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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPO 6641: AMENDING ELECTRICAL CODE IN CODE OF ORDINANCES (REQUESTED BY COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS) P. O. NO. 6641 09/20/17 ht ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE III (ELECTRICAL CODE) OF CHAPTER 18 (BUILDINGS), SECTION 18-72 WITH REGARD TO THE DEFINITION OF ONE OR TWO FAMILY DWELLING UNIT ELECTRICIAN (RESIDENTIAL WIREMAN) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS BY FINE NOT EXCEEDING FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 18-81 OF THIS CODE OR AS MAY BE OTHERWISE IMPOSED BY STATE LAW; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE IMMEDIATELY AFTER PUBLICATION. (REQUESTED BY COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS) WHEREAS, Councilmember Lewis has requested that the City Council amend Chapter 18 of the Code of Ordinances, particularly Section 18-72 pertaining to the one or two family dwelling unit electrician (residential wireman) within the jurisdictional limits of the City of Port Arthur; and WHEREAS, the City of Port Arthur reserves the rights to license electricians and allow one or two family dwelling unit electrician (residential wireman) to apply for permits. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR: Section 1. That the facts and opinions in the preamble are true and correct. Section 2. That Article III, Section 18-72 of the Code of Ordinances be amended as attached hereto as Exhibit "A". Section 3. That this Ordinance or its caption and penalty shall be published at least one (1) time within ten (10) days after final passage hereof in the official newspaper of the City of Port Arthur. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately after the date of such publication. Section 4. That a copy of the caption of this Ordinance be spread upon the minutes of the City Council. READ, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED, this day of , 2017, A.D., at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Port Arthur, Texas by the following vote: AYES: Mayor: , Councilmembers: , NOES: . Derrick Ford Freeman, Mayor ATTEST: Sherri Bellard, City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: Sok m IrvtD Valecia R. Tizeno, City Attorney APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION: Brian McDougal, City Manager Exhibit "A" Section 18-72. - Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning and except such portions as are herein deleted, modified, or amended, of which code not less than one copy has been and now is filed in the Office of the City Secretary of the City of Port Arthur and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out in at length herein, and from the date on which this section shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the City of Port Arthur. Also article 80 of the National Electrical Code 2004, is also specifically adopted with the following exceptions: Electrical inspector means an individual who has been designated by the city, under the provisions of this Code, as an electrical inspector(also referred to as "inspector") and holds a certificate of competence from the Southeast Texas Regional Electrical Board and is also licensed by the state electrical safety and licensing board. Electrician means: (1) Qualified electrician. Any person engaged in or carrying on the business of electrical contracting who holds a certificate of competency of master electrician issued by the examining board shall also be licensed by the state electrical safety and licensing board. (2) Journeyman electrician. Any person who holds a certificate of competency of journeyman electrician issued by the examining board shall also be licensed by the state electrical safety and licensing board. (3) Limited electrician (sign) . Any person who is engaged in the business of manufacturing or installation of electric signs shall be licensed by the state electrical safety and licensing board. (4) Maintenance electrician. An electrician regularly employed on a permanent basis by any person and who performs work only in the confines of the building or in or on the premises where he is regularly employed on a permanent basis, and who does electrical work(maintenance)as defined in this section. Examining board means the Southeast Texas Regional Electrical Examining Board. Main line disconnect means a rain-tight device of a design approved for electrical service and for the prevailing conditions under which it will be used, and which is capable of disconnecting all enlarged conductors from a building's source of electrical supply shall be located on the outside of a building. Maintenance and repair means the act of keeping in a state of safe operating condition any conductor or place of equipment used inside or outside, attached or connected to any building's electrical system, but shall not include extensions of or additions to an existing system or branch of such a system. One-or two-family dwelling unit electrician (residential wireman) means a qualified individual who has passed the SBCCI standard electrician's test and _ _- •- - _ _ _ _ - - -_ _ _ _ is licensed by the city state electrical safety and licensing board. Outside electrical work means the installing, maintaining, altering, repairing or erecting of any electrical wiring, apparatus, devices, appliances,fixtures or equipment located outside of and separate from buildings and on poles, towers or others exclusively for the support of such electrical wiring, apparatus, devices, appliances, fixtures or equipment for which a permit is required under the terms of this code, except that overhead conductors may be attached to buildings. Outside of a building means beyond the limits of a building's walls or porches whether open or closed. Registered means that a person who has made application to the examining board and who has satisfied the board that he is qualified to do the work stated in the application, that he has paid the necessary registration fee to date, and that his name is carried on the records of the building official as a person authorized to do electrical work as defined in this code. (Code 1961, § 6-17; Ord. 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