This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Franconia Electrical
Code."
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
APPROVED INSPECTION AGENCY
Any inspection agency which has registered with and been approved
by resolution of the Township Supervisors, and no other.
ELECTRICAL WORK
Any installation, construction or any other object which is used
or intended to be used for the transmission of an electrical energy or impulse,
except when performed by or on behalf of any regulated public utility or any
regulated radio or television transmission system, on equipment, cables, wires
or equivalent facilities, or on electrical circuits connected to or supported
by such equipment or facilities if the use of the equipment or facilities
is required in the operating of or services rendered by the regulated entity.
It shall not include the manufacturing of any device, equipment, apparatus
or other object used or intended to be used for the transmission of an electrical
energy or impulse, but shall include electrical wiring systems connected to
air-conditioning equipment, protective signaling devices (fire and burglar)
and swimming pools.
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
Standard No. 70 of the National Board of Fire Underwriters for electrical
wiring and apparatus, as recommended by the National Fire Protection Association,
approved 1897 (1971 or subsequent Edition) by American Standard Association,
and as referred to in the BOCA code heretofore adopted.
The Board of Supervisors does hereby adopt and incorporate as fully
as if set out at length herein that certain electrical code known as the "National
Electrical Code." Only the material, fittings and devices enumerated in the
List of Inspected Appliances of Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., as revised
from time to time, shall be used in electrical work regulated by the National
Electrical Code and this chapter. Three copies of the National Electrical
Code shall be kept on file in the office of the Township Secretary for use
by the public during regular business hours.
Any electrical work in the township shall be performed in accordance
with the requirement and standards of the National Electrical Code, the BOCA
Code and this chapter.
The provisions of the National Electrical Code and this chapter shall
not apply to:
A. The replacement of light bulbs or fuses or other minor
repair work.
B. The connection of any portable electrical appliance to
any permanently installed electrical receptacle.
Applicants for permits to be issued under this chapter shall pay, at
the time of receipt of permit, to the Township Secretary, the fee, as set
from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, for each $1,000
or fraction thereof of the total valuation of electrical work.
The installation and maintenance of fluoroscope, X-ray or other electrical
apparatus so constructed or so used as to interfere with the radio communications
of the Police Department, the Fire Department or the Public Works Department
of the township is hereby prohibited.
No occupancy permit may be issued for any dwelling or premises within
the township until the Township Secretary is in receipt of a certificate from
an approved inspection agency governing said premises and issued pursuant
to the authorized inspection and indicating that said work complies with the
requirements of the National Electrical Code, BOCA Code and this chapter.
Any electrical work performed contrary to the provisions of the National
Electrical Code, BOCA Code or this chapter is hereby declared to be a common
or public nuisance and abatable as such.
[Amended 9-12-1988 by Ord.
No. 147; 6-10-1996 by Ord.
No. 237]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall,
upon being liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by
the township, pay a fine not exceeding $1,000 plus all court costs, including
reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the township. No judgment shall be
imposed until the date of the determination of violation by the District Justice.
If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the township
may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable Pennsylvania Rules of
Civil Procedure.