[Adopted 10-24-1977 by Ord. No. 1125; 8-24-1981 by Ord. No.
1234; 10-21-1981 by Ord. No. 1235; 7-21-1986 by Ord. No. 1387; 11-3-1986 by Ord. No. 1392; 12-20-1999 by Ord. No. 1691; 6-19-2006 by Ord. No. 1804; 9-16-2019 by Ord. No. 1999]
A.
Pursuant to the Stille-DeRossett-Hale Single State Construction Code
Act, MCLA § 125.1501 et seq., as amended, the Michigan Electrical
Code, being the most recent edition as adopted by the State of Michigan,
and a complete copy of which is on file in the office of the City
Clerk, is hereby adopted by reference thereto as if fully set forth
herein, for the purpose of regulating the design, installation, alteration
and repair of electrical wiring, devices and equipment in the City
of Kalamazoo, providing for issuance of permits, and providing penalties
for violation thereof. Unless otherwise expressly provided, in the
event of a conflict between any of the provisions of the Michigan
Electrical Code, herein adopted, and a provision of this chapter,
or any other provision of this chapter, or any other provision of
the Kalamazoo City Code, or any City resolution, rule or regulation,
the Michigan Electrical Code shall control.
B.
The term "electrical official," when used in the Michigan Electrical
Code, shall mean the Building Official of the City of Kalamazoo and/or
electrical inspector authorized to act for said Building Official.
A.
Except as otherwise provided in this section or in Subsection C, a person shall not engage in the business of electrical contracting unless the person has received from the board or from the appropriate municipality an electrical contractor's license.
B.
Except as otherwise provided in this section or in Subsection C, an individual, other than an individual who is licensed under this article and employed by and working under the direction of a holder of an electrical contractor's license, shall not in any manner undertake to execute any electrical wiring.
C.
A licensee is not required to perform any of the following classes
of work:
(1)
Minor repair work.
(2)
The installation, alteration, repairing, rebuilding, or remodeling
of elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, or man lifts performed under
a permit issued by an elevator inspection agency of this state or
a municipality of this state.
(3)
The installation, alteration, or repair of electrical equipment and
its associated wiring installed on the premises of consumers or subscribers
by or for an electrical energy supply or communication agency for
use by that agency in the generation, transmission, distribution,
or metering of electrical energy or for the operation of signals or
transmission of intelligence.
(4)
The installation, alteration, or repair of electrical wiring for
the generation and primary distribution of electric current, or the
secondary distribution system up to and including the meters, if that
work is an integral part of the system owned and operated by an electric
light and power utility in rendering its duly authorized service.
(5)
Any work involved in the manufacture of electric equipment, including
the testing and repairing of that manufactured equipment.
(6)
The installation, alteration, or repair of equipment and its associated
wiring for the generation or distribution of electric energy for the
operation of signals or transmission of intelligence if that work
is performed in connection with a communication system owned or operated
by a telephone or telegraph company in rendering its authorized service
as a telephone or telegraph company.
(7)
Any installation, alteration, or repair of electrical equipment by
a homeowner in a single-family home and accompanying outbuildings
owned and occupied or to be occupied by the individual who is performing
the installation, alteration, or repair of electrical equipment.
(8)
Any work involved in the use, maintenance, operation, dismantling,
or reassembling of motion picture and theatrical equipment used in
any building with approved facilities for entertainment or educational
use and that has the necessary permanent wiring and floor and wall
receptacle outlets designed for the proper and safe use of that theatrical
equipment, but not including any permanent wiring.
(9)
Work performed by a person that is licensed as a mechanical contractor in a classification described in section MCLA 339.5807(2)(a), (b), (d), (e), and (f), a person that is licensed as a plumbing contractor under Article 11, and employees of those persons, while performing maintenance, service, repair, replacement, alteration, modification, reconstruction, or upgrading of control wiring circuits and electrical component parts in existing mechanical systems defined in the Michigan mechanical code and the Michigan plumbing code, including, but not limited to, energy management systems, relays and controls on boilers, water heaters, furnaces, air conditioning compressors and condensers, fan controls, thermostats and sensors, and all interconnecting wiring associated with the mechanical systems in buildings that are on the load side of the unit disconnect, that is located on or immediately adjacent to the equipment, except for life safety systems wiring.
(10)
Electrical wiring associated with the installation, removal,
alteration, or repair of a water well pump on a single-family dwelling
to the first point of attachment in the house from the well, by a
pump installer registered under Part 127 of the Public Health Code,
1978 PA 368, MCLA 333.12701 to 333.12771.
(11)
The installation, maintenance, or servicing of security alarm
systems in a building or structure. As used in this subsection "security
alarm system" means that term as defined in MCLA 339.5733(2)(c).
(12)
The installation, maintenance, or servicing of listed residential
and commercial lawn irrigation equipment, except any permanent wired
connections exceeding 30 volts.
(13)
The installation, maintenance, or servicing of listed landscape
lighting systems and equipment, except any permanent wired connections
exceeding 30 volts.
(14)
The installation, alteration, maintenance, or repair of electric
signs and related wiring by an unlicensed individual under the direct
supervision of a licensed sign specialist except that the ratio of
unlicensed individuals engaged in this activity shall not exceed two
unlicensed individuals to one licensed sign specialist. An enforcing
agency shall enforce this ratio on a jobsite basis.
(15)
The construction, installation, maintenance, repair, and renovation
of telecommunications equipment and related systems by a person that
is primarily engaged in the telecommunications and related information
systems industry. This exemption does not include the construction,
installation, maintenance, repair, or renovation of a fire alarm system.
A.
Any violation of the provisions of this article setting standards
of construction or installation shall be a public nuisance and constitute
a municipal civil infraction.
B.
This code may be enforced by suit for injunction, action for damages
or any other legal process appropriate to enforcement thereof.
