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ORDIi~ANCE NO. ~03
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<br /> An Ordinance to be known as the Electrical Code of the City of Santa Ara, creating
<br />the office of City Electrician and prescribing his duties; providing for electric permits and
<br />inspections and fixing the fees therefor; regulating the installation, arrangements, alter-
<br /> ation, repair, use, maintenance and operation of electric wiring, electric fixtures, and
<br />other electric appliances and equipment in the City of Santa Ana; providing a penalty for the
<br />violation of the same and repealing ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict with this
<br />ordinance.
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<br />The Board of Trustees of the City of Santa Ana do ordain as follows:
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<br />Section 1. City Electrician.
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<br /> There is hereby created and established the office of City Electrician. The ~rson
<br />chosen to fill the office of City Electrician shall be a competent electrician of good moral
<br />character, and shall have had at least four years experience as a Journeyman in the practice
<br />of his trade, or two years training in a recognized college of electrical engineering, and, in
<br />addition thereto, two years of practical experience in electrical construction, shall be well
<br />versed in approved methods of electrical construction for safety to life and property, the
<br />statutes of the State of California relating to electrical work, the rules and regulations
<br />issued by the Industrial Accident Commission of California under Authority of the statutes,
<br />the National Electrical Code, as approved by the American Engineering Standards Committee, the
<br />NatiOnal Electrical Safety ~Code, as approved by the American Engineering Standards Committee,
<br />other installation and safety rules and standards approved by the American Engineering
<br />Standards~Committee and rules of the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific.
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<br />Section 2. Appointment, etct
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<br /> Said City Electrician shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees. He shall recei~
<br />such salary per month as may be fixed by said Board of Trustees. The City Electrician shall
<br />also take and subscribe an .oath which together with the certificate of his appointment shall
<br />be filed with the CitM Clerk. He shall be removed from office for cause only, after a full
<br />hearing, by the Board of Trustees. It shall be unlawful for the City Electrician to engage
<br />in the business of the installation and the maintenance of electric wiring, electric devices
<br />and electric material either directly or indirectly and he shall have no financial interest
<br />in any concern engaged in s~ch business in the City of Santa Ara at any time while holding
<br />office of City Electrician. Any v~olation of the provlsi~s of this section by said City
<br />Electrician shall be sufficient cause for his removal from office but he may be removed for
<br />other Just cause.
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<br />Section 3.
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<br /> (a). The City Electrician is hereby authorized and empowered to make tests on all
<br />electric lighting and power systems furnished the City by pe~sona, firms, or corporations
<br />the purpose of determining whether or not the terms of contract are being complied with, and
<br />it shall be the duty of the person, firm, or corporation furnishing such electrical service,
<br />to provide suitable methods of making such tests as may be required by the City Electrician.
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<br /> (b) The City Electrician is also authorized to enter any building, structure,
<br />subway, or subway man-hole in the City of Santa Ana at any reasonable time in the performance
<br />of any of the duties specified in this ordinance, and, upon demand of the City Electrician,
<br />the owner or his representative shall accompany him or his assistant to inspect all electrical
<br />conductors, generators, transformers, motors, and other electrical apparatus and materials,
<br />which are covered by this ordinance, whether in or upon or outside of any.structure or
<br />building or in or under any street or public highway with~n the City of Santa Ana; and to
<br />notify the owner or the person, firm, or corporation concerned or interested in such install-
<br />ation of any and all violations of the provisions of this ordinance and to examine and pass
<br />upon all applications for licenses and permits required by this ordinance.
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<br /> (C) It shall be the duty of the City Electrician to periodically inspect the
<br />electrical conductors, apparatus, and equipment in use at all theaters and motion picture
<br />houses located within the City of Santa Ans. Each theater and motion picture house shall be
<br />inspected semi,annually. The City Electrician will issue an approval notice to the owner
<br />of said theater or motion picture house, provided that, in his Judgment, the electrical
<br />apparatus and equipment is in safe operating condition. No theater or motion picture
<br />house shall be allowed to operate without said approval notice.
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<br /> No charge shall be made for the inspections authorized under the provisims of this
<br />section, unless the inspection shalll show that work coming within the provisions of this
<br />ordinance has been done without a permit having been secured therefor.
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<br /> (d) It shall be the duty of the City Electrician to make a thorough and general
<br />inspection of that portion of the City designated and known as the "Fire District" at least
<br />annually; to inspect all electrical installations and cause to be adjusted and remedied all
<br />violations of this ordinance as provide~.
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<br /> (e) It shall be his duty to supervise and inspect the installation of all electric
<br /> wiring, connections, arpliance~, fixtures or apparatus in and about any house, building or
<br /> structure within the City of Santa Ana, and to fu~'nish to each and every perwon, firm or
<br /> corporation contemplating the equi~ment or installation in or about any house, building or
<br /> structure within the City of Santa Ara of electric wiring, connections, appliances, fixtures
<br /> or apparatus with a ~rmit for such work upon the compliance by such firm, person or
<br /> corporation wit~ the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth in the manner and form herein
<br />iprescribed.
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<br /> (f) It shall be the duty of the City Electrician to supervise the inst~llaticn
<br />and upkeep of all City Fire alarm systems, City Pumping plant motors, and to make ~riodic
<br />inspection of same to insure their efficient and proper operation. The Electrician and City
<br />Engineer shall supervise the installa tibn of Street Lighting Systems.
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<br />Section 4.
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<br /> It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to equip any building,
<br />house or structure within the City of Santa Ana with electric ~rin~, c canections, appliances
<br />fixtures or apparatus or make any alteratic~s or changes or additlona to any electric wiring,
<br />~onnections, appl{snces, fixtures or apparatus in or about any building within said City of
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