[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Baxter Estates 9-19-2005 by L.L. No. 1-2005.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building code administration — See Ch. 78.
This chapter shall be known as "The Electrical
Code of the Village of Baxter Estates.”
Since there is danger to life and property inherent
in the use of electrical energy, this chapter is enacted to regulate
the installation and alteration of wiring, electric light, heat, or
power and signal systems operating on 50 volts or more in or on all
real property within the Village of Baxter Estates (hereinafter referred
to as the "Village").
All electrical installations hereinbefore 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 building code of the Village shall differently
prescribe, in which event compliance with the provisions of such local
law, ordinance or building code shall be recognized as proper compliance
with this chapter. The requirements of the National Electrical Code
shall he those known as "National Fire Protection Association Pamphlet
70," as approved and adopted by the American Standards Association,
as such may be amended by the American Standards Association from
time to time.
The Board of Trustees of the Village may establish
by resolution and, from time to time, amend qualifications and conditions
for entities from whom certificates of compliance with this Electrical
Code will be accepted by the Village as prima facie evidence of such
compliance with said code. Any entity which meets, and continues to
meet, those qualifications and abides by those conditions shall be
authorized to issue such certificates of compliance.
A.
All electrical wiring and equipment in the Village
shall be installed, altered or removed by or under the supervision
of an employing or master electrician holding a certificate of competency
or license issued in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2,
Article IV, Electrical Standards, of the Code of the Town of North
Hempstead, New York; except that an electrician or helper employed
by the State of New York or any political subdivision thereof, or
any electrician or helper employed by any public utility company subject
to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission or the State
of New York, may install, remove or alter electric wiring and equipment
without a license, provided such installation, removal or alteration
is performed in the employment by such public utility company or the
State of New York or any political subdivision thereof.
B.
Nothing contained herein shall preclude the installation
of replacement parts or units in existing oil or gas burners, heating
systems or air conditioning and refrigeration units or prevent the
owner of a residence building occupied or to be occupied by himself
and family from installing, removing or altering electrical wiring
and equipment, provided the work is done in accordance with the provisions
of this section.
C.
Any master electrician holding a certificate of competency
or license issued by any other town within the County of Nassau, and
whose license shall not have been revoked for cause by the Town of
North Hempstead, shall be entitled to the same privileges as though
he or she had such a license from the Town of North Hempstead. Upon
application to the Village Board of Trustees, a master electrician
holding a certificate of competency or license issued by any other
municipality within the State of New York, whose licensing requirements
are substantially the equivalent of those established by the Town
of North Hempstead, and whose license shall not have been revoked
for cause by the Town of North Hempstead, may request a waiver of
the requirement that he or she be certified or licensed by the Town
of North Hempstead or one of the other towns in Nassau County.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for
any person, firm, or corporation to install or cause to be installed,
or to alter, electrical wiring for light, heat or power in or on properties
in the Village until an application for inspection has been filed
with an entity authorized to issue certificates of compliance pursuant
to this chapter. It shall be a violation of this chapter 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 certificate
of compliance by an authorized entity.
[Amended 8-6-2015 by L.L.
No. 2-2015]
Each and every violation of, or failure to comply with, any
provision of this chapter shall constitute a violation, punishable
as follows: for a conviction of a first offense, by a fine not more
than $250, or imprisonment for a period not to exceed 15 days, or
both such fine and imprisonment; for a conviction of a second offense,
both of which were committed within a period of five years, by a fine
not less than $250, nor more than five $500, or imprisonment for a
period not to exceed 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment;
and for a conviction of a third or subsequent offense, all of which
were committed within a period of five years, by a fine not less than
$500, nor more than $1,000, or imprisonment for a period not to exceed
15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day on which any
such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
to electrical installations in mines, ships, railway cars, automotive
equipment, or the installations or equipment employed by a railway,
electrical or communications utility in the exercise of its function
as a utility. This chapter shall not apply to any work involved in
the manufacture, assembly 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 a 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 therein, nor shall the Village
or the authorized entity be deemed to have assumed any such liability
by reason of any inspection or reinspection made pursuant to this
chapter.