HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 1834 ORDINANCE NO. 1834 NEW SERIES
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AMENDING CHAPTER 13.56 (ELECTRICAL
CODE) OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
SECTION 1.
That Chapter 13.56 (Electrical Code) of the Municipal
Code of the City of Bakersfield be amended to read as follows:
Chapter 13.56
ELECTRICAL CODE
Sections:
13.56.010 Adoption of Uniform Electrical Code.
13.56.020 Deletion of Sections of Uniform Electrical Code.
13.56.030 Amendments to National Electrical Code.
13.56.040 Residential Requirements.
13.56.050 Public Buildings--Co~aercial and Industrial. Requirements.
13.56.060 Disconnect Required--Exception.
13.56.070 Plans and Specifications.
13.56.080 Fees Schedule.
13.56.090 Chief Electrical Inspector.
13.56.010 Adoption of Uniform Electrical Code. Except as
herein otherwise 'provided, that certain electrical code known and
designated as "Uniform Electrical Code, 1968 Edition", published
by Pacific Coast Electrical Bureau and that certain electrical code
known and designated as the "National Electrical Code, 1968 Edition",
published by the National Fire Protection Association, three copies
of both codes have heretofore been filed with the City Clerk of the
City of Bakersfield, for use and examination by the 'public, are
hereby adopted as the Electrical Code of the City of Bakersfield,
and each 'provision and 'portion thereof is hereby referred to and
made a 'part of this chapter to the same effect as if fully set
forth herein.
13.56.020 Deletion of certain sections of Uniform
Electrical Code.
(a) Section 3, 10, 11, and 13 of the Uniform Electrical
Code, 1968 Edition, are hereby deleted.
13.56.030 Amendments to National Electrical Code. The
following sections of the National Electrical Code, 1968 Edition,
are adopted by reference as amended herein:
(a) Section 250-82 is amended by striking subsection 250-82
(b).
(b) Section 680-9 is amended to read:
"680-9. Clearances. Overhead electrical wiring shall not
be installed above a swiLmL~ing 'pool nor above a surrounding area
extending horizontally 10 feet from the 'pool edge or from the
diving structure, observation stands, towers or 'platforms."
13.56.040 Residential Requirements.
(a) In dwelling occupancies, the service entrance conduit
shall be rigid threaded conduit for overhead services.
(b) Wiring in apartment houses over 2 stories in height shall
be installed ~n 'permitted raceway.
(c) All nonmetallic sheathed cable shall include a grounding
conductor, insulated or uninsulated, within the sheath.
(d) Singl~i family dwellings, in which 'the dwelling area
exceeds 800 square feet or the initial load is 10 K. W. or more,
shall have installed a minimum 100 ampere, 3 wire, or 70 ampere
4 wire "wye" service. Conductors shall terminate in a panel board
2.
capable of su'pplying not less than 16 branch circuits. A one-inch
raceway shall be run from the service 'panel to accessible attics
and crawl areas beneath floors for future use.
(e) Dwellings shall have one lighting circuit for every 500
square feet of area.
(f) A receptacle outlet shall be installed in dwellings for
each three feet of sink board work top and for each cook top, gas
range, and refrigerator.
(g) Electric clothes dryer outlets in dwellings shall be
supplied by a 30 ampere minimum branch circuit.
(h) In calculating feeder loads in dwellings, loads shall
be computed at not less than the following minimum loads in watts:
(1) Electric cooking range top 7200
(2) Electrical oven 4800
(3) Electric clothes dryer 4800
(4) Electric dishwasher 1500
(5) Electric water heater 3000
(6) Refrigerator type air conditioner receptacle 1500
13.56.050 Public Buildings--Commercial and Industrial
Requirements.
(a) Ail commercial and industrial interior wiring shall be
installed in an approved raceway system.
(b) The minimum wire size in all public, commercial, and
industrial buildings shall be number 12 American wire gauge for
lighting and for supplying more than one receptacle outlet.
(c) In. public, commercial and industrial buildings air
conditionin~ u.~its, containing no manual resetting control or
protective device, may be installed on building or structure roofs
without a permanent means of access thereto, if:
(1) The roof is accessible by means of a portable ladder
3.
16 feet in length; and
(2) A single, disconnecting means for the unit is installed
adjacent to the unit; the disconnecting means shall be horse'power
rated for units exceeding two horsepower.
(d) In 'public, commercial and industrial buildings, the
following shall be classed as continuous loads:
(1) General illumination, nondwelling occupancy;
(2) Industrial and coLL-L~ercial cooking equipment;
(3) Industrial and commercial process heating;
(4) Industrial and co~L,~ercial air and space heating;
(5) Commercial signs and outline lighting; and
(6) Co~-~ercial display, show case, show window, and
festoon lighting.
'.(7) Air conditioning loads.
13.56.060 Disconnect required--Exception.
(a) On 'premises comprised of more than one building, the
conductors supplying each building shall be 'provided with a readily
accessible means, located in or upon the building served, for
disconnecting the ungrounded conductors from the source of supply.
The disconnecting means shall consist of a single switch or circuit
breaker in each feeder or other circuit entering the building. The
disconnecting means shall be devised to be locked in an open
'position.
(b) Disconnecting means are not required to be 'provided for
accessory buildings on dwelling premises.
13.56. 070 Plans and Specifications.
(a) Each applicatio~ for permit shall be accompanied by
'plans and specifications, or by a suitable diagram approved by the
building official.
(b) When the work or electrical installation for which a
'permit is sought relates to:
(1) A theater or motion picture theater;
(2) An assembly building with an occupant load with seating
exceeding 500 persons;
(3) A hospital or other building with surgical operating
rooms;
(4) A new building or an addition, the computed area of
which exceeds 15,000 square feet and with a total load exceeding
400 amperes; the computed area shall be the sum of the areas on
each floor bounded by the outside surfaces of the exterior walls
and shall include floor areas beneath building 'projections which
extend more than six feet.
Plans and specifications shall be 'prepared by and bear the
signature and California registration number of a licensed
electrical engineer. Plans and specifications submitted with
permit applications shall be approved by the department before a
permit for the work shall be issued.
13.56.080 Fees Schedule. A fee shall be 'paid to the
department at the time of application for each 'permit in accordance
with the following schedule:
Single-'Family Dwellings. For single-family dwellings on
new construction work, the following flat rate table shall apply,
including service conductors, all outlets, range, dryer, and any
miscellaneous circuit servicing the structure.
AREA OF CONSTRUCTION FEES
0 to 1000 square feet $10.00
1001 to 2000 square feet 20.00
2001 to 3000 square feet 30.00
3001 and larger 35.00
Multi-dwelling Occupancies. For multi-dwelling occupancies,
new work, the following flat rate, for each dwelling unit, shall
be applied:
AREA OF CONSTRUCTION FEES
0 to 750 square feet $ 5.00 each
751 to 1250 square feet 10.00 each
1251 and larger 15.00 each
Other Installations. For all other electrical wiring, the
permit fees are:
For services 600 volts or less, each $2.00
For services exceeding 600 volts, each 5.00
Permanent 'power pole 5.00
Lights and Outlets. Following fees 'paid for light fixtures
shall be considered the lighting outlet and wall switches necessary
to supply and control the fixture.
Light Fixtures--first 10 $ .40 each
Each additional 10 or fraction thereof 2.00
For receptacle outlets--first 10 .20 each
Each additional 10 or fraction thereof $1.00
Fees for motors, transformers, heating appliances,
miscellaneous equipment or appliances:
H.P., K.W., OR. K.V.A.
RATING OF EQUIPMENT FEES
0-1 $ 1.00 each
1.1-5 2.00 each
5.1-15 2.50 each
15.1-50 3.00 each
50.!~!Q0 5.00 ea~h~ . _
100.1-500 10.00 each
over 500 15.00 each
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For the ins'pection of any electrical equipment for which no fee is
herein 'prescribed for the time consumed per hour .............. 7.00
With minimum charge 1/2 hour or less .......................... 3.50
Any 'person who shall commence any ~lectrical work for which
a permit is required by this ordinance without first having obtained
a permit therefor shall, if subsequently permitted to obtain a
permit, pay double the 'permit fee fixed by this section for such
work provided that this provision shall not apply to emergency work
when it shall be 'proved to the satisfaction of the Chief Electrical
Inspector that. such work was urgently necessary and that it was not
practical to obtain a 'permit therefor before the commencement of
work. In all such cases, a 'permit must be obtained as soon as it
is 'practical to do so, and if there be an unreasonable delay in
obtaining such. a permit a double fee as herein provided shall be
charged.
A fee of $10.00 shall be 'paid for each annual Maintenance
Electrician 'permit at the time when such 'permit is issued. Fees
for all new work installed under such a permit since the date of
the last 'previous inspection shall be 'paid, according to the above
schedule, at the time when such work is inspected; these fees shall
be in addition, to the fee paid at the time when the annual 'permit
is issued.
Plan ch.ecking fees shall be one half the a'pplicable 'permit
.fee.
13.56.090 Chief Electrical Inspector. The Chief Electrical
Inspector referred to in said Uniform Electrical Code shall be the
duly appointed, and acting Building Director of the City of Bakers-
field, his duly authorized representatives, or such person as
hereafter may be authorized by law to 'perform the duties now being
'performed by that official in the City of Bakersfield.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall become effective thirty days from and
after the date of its 'passage.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and
adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 10th day of NovembeA 1969, by the
following vote:
AYES.. COUNCILMEN BLEECKER, HEISEY, REES, RUCKER, STIERN,
NOES:, COUNCILMEN: ~'~~ ,
ABSENT COUNCILMEN,
CITY CLERK and Ex-Offici~r Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED this ..10tS ~y of November , 1969
APPROVED:
- CITY ATTORNEY
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· ' Af av ! of ost ng ®r inan es
STATE O~' CALIFORNIA,~
County of Kern ~ ss.
MARIAN S. IR¥'IN, 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 ................ .N...o...v...o..m...b..~.r.....1...2. .......................................... 19.~... she posted on the Bulletin Board
at the City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Council of said City
at a meeting thereof duly held on ............... _N...o...v..e...m...b..e...r.....1...0. ..................... , 19...6..9..., which ordinance
was numbered ........ ..l...8...3..4.. .................... New Series, and entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BAKERSFIELD AMENDING CHAPTER 13.5.6
(ELECTRICAL CODE) OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
..1...2...t..h....day of November 19:.6...9....
Notary Public in and for ti:e (~ounty of Kern, State of ~alifornia
1,~_~'-~ AD/NE SNELL~
KERN COUN