HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 2768ORDINANCE NO. 2768
NEW SERIES
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AMENDING CHAPTER 15.32 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATIVE TO
ELECTRICAL CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
SECTION 1.
That Chapter 15.32 of the Municipal Code of the City of
Bakersfield is hereby amended to read as follows:
Chapter 15.32
ELECTRICAL CODE
Sections:
15.32.010
15.32.020
15.32.030
15.32.040
15.32.050
15.32.060
15.32.070
15.32.080
15.32.090
15.32.100
15.32.110
15.32.120
15.32.130
15.32.140
15.32.150
15.32.160
15.32.170
Amendments to
Section 104(c)
Section 302(d)
Section 303(d)
Section 308(a)
installations.
Adoption of Uniform Electrical Code (Primary)
and National Electrical Code (Secondary).
Deletion of certain sections of Uniform
Electrical Code.
Uniform Electrical Code.
amended - Existing installations.
amended - Permit applicant.
amended - Pe~it expiration.
amended - Applicability to
Amendments to National Electrical Code, 1981
Edition.
Article 210-8(a)(1) amended - Ground-fault
circuit interruptor protection.
Article 210-8(b) amended - Construction sites.
Article 230-57 added - Special residential
requirements.
Article 250-80 amended - Water pipe bonding.
Article 250-81 amended - Grounding electrode.
Article 300-13(c) amended - Grounding terminals.
Article 333 deleted - Armored cable.
Article 336-3 amended - Uses permitted or not
permitted.
Fee schedule.
15.32.010 Adoption of Uniform Electrical Code (Primary) and
National Electrical Code (Secondary). Except as otherwise provided
in this Chapter, that certain primary electrical code known and
designated as the "Uniform Electrical Code," published by Pacific
Coast Electrical Association, Inc., 1979, and that certain secondary
electrical code known and designated as the "National Electrical
Code, 1981 Edition," published and sponsored by the National Fire
Protection Association, three (3) copies of both codes having
heretofore been filed with the City Clerk 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.
15.12.020 Deletion of certain sections of Uniform Electrical
Code.
A. Sections 201(a), 204, 304, 311 and 312 of the Uniform
Electrical Code are deleted and suspended by the applicable
sections of Sections 15.04.030 through 15.04.170.
15.32.030 Amendments to Uniform Electrical Code. Sections
104(c), 302(d), 303(d) and 308(a) are amended as set forth in
Sections 15.32.040 through 15.32.070.
15.32.040 Section 104(c) amended - Existing installations.
Section 104(c) of the Uniform Electrical Code is amended to read
as follows:
(c) Existing Installations. Building electrical equipment
and systems lawfully in existence at the time of the adoption of
the 1981 National Electrical Code may have their use, maintenance
or repair continued if the use, maintenance or repair is in
accordance with the original design and no hazard to life, health
or property has been created by such building service equipment.
15.32.050 Section 302(d) amended Permit applicant. Section
302(d) of the Uniform Electrical Code is amended to read as
follows:
(d) Applicant. An application for an electrical permit
may be filed (made) by any one (1) 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 i. nstallation or alteration, an annual permit may,
upon application therefor, be issued to any person, firm or
corporation regularly employing one (1) 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 writlng to the Chief Electrical Inspector
and shall contain a description of the premises within which work
~s to be done under the permit. Within not more than fifteen
(15) days following the end of each calendar month, the person,
firm or corporation to which an annual permit is issued shall
transmit to the Chief Electrical Inspector a report of all
electrical work which has been done under the annual permit during
the preceding month; or
3. Home Owner. The Chief Electrical Inspector may issue
to an individual a homeowner'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.
15.32.060 Section 303(d) amended - Permit expiration. Section
303(d) of the Uniform Electrical (lode is amended to read as
follows:
(d) Expiration. Every permit issued by the Building Official
under the provisions of the National Electrical Code shall expire
by limitation and become null and void if the building or work
authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned at any time
after the work ~s commenced for a period of one hundred eighty
(180) days. Before such work can be recommended, a new permit
shall be first obtained so to do, and the fee therefor shall be
one-half (1/2) the amount required for a new permit for such work,
provided no changes have been made or will be made in the original
plans and specifications for such work, and provided further that
such suspension or abandonment has not exceeded one (1) year. Any
permittee holding an unexpired permit may apply for an extension
of the time within which he may commence work under that permit
when he is unable to commence work within the time required.
15.32.070 Section 308(a) amended - Applicability to installations.
Section 308(a) of the Uniform Electrical Code is amended to read
as follows:
(a) The requirements of the 1981 Edition of the National
Electrical Code (470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02210) shall
apply to all installations.
15.32.080 Amendments to National Electrical Code, 1981 Edition.
The following sections are added to, amended or deleted from the
National Electrical Code, 1981 Edition: Articles 336-3, 210-
8(a)(1), 210-8(b), 230-57, 250-80, 250-81, 300-13(c) and 333 as
set forth in Sections 15.32.090 through 15.32.16(}.
15.32.090 Article 210-8(a)(1) amended - Ground-fault circuit
interruptor protection. Article 210-8(a) (1) of the National
Electrical Code is amended to read as follows:
All 125 voit 15 and 20 ampere receptacles installed in bath-
rooms of dwelling units and in bathrooms of hotel rooms, motel
rooms and similar occupancies shall have ground-fault circuit-
interruptor protection for personnel.
15.32.100 Article 210-8(b) amended - Construction sites.
Article 210-8(b) of the
read as follows:
Construction sites:
National Electrical Code is amended to
All 125 volt single phase 15 and 20
ampere receptacle outlets which are not part of the permanent
wiring of a completed building or structure shall have ground-
fault circuit-interrupters for personnel protection.
15.32.110 Section 230-57 added - Special residential requirements.
Section 230 (Services) of the National Electrical Code is amended
by adding the following article:
230-57 Special Residential Requirements. In residences,
the service entrance conduit shall be rigid metallic conduit for
overhead services.
15.32.120 Article 250-80 amended - Water pipe bonding.
Article 250-80 is amended by adding the following exceptions:
1. In multi-occupancy buildings, a bonding jumper
sized in accordance with Table 250-95 may be used to bond the
water piping system to the feeder equipment grounding conductor
where:
(a) Each occupancy has an individual metallic
water piping system;
(b) The water service is non-metallic; and
circuit panel board.
2. Metal
be bonded.
15.32.130
Each occupancy has an individual branch-
frame and metal covering on buildings shall
Article 250-81 amended - Grounding electrode.
Article 250-81 of the National Electrical Code is amended by
adding the following sentence:
On new construction, where concrete footings are placed, a
grounding electrode complying with Article 250-81(c) shall be
installed.
15.32.140 A__~rticle 300-13(c) amended - Grounding terminals.
Article 300-13 of the National Electrical Code is amended by
adding a new paragraph (c) as follows:
(c) All grounding terminations shall be made-up, except for
attachment to devices, prior to rough inspection.
15.32.150 Article 333 deleted - Armored cable. Article 333
of the National Electrical Code, 1981 Edition, is not adopted as
part of the ordinance codified in this Chapter and is deleted.
15.32.160 Article 336-3 amended Uses permitted or not
permitted. Article 336-3 of the National Electrical Code is
amended to read as follows:
Uses permitted or not permitted. Type NM and NMC cables
shall be permitted to be used in one and two family dwellings or
multi-family dwellings not exceeding three (3) floors above
grade. For the purpose of this Article, the first floor of a
building shall be that floor designed for human habitation which
is level with or above finished
fifty percent (50%) or more of
15.32.170 Fee schedule. A
grade of exterior wall line of
its perimeter.
fee shall be paid to the Building
Department at the time of
with the following schedule:
A. Permit Issuance Fee
B. New Building or Structure.
application for each permit in accordance
$ 6.00
The following fees shall be
applied to the nearest one hundred
area.
power.)
(Includes fee for service and
(100) square feet of building
temporary construction
$0.05 per square foot
a. Vehicle service station buildings.
b. Drinking or dining establishments.
c. Power or pumping stations.
$0.02 per square foot
a. Dwellings, excluding attached garages.
b. Hotels, motels, apartment houses, etc.
c. Manufacturing or assembly plants.
d. Vehicle service station open canopies.
e. Wood working establishments, factories
repair.
f. Any occupancy not otherwise listed.
$0.015 per square foot
b.
Office buildings.
Stores and markets (wholesale or retail).
Schools, churches and assembly buildings.
Hospitals, nursing homes and child
nurseries.
$0.01 per square
foot
Residential garages,
buildings.
and
carports and accessory
Commercial garages and carports.
Warehouses and shell-type buildings up to
and including five thousand (5,000) square
feet.
$0.0075 per square foot
That portion of warehouses and
shell-type buildings in excess
of five thousand (5,000) square
feet.
Storage garages and aircraft
hangars where no repair work
being done.
Alterations and Additions.
Where no structural work is being
done or where it is impractical to
use the square footage schedule:
a. Services and/or subpanels:
Up to six hundred (600) volts,
Five Dollars ($5.00) plus
One Dollar ($1.00) per one
hundred (100) amps or major
fraction thereof;
ii.
Over six hundred (600) volts,
Fifteen Dollars ($15.00)
plus One Dollar ($1.00) per
one hundred (100) amps or
major fraction thereof.
Receptacles and lighting fixtures,
each ten (10) or fraction
thereof
$ 5.00
Multi-outlet assemblies (plugmold,
light track, etc.), each twenty
(20) feet or fraction thereof
$ 5.00
2. Air conditioninq units, per ton
$ 2.00
For equipment rated in Horsepower (HP),
Kilowatts (KW) or Kilovolt-Amps
(KVA), the fee for each motor,
transformer and/or appliance shall be:
0 through 5
$ 3.50
5.1 through 15
4.50
15.1 through 100
8.50
100.1 through 500
17.00
Over 500
30.00
Note: (A) For equipment having more
than one (1) motor, heater or
combination of both, tile sum of
the combined ratings may be used to
compute the fee.
Note: (B) Those fees shall include
all switches, circuit breakers,
contactors, relays and other directly
related control equipment.
Temporary Service.
Temporary or construction services
~ncluding pole or pedestal (where no
fee is paid, as in subsection B of
this section)
$10.00
Fe
Approval for temporary use of permanent
commercial or industrial service
equipment to facilitate testing prior
to completion of the structure or
final inspection
Miscellaneous.
Area lighting standards (over six (6)
feet in height), up to and including
ten (10) on a site, each
2. Over ten (10) on a site, each
Private, residential swimming pools,
including supply wiring, motors,
lights and bonding
4. Commercial swimming pools
5. Temporary sales stands, Christmas tree
lots, etc. (including service)
Inspection for the re-installation
of an idle meter (removed by utility
company)
Inspection for electrical work for
which a permit ~.s required but no fee
Js otherwise provided per one-half
(1/2) hour or fraction thereof
Overhead Line Construction.
1. Poles and anchors, each
In addition, all applicable fees
shown in this schedule shall apply.
Illuminated Signs - New, Relocated or
Altered, each
Annual Maintenance Permits.
1. For one (1) location
2. For two (2), three (3) or four (4)
locations
3. For five (5) or more locations
Blanket Work Permits.
A blanket work permit may be issued to
allow a project to commence prior to the
issuance of an itemized permit when the
total installation requirements have not
been determined. A full permit must be
secured as soon as practical and within
thirty (30) days, for which full fees will
be required.
Blanket work permit fee
$10.00
$ 2.00
1.00
10.00
25.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
$ 2.00
$ 3.00
$15.00
35.00
70.00
$15.00
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the City
Charter provisions and shall become effective thirty (30) days
from and after the date of its passage.
......... o0o .........
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the
and adopted by the Council of the City of
meeting thereof held on the 21st day of
the following vote:
foregoing Ordinance was passed
Bakersfield at a regular
July , 1982, by
AYES, COUNCILMEN: BARTON, CHRISTENSEN, MEANS, PAYNE, RAI-rY, ROCKOFF~T.~.~'
CITY CLERK ~nd Mx Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROV./~, this 2Ls% day of July
MAYOR(, the City of Bakersfiel
· 1982
APPROVED as to form:
CI~ATTORN~of the City of Bakersfield
AJS:mm 9.
Afft avt! of Iosttng r tnanres
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ~
County of Kern ~ ss.
PHILIP KBLMAR, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That he is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield; and
that oa ......................................J..~.~_~__~.~..; ..............................................................., 19....~..~_ he 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 ............................g..~!..~..~..__~..~_:. ..........................................., 19..~-2....., which ordinance
was numbered~ ................~..7.~ ..................New Series, and entitled:
An Ordinance of the Council of the City of
Bakersfield amending Chapter 15.32 of the
Bakersfield Municipal Code relative to
E~ectrical Code.
~ity ~lerk -
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
. ~.~ _ day of ............~-~.?--L ...........................,19~..~.