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Home My WebLink AboutORD NO 3912 8912 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 15.32 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE AND ADOPTING AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 15.32 THERETO. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 15.32 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code relating to the National Electrical Code is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. A new Chapter 15.32 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby added to read as follows: Chapter 15.32 ELECTRICAL CODE Section~s: 15.32.010 15.32.020 15.32.030 15.32.040 15.32.050 15.32.060 15.32.070 15.32.080 Adoption. Deletion of certain sections of the Uniform Administrative Code Provisions for the National Electrical Code. Section 302.4 added -- Permit applicant. Section 306.3 added -- Meter re-sets. Section 230-57 added -- Special residential requirements. Section 230-62(c) added -- Service equipment protection -- Residential. Section 230-70(d) and (e) added -- Location of service disconnects. Section 680-25(d) Exception No. 1 amended -- Swimming pool panelboard grounding. 15.32.010 Adoption. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, that certain compilation of administrative provisions known and designated as the National Electrical Code, 1996 Edition, published and sponsored by the National Fire Protection Association, as modified by the 1998 Edition of the California Building Standards Code as modified pursuant to the Title. A copy of said code is on file with the Building Department of the city for use and examination by the public, are adopted as the electrical code of the city, and each provision and portion thereof, except as otherwise in this chapter provided, is referred to and made a part of this chapter to the same effect as if fully set forth in this chapter. 15.32.020 Deletion of certain sections of the Uniform Admini~rative Code Provisions for the National Electrical Code. Section 203, and Table 3-A of the Uniform Administrative Code for the National Electrical Code are deleted and superseded by the applicable sections of sections 15.04.100 and 15.04.120 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code. 15.32.030 Section 302.4 added --Permit applicant. Section 302 of the Uniform Administrative Code for the National Electrical Code is amended by adding Section 302.4 to read as follows: (d) Applicant. An application for an electrical permit may be filed (made) by any one of the following: (1) Qualified installer. A qualified installer is a person, firm or corporation holding a valid Contractor's License to perform such work in this jurisdiction; or (2) Maintenance Electrician. In lieu of an individual permit for each installation or alteration, an annual permit may, upon application therefore, be issued to any person, firm or corporation regularly employing one or more electricians for installation and maintenance of electrical wiring, devices, appliances, apparatus or equipment on premises owned or occupied by the applicant for the permit. The application for such annual permit shall be made in writing to the building official and shall contain a description of the premises within which work is to be done under the permit. Within not more than fifteen days following the end of each calendar month, the permit, firm or corporation to which an annual permit is issued shall transmit to the building official a report of all electrical work which has been done under the annual permit during the preceding month: or (3) Homeowners. The building official may issue to an individual a homeowners's permit authorizing said individual to install, alter, change or repair any electrical wiring, devices, appliances, apparatus or equipment in, on or about a single family dwelling of which said individual is owner and in which he resides or intends to reside, but not elsewhere, provided that electrical work authorized under any such homeowner's permit shall be done personally by the owner. 15.32.040 Section 306.3 added - Meter re-sets. Section 306 of the Uniform Administrative Code for the National Electric Code is 2 amended by adding Section 306.3 to read as follows: (c) Except for emergency and maintenance conditions, a permit and inspection shall be required before such person, firm or corporation re-sets an electric meter. 15.32,050 section: Section 230-57 added -- Special residential requirements. Article 230(D) of the National Electrical Code is amended by adding the following 230-57 Special Residential Requirements. (a) For residences, the service entrance conduit shall be rigid metal conduit for overhead services. 15.32.060 Section 230-62(c) added -- Service equipment protection -- Residential. Article 230(E) of the National Electrical Code is amended by adding Section 230- 62(c) to read as follows: (c) Residential: Electrical meter installation. (1) To minimize the possibility of energizing incomplete circuits, one of the following shall apply: a. Install One breaker only for temporary power requirements. This breaker shall energize a duplex receptacle outlet, which shall be GFCI protected during the period of construction. b. If additional breakers are installed, only the breaker serving temporary power shall have a circuit conductor connected. (2) The electrical panel dead-front shall be secured in place at all times. (3) In the event the residence is not served by natural gas, and a temporary power permit is issued, an electrical release must be approved by the building official prior to occupancy. 15.32.070 Section 230-70(d) and (e) added -- Location of service disconnects. Article 230(F) of the National Electrical Code is amended by adding Sections 230- 70(d) and (e) to read as follows: (d) When buildings are located within 50 feet of the dwelling, and limited to two (2) 15-20 amp circuits and one (1) 30 amp circuit, the service disconnect and over current device located on or in the dwelling shall be allowed as the required disconnect. (e) There shall be no taps allowed off of the 30 amp circuit. 15.32.080 Section 680-25(d) Exception No. 1 amended -- Swimmine pool panelboard grounding. Article 680(B) of the National Electrical Code is amended by adding the following sentence to Section 680-25(d), Exception No. 1: An "existing remote panelboard" is one that has been in place for no less than 6 months. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the Bakersfield Municipal Code and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and after the date of its passage. ......... o0o ........ 4 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakers field at a regular meeting thereof held on JtlN It 0 ~9¢3 , by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER CARSON, DEMOND, MAGGARD, (]OUCH, ROWLES, SULLIVAN, SALVAGGIO COUNCILMEMBER t,4 oN E COUNCILMEMBER N o ~ f. COUNCILMEMBER fl ~ ~q E_ APPROVED JUN ;~ 0 1999 BOB PRICed~ MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield APPROVED as to form: CITY ATTORNEY CARL HERNANDEZ II1 Assistant City Attorney June 9, 1999 5 AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS STATE OF CALIFORNIA) ) SS. County of Kern ) PAMELA A. MCCARTHY, being duly sworn, deposes and says: That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield; and that on the 1st day of July , 1999 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 3912 , passed by the Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 30th day of June 1999 , and entitled: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 15.32 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE AND ADOPTING AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 15.32 THERETO. /s/PAMELA A. MCCARTHY City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield DEPUTY~City Cler'~"" S :\DOCUM E NT~OPOSTING July 1, 1999