This article shall apply to all electric wiring, apparatus, fittings,
appliances and equipment, the installation and maintenance thereof and the
distribution and utilization of electrical energy to consumers by the Freeport
Municipal Electric Utility, excepted, however, from its provisions are the
placing, connecting and renewal of approved fuses, of incandescent lamps and
portable appliances, together with their cables and attachments, unless otherwise
specified herein.
In this article, the following definitions shall apply:
If not otherwise qualified, means approved by the Superintendent
of Electric Utilities or other authorized representative of the Consumers'
Service Department of the Freeport Municipal Electric Utility.
Includes any structure, fenced area or open space within which, upon
which or to the outside of which an electrical installation is made.
If not otherwise qualified, means the Freeport Municipal Electric
Utility.
A person who holds a master electrician's license issued by the village as provided in Article III of this chapter.
Includes the owner, tenant, lessee or occupant of any building, as
herein defined, and any consumer of current or customer supplied with current
by the Freeport Municipal Electric Utility.
The authorized Superintendent of Electric Utilities of the Freeport
Municipal Electric Utility or his duly designated deputy.
[Added 2-8-1971]
All electrical wiring, apparatus, fittings, appliances and equipment
shall conform in all respects to the regulations for controlling electrical
installations for service adopted by the Department, together with the applicable
rules and regulations of the National Electrical Code current at the time
of installation.
[Amended 2-8-1911]
A.
Enumerated. Authority is hereby vested in the Superintendent
to enforce the provisions of this article, and in the performance of the duties
thus authorized, the following powers, in addition to those provided elsewhere
herein, are conferred:
(1)
To inspect any building at any reasonable hour to determine
whether there has been full compliance with this article and the regulations
of the Department and to designate agents to make such inspections.
(2)
Th make such rules on behalf of the Department as the
Superintendent shall deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article,
to provide for public welfare and safety and further the efficiency of the
Department, and such rules shall be enforceable as a provision of this article.
(3)
To issue orders directing owners and others, who may
be responsible, to remedy any violation of this article and to correct any
defects of maintenance or installation.
B.
Duty of owner; service of order. Failure by an owner
or other responsible person to permit access to a building, as herein provided,
or to obey an order served upon him in writing and signed by the Superintendent
shall constitute a violation of this article. Compliance shall be within the
time specified in an order or, if no time is specified, within a reasonable
time. Service shall be deemed effective either if made personally upon the
person designated therein or if sent by mail to his last known address as
filed in the records of the Department.
Applicants for electrical service shall be bound to an observance of
the following rules:
A.
Certificate of approval. Each applicant must submit,
with his application to the Superintendent, a certificate of approval by the
New York Board of Fire Underwriters or other qualified inspection agency approved
by the Village of Freeport of the proposed installation.
[Amended 2-8-1971; 11-6-1995
by L.L. No. 4-1995]
B.
Plans; specifications. For a primary installation, an
applicant must submit plans of the building to be serviced with specifications
of his electrical requirements. Such specifications are subject to approval,
modification or rejection by the Superintendent in conformity with the standards
approved by the Department. Acceptable standard specifications will be provided
by the Department upon request.
[Amended 2-8-1971]
C.
Superintendent's approval. No primary service connection
will be made until said Superintendent's approval has been given to the
wiring, apparatus and other equipment to be installed.
[Amended 2-8-1971]
D.
Special apparatus. No special machinery or apparatus,
such as elevators, conveyor motors, motion-picture projectors, x-ray apparatus
and the like, requiring special electrical installation shall be installed
until application therefor has been filed with the Department and approval
has been granted by the Superintendent.
[Amended 2-8-1971]
E.
Temporary emergency service. For temporary emergency
service, the Department must be notified of the details involved so that proper
arrangements for service may be provided and a proper assessment of the costs
to the owner may be determined.
F.
Service at 2,400 volts. Where service at 2,400 volts
is required, the Superintendent should be consulted before any equipment is
bought or work undertaken.
[Amended 2-8-1971]
G.
Alterations. Application for an approval of the electrical
plans should be made whenever a building is to be substantially altered or
an existing electrical installation is to be substantially changed.
H.
Liability of village. All service is furnished with the
express understanding that no liability shall be incurred by the village because
of any interruption or cessation thereof.
A.
Designated; regulated. Except as herein provided, no
one shall install, alter or repair electrical wiring, apparatus, fittings,
appliances or equipment, as provided in this article, for others, other than:
(1)
A master electrician.
(2)
A person hired by or working under the general supervision
of a master electrician.
(3)
A person who is not a master electrician but either is
the employer of a master electrician or is associated with a partnership in
which one of the partners is a master electrician or with a corporation in
which one of whose officers is a master electrician. Such a person may do
electrical work, as herein comprehended! but only upon compliance with the
following conditions:
(a)
The licensed electrician shall submit his master electrician's
license to the Village Clerk for endorsement thereon of the fact that the
master electrician authorizes his employer or some designated person associated
with him in a partnership or corporation to do such electrical work.
(b)
The master electrician will be held fully liable for
the work performed by his designee as though he himself bad done the work.
(c)
The master electrician shall agree to work for no other
person during the efficacy of the endorsement.
(d)
Immediately upon the termination of the employment relationship
or severance from the partnership or from the corporation, the master electrician's
designation of another person, shall be void and of no effect. He shall immediately
present his license to the Village Clerk for endorsement thereon of the cancellation
of the authority vested in another to do electrical work.
(e)
Cancellation of the authority, as granted herein, shall,
for a period of three months, annul the right of the master electrician to
designate still another person. This period may be shortened by the Electricians'
License Hoard upon showing of good cause therefor.
(f)
A fee of $3 shall be paid for each endorsement or cancellation
thereof as provided herein.
(4)
Electricians possessing a valid, current master electrician's
license issued by the Town of Hempstead.
[Added 7-25-1988 by L.L. No. 1988]
B.
Exceptions. The provisions of this section do not apply:
(1)
To the installation, repair or maintenance of electrical
lines, equipment or apparatus in, upon or connected with any school building
when such work is performed under the direction of the Board of Education
and by a qualified electrician regularly on the payroll of the Board.
(2)
To the installation, repair or maintenance of electronic
lines, equipment or apparatus by an electric utility or telephone or telegraph
company on its own property whenever such operation is under the jurisdiction
of the Public Service Commission.
[Amended 2-8-1971; 11-6-1995
by L.L. No. 4-1995]
In case of fire or other catastrophe or emergency, the Electrical Department,
a police officer or fireman shall have the right to disconnect service, and
when this has been done, it shall remain disconnected until ordered restored,
in whole or in part, by the Superintendent, who may require, as a condition
precedent to certification by the New York Board of Fire Underwriters or other
qualified inspection agency approved by the Village of Freeport, that any
repairs made to damaged property meet the required standard of safety.
The following practices and uses are hereby prohibited, but these specific
provisions do not exempt offenders from liability for violating other prohibitions
either in this or any other applicable law or ordinance:
A.
Misuse of poles. No one shall attach any article, radio
antenna, apparatus, sign or other thing to a pole erected, issued or maintained
by the Electrical Department or in any way climb upon it or damage it or interfere
either with it or with the devices, wires, apparatus and equipment it may
bear.
B.
Antenna installation. No one shall erect an aerial or
antenna for sending or receiving radio or television broadcasts or for any
other electronic purposes, either above a village power line or under it,
or in any other place where its location will create interference or cause
damage or danger.
C.
Tampering with apparatus. Any tampering with service
connections or with apparatus or equipment of the Department, unless by persons
authorized therefor, shall constitute a violation of this article.
D.
Interference. Any use of electrical equipment which causes
dangerous or objectionable interference with the safety or rights of others
is prohibited and shall, upon order of the Superintendent, be corrected by
methods to be designated in the order.
[Amended 2-8-1971]
E.
Household apparatus. No person shall connect any apparatus
or appliance unless said equipment complies with the requirements. of the
National Electric Code, latest edition.
[Amended 2-8-1971]
[Amended 2-8-1971]
For violation of any provision of this article, in addition to the penalties
generally applicable, the Superintendent is authorized to disconnect an owner's
service and to withhold restoration thereof until the violation has been removed.
[Added 4-11-1977 by L.L. No. 6-1977;
amended 3-22-1982 by L.L. No. 4-1982]
A.
No licensed electrician shall perform any work hereunder
unless there shall be on file with the Village Clerk a certificate of insurance
issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the State of New
York, and affording coverage as minimally set forth below. Such certificate
of insurance shall contain a provision that coverage will not be reduced,
canceled or nonrenewed unless the Village of Freeport Village Clerk is given
at least 10 days written notice thereof.
B.
The licensed electrician also agrees to hold the Village
of Freeport harmless against any and all liability, including defense costs,
resulting from personal injury and/or property damage caused by the licensee,
his agents or his employees in the performance of such work.
C.
A certificate of insurance evidencing such incidential
contractual coverage in the limits and manner above specified shall be furnished
the village and shall indicate the Village of Freeport as an additional insured.
[Added 4-11-1977 by L.L. No. 6-1977]
Each applicant hereunder must comply with all provisions under any other
ordinance regulating the work to be done and shall furnish evidence of compliance
with the applicable provisions of the Labor Law and of the Workmen's
Compensation Law.
