrupters, and existing light switches. The Electrical
Inspector shall issue a permit to the property owner only if he demonstrates
that he adequately knows the National Electrical Code and has a working
knowledge of wiring methods and the installation of electrical equipment.
[Amended 4-11-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-09]
The fees payable to the City of Schenectady
for electrical licenses are:
A. Licensed electrical contractor/master electrician: $300 a year.
B. Institutional electrician: $200 a year.
C. Out-of-town master electricians or licensed electrical contractors:
$300 for each job.
[Amended 7-14-1986 by Ord. No. 86-46]
No electrical wiring or equipment may be installed
without a permit issued by the Electrical Inspector, except that no
such permit shall be required for factory-manufactured homes that
bear the insignia of approval as per Chapter D, Part 1200, of the
New York State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council as it pertains
only to the components structure. Permits may be issued only to licensed
electrical contractors, institutional electricians, licensed out-of-town
master electricians and approved homeowners.
[Amended 7-11-1988 by Ord. No. 88-56; 2-6-1989 by Ord. No. 89-07; 1-16-1996 by Ord. No. 95-38; 3-10-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-5; 4-11-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-09]
The fee schedule for electrical permits and inspections is as
follows:
A. Existing residential service:
(3) Inspection fee, per unit:
B. New residential buildings up to four units; permit inspection and
service included:
C. New commercial, new residential over four units and new mixed occupancy:
(2) Inspection fee: $175 plus 1% of electrical contract.
D. Existing commercial, residential over four units and mixed occupancy:
(2) Inspection fee: $75 plus 1% of electrical contract.
E. Power reconnect inspection fee/per meter: $75; each additional meter:
$25.
F. Fire alarm systems, permit and inspection fee: $100 plus 1% of alarm
contract.
G. All fees as required by this section shall be doubled whenever the
work which is subject to a fee is commenced prior to the issuance
of the appropriate permit.
H. Reinspection fee. The permit and inspection fees hereinabove set
forth entitle a contractor or the homeowner to one initial inspection
and one inspection of the final work. If, for any reason, the Inspector
is required to make additional inspections, an additional fee of $25
for each additional inspection shall be charged to and paid by the
contractor or the homeowner.
All annual licenses expire at the end of the calendar year in which they are issued. Licenses may be renewed upon receipt of an application for renewal containing the documentation required by §§
138-79 and
138-80 and upon payment of the annual fee.
No person may lend, rent, transfer or assign,
in any manner, his license or permit to any other person. No person
may use a license or permit not issued to him.
[Amended 6-2-1986 by L.L. No. 3-1986]
Upon the request of the Electrical Inspector
and following due notice to the licensee, the Board shall determine
whether there is good cause for suspension or revocation of a license.
The Board shall hold a hearing prior to such determination if so requested
by the licensee. The Mayor shall suspend or revoke a license upon
the recommendation of at least six members of the Board.
This chapter does not apply to:
A. Persons engaged solely in the selling or attaching
of ordinary appliances to existing circuits where no joining or splicing
of electrical conductors is required.
B. Work in connection with the installation, maintenance
and repair of elevators by persons principally engaged in that business.
C. Work involved, in the manufacture, test, assembly
and repair of electrical machinery, apparatus, materials and equipment,
when performed by persons engaged in manufacturing as their principal
business.
D. Work by authorized public service companies in connection
with the erection, construction or maintenance of electrical service
from the source of supply to and including the service connection
on the premises of the consumer.
E. Work by companies authorized to transmit communications
by electricity in the installation, maintenance or repair of wires,
apparatus, fixtures or other appliances for such transmission.
F. Work in connection with the installation, maintenance
or repair of electric wiring and equipment of an establishment having
its own distribution system of a minimum of 2,300 volts, but only
if the work is performed by regularly assigned and trained electrical
crews who are employees of the owner of the establishment and, if
the electric wiring and equipment is subject to periodic inspection,
by an approved industrial insurance carrier or fire rating organization.