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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1811 - Amending Sections and Repealing Section of the Santa Ana Municipal Code and Adding Sections to the Santa Ana Municipal Code ...~DG :mb 6/20/85 ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1811 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTIONS 8-667, 8-700, 8-705, 8-711, 8-713, 8-714, 8-717, 8-720, 8-721, 8-722, 8-728, 8-729, 8-730, 8-741, 8-742, 8-747, 8-828, 8-829, 8-863 AND 8-1025 AND REPEALING SECTION 8-805 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING SECTIONS 8-838, 8-862, 8-914, AND 8-915 TO THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE, TO ADOPT THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1984 EDITION, WITH AMEND- MENTS, BY REFERENCE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That section 8-667 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-667. Adoption by reference. There is adopted by the City that certain code known as the National Electrical Code, 1984 Edition, and the whole thereof save and except such portions as are deleted by the amendments set forth in this Article, of which said code not less than three (3) copies have been and are on file in the office of the Clerk of the Council of the City. The said code is adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth at length herein, as provided for in Section 419 of the Charter of the City, and subject to all amendments set forth in this article, shall be in effect within the City of Santa Ana from the effective date of this ordinance. Any provision of this article amending the "Electrical Code" or "National Electrical Code" shall be construed as amending the said adopted code, 1984 Edition, including such provisions enacted prior to the enactment of this ordinance and not thereafter repealed. The said adopted code, 1984 Edition, as thus amended, together with all other provisions of this article, shall be known as the Electrical Code of the City of Santa Ana. SECTION 2: That section 8-700 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-700. Enforcement. The building official of the city is vested with the authority to enforce all of the provisions of this code and shall have the right to enter upon any premises at all reasonable hours ORDINANCE NO. NS-1811 PAGE TWO for the purpose of inspecting the installation and working of all apparatus coming within the terms of this article and no person shall interfere with the building official in making the inspections or refuse to permit the building official or his deputies to enter the premises for such purposes. SECTION 3: That section 8-705 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-705. Penalties. (a) This code shall not be construed to relieve from or lessen the responsibility of any party owning, operating, controlling or installing any electric wiring, electric deices or electric materials for damages to persons or property caused by any defect therein, nor shall the jurisdiction be held as assuming any such liability by reason of the inspection authorized herein or certificate of inspection issued as herein provided. (b) The building official is authorized to determine the intent and meaning of any provisions of this code. (c) Any person violating any of the provisions of this code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (d) Every person violating any of the provisions of this code shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day or portion thereof during which, such violation continues. (e) It is unlawful for any person, either as owner, architect, contractor, artisan, or otherwise, to do or knowingly contribute to any act or installation regulated in this code in such manner that the same shall not conform to all of the provisions of this code. SECTION 4: That section 8-711 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-711. Permits--Required. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to install, alter, repair, move, or convert any electrical equipment regulated by this code, or cause the same to be done without first obtaining a separate permit for each building or structure, each dwelling unit, each condominium unit, each office suite, and each unit in a commercial or industrial building, from the building official. ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1811 PAGE THREE SECTION 5: That section 8-713 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-713. Same--Applications. To obtain an electrical permit, the applicant shall first file an application in writing on a form furnished by the Permit and Inspection Services Department for that purpose. Every application shall: Identify and describe the work to be covered by the permit for which the application is made. e Be accompanied by two copies of plans, specifications, and schedules as may be necessary, and plan check fee for the purpose of plan check review to determine whether the installation as described will be in conformance with the requirements of the sections of this code. If it is found that the installation as described will conform to all legal requirements, and if the applicant has com- plied with the provisions of the sections in this code a permit for such installation shall be issued upon receipt of fees as prescribed in section 8-722. No deviation shall be made from the installation described in the permit application and approved plans without the written approval of the building official. SECTION 6: That section 8-714 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-714. Same--Annual permits~ An annual permit may be issued to any person, firm, or corporation regularly employing a maintenance electrician approved by the building official. The maintenance electrician may install, alter, maintain, or repair electrical wiring in or on buildings or premises owned or occupied by his employer and shall keep a detailed record of all such work. within fifteen (15) days following the end of each calendar month, the maintenance electrician shall file an application accompanied by regular fees and obtain an electrical permit for all electrical work accomplished during the preceding month. ORDINANCE NO. NS-1811 PAGE FOUR SECTION 7: That section 8-717 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-717. Same--Penalty. Failure to obtain a permit and pay fees therefor before commencing work shall be deemed evidence of violation of the provisions of this code. Double the amount of permit fee plus a $35.00 Special Investigation Fee shall be assessed for work commenced before a permit is issued. SECTION 8: That section 8-720 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-720. Same--Expiration. (1) Every permit shall expire and become null and void for any one or more of the following reasons: (a) Whenever the electric wiring authorized by a permit is not commenced within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of issuance of such permit. (b) Whenever the electric wiring authorized by a permit has been suspended, abandoned or discontinued for a continuous period of one hundred eighty (180) days. (2) Expiration of Plan Review. Applications for which no permit is issued within one hundred eighty (180) days following the date of application shall expire by 180-day limitation, and plans and other data submitted for review may thereafter be returned to the applicant or destroyed by the building official. In order to renew action on an application after expiration, the applicant shall resubmit plans and pay a new plan review fee. SECTION 9: That section 8-721 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-721. Same--Revocations and suspensions. The building official may suspend or revoke any electrical permit for any of the following reasons: ORDINANCE NO. NS-1811 PAGE FIVE (1) If any reason is found to exist which would have been cause for denial of such permit. (2) Any material misrepresentation or falsity in the application upon which said permit was issued. (3) For failure to comply with the provisions of the sections in this code pertaining to electricity, after due notice of corrections and the time limit therefor has expired; or for failure to comply with other codes of this jurisdiction that may be related to or appertain to the sections in this code pertaining to electricity. SECTION 10: That section 8-722 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-722. Permit fees. Fees for the processing of permit applications, plan checking, and other administrative services shall be established by resolution of the city council, such fees must be paid to the building official for each electrical installation for which a permit is required by this code. No permit shall be issued unless all fees are paid in full. SECTION 11: That section 8-728 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-728. Hidden installations. When any part of a wiring installation is to be hidden from view, the person, firm or corporation installing the wiring shall notify the building official and'such parts of the wiring installation shall not be concealed until they have been inspected and approved by the building official. SECTION 12: That section 8-729 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-729. Inspections and corrections. Upon completion of the work which has been authorized by issuance of any permit, except an annual permit, it shall be the duty of the person, firm, or corporation installing the same to notify the building official who shall inspect the installation as soon thereafter as practicable. If, upon inspection, the installation is not found to be in conformity with the provisions ORDINANCE NO. NS-1811 PAGE SIX of this code, the building official shall notify the person, firm or corporation making the installation, stating the defects which have been found to exist. All defects shall be corrected within ten (10) days after the inspection and notification, or within other reasonable time as permitted by the building official. No electrical installation shall be energized until inspected and approved by the building official. SECTION 13: That section 8-730 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-730. Temporary connections. When authorizing the connection and use of temporary or incomplete work, such authorization shall expire at a time to be stated by the building official. SECTION 14: That section 8-741 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-741. Approval of equipment. Ail appliances and equipment shall be listed and labeled by a nationally recognized testing laboratory equal to but not limited to Underwriter's Laboratories, Inc., and approved by the building official. SECTION 15: That section 8-742 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-742. used materials. Previously used materials shall not be reused without the written approval obtained in advance from the building official. SECTION 16: That section 8-747 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-747. Underground installations. Whenever any property is developed with new or relocated buildings or structures, or whenever floor area in excess of twenty-five (25) percent of the existing floor area is added to an existing building, or whenever a residential building or use is converted to any purpose or use other than that which existed at the time of conversion, or whenever service is changed for any reason, all electrical, telephone, community antenna television and similar service wires or cables which provide direct service ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1811 PAGE SEVEN to the property being developed, added to, or converted, shall, within the exterior boundary lines of such property, be installed underground. Conduits required for telephone or community antenna television shall be installed to utility specifications by the electrical permit holder prior to inspection of electrical con- duit. SECTION 17: That section 8-805 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby repealed. SECTION 18: That section 8-828 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-828. Receptacle outlets required (Section 210-52(f)). Section 210-52(f) of the National Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows: In all basements, garages, and carports for dwelling units at least one receptacle outlet in addition to any provided for laundry equipment shall be installed in each basement, garage and carport. SECTION 19: That section 8-829 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-829. Lighting outlets required(Section 210-70(a)). The first paragraph of Section 210-70(a) of the National Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows: At least one wall switch controlled lighting outlet shall be installed in every habitable room; in bathrooms, hallways, stairways, basements, garages, carports, and at outdoor entrances. Garages or carports accessory to dwelling units shall be wired with a minimum of one lighting outlet per each two (2) auto stalls or fractions thereof. SECTION 20: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered Section 8-838, which said section reads as follows: Sec. 8-838. Feeders. (Sec. 215-2(a)). Section 215-2(a) of the National Electrical Code is amended to read as follows: 215-2(a). For specified circuits. The ampacity of feeder conductors shall not be less than 60 where the load ORDINANCE NO. NS-1811 PAGE EIGHT supplied consists of the following number and types of circuits: (1) Two or more 2-wire branch circuits supplied by a 2-wire feeder; (2) More than two 2-wire branch circuits supplied by a 3-wire feeder; and (3) Two or more 3-wire branch circuits supplied by a 3-wire feeder. SECTION 21: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a Section, to be numbered Section 8-862, which said section reads as follows: Sec. 8-862. Grounding Electrode System. (Section 250-81). Section 250-81 of the National Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 250-81. Grounding Electrode System. The grounding electrode system shall consist of not less than twenty (20) feet of bare copper not smaller than No. 4 or not less than twenty (20) feet No. 4 steel reinforcing bar; or not less than twenty (20) feet of three-fourths (3/4) inch galvanized steel conduit; or an approved equal installed as follows: The electrode shall be located in the bottom of the outside foundation footing with maximum concrete encasement of three (3) inches. One end of the electrode shall extend out of the foundation adjacent to the equipment to be grounded to permit the grounding conductor to be secured by an approved method. The interior metal water piping shall be bonded to the grounding electrode, the grounding electrode conductor, or the grounded service entrance conductor. SECTION 22: That section 8-863 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-863. Made electrodes (Section 250-83). Section 250-83 of the National Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 250-83. Where the electrode specified in Sec. 250-81 is not feasible, the following electrodes may be used upon approval of the enforcing authority: (i) Plate electrodes. Each plate electrode shall present not less than two (2) square feet of exterior soil. Electrodes of iron or steel plates shall be at least one-fourth (1/4) inch in thickness. Electrodes of nonferrous metal shall be at lest 0.06 inch in thickness. ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1811 PAGE NINE (2) Pipe electrodes. Electrodes of pipe or conduit shall be not smaller than three-fourths (3/4) inch trade size and where of iron or steel, shall have the outer surface galvanized or otherwise metal-coated for corrosion protection. Minimum of eight (8) feet to be driven in the ground. (3) Rod electrodes. Electrodes of rods of steel or iron shall be at least five-eighths (5/8) inch in diameter. Approved rods of nonferrous materials of their approved equivalent used for electrodes shall be not less than one-half (1/2) inch in diameter. Minimum of eight (8) feet to be driven in the ground. SECTION 23: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 8-914, which said section reads as follows: Sec. 8-914. Deletion. (Sec. 333-1 - 333-12). deleting to wit: Chapter 3 of the National Electrical Code is amended by therefrom Article 333 and all sections therein included, Sections 333-1 through 333-12 inclusive. SECTION 24: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code by adding a section, to be numbered 8-915, which reads as follows: is hereby amended said section Sec. 8-915. Deletion. (Sec. 334-1 - 334-24). deleting 334-24. Chapter 3 of the National Electrical Code is amended by therefrom article 334 including sections 334-1 through SECTION 25: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of compe- tent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 26: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall, in any manner, affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as ORDINANCE NO. NS-1811 PAGE TEN affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. ATTEST: ADOPTED, this 18th day of~vember , 1985. Daniel E. Griset Mayor Janice C. Guy Clerk of the Council COUNCILMEMBERS: Griset A~e Acosta Aye Hart Aye Johnson Luxembourger Aye McGuigan A¥~ Young APPROVED AS TO FORM: