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Home My WebLink About3003 I I~ i I l'i ORDINANCE NO.~~ 2; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADOPTING AND ESTABLISHING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS ~ 3 WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO; ADOPTING THE UNIFORM WIRING CODE, 1968 EDITION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING PERSONAL INJURY 4i AND. FIRE HAZARD FROM ELECTRICAL CAUSES; PROVIDING A MINIMUM STAN- ~ DARD FOR ELECTRIC INSTALLATIONS; PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS; 5; AND' REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2228. 6~!i THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: 8jij, SECTION 1. This ordinance shall be known as the "Uniform Wiring Ordinance." 9 ' SECTION 2.. Those certain rules and regulations which pro- ~0'!~ ~ vide for electrical installations and which apply to all wiring 111; and equipment installed, used, maintained, rented, leased, offered ~!, 12i ; for sale or distributed for use, as -set forth in that certain 13i I code printed in booklet form, and entitled "Uniform Wiring Code, 14!~ 1968 Edition", as prepared and promulgated by the Southern Cali- 15 ! fornia Chapter of the.International Association of Electrical 16!I I 171 Insgectors, three (3.)' copies. of which code have heretofore been filed with .and are naw on file in the office of the City Clerk 18, of the City of San Bernardino, and which .copies are identified 19 '. j i by certificates attached thereto, reading substantially as follows:!,, 20; "I, Jack T. Felton, hereby certify that the 'three annexed 21 ~, i 22j~ copies of the code entitled 'Uniform Wiring Code, 1968 Edition', 25ij were filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of San Ber- ?,~ ~i nardino on the_day of _f~ 1969, and are true, cor- ! 25 rect and complete copies of said Code which is sought to be adopted; !, 261,; by reference by ordinance of the Mayor and Common Council of said r, 27~ City. ~ JACK T. FELTON 28 '' City Clerk of the City of San Bernardino",' q I 2~;1 be and the same are hereby established as rules and regulations I~ 30 ;' ~ and a code of said City; and each .and every part of said code, and ~ i i 31i each .and every provision thereof is hereby referred to and desig- 32111 nated and adopted by reference as the "Uniform Wiring Code, 1968 ~ i i it I I ~i ~i 1 Edition", and is made a part hereof as fully as though set forth. I 2 at .length .in this ordinance, except as hereinafter provided. I! 3! SECTION 3. The sections I! paragraphs and parts. of said 4~ Uniform Wiring Code,. 19b8 Edition which are excepted, deleted ', 5( and notadopte~d are: '~ 611 (1) Section 30:.6 7' (2J Section'70'::4 I~ 8i (3,)' Section 110:4 9j C4) Section 150:.12. ' 10~ (g) Section 150:14 i llj (S) Section 170:15. i 12 SECTION 4.. The following titles, articles, sections and ~ 13 provisions of the Uniform Wiring Code, 1968 Edition, are hereby 14 amended to read as follows.: 15 "Section 10.1: Change of Name. As used in this section 16 and elsewhere in said Code the term 'Electrical Safety Engineer' 17 shall be amended to read 'Chief Electrical Inspector or his ~ 18 designated agent'. 19 Section'20:6: In lieu of an individual permit for each 20I installation or alteration, a monthly permit shall, upon appli- 21 cation therefor, be issued. to any person, firm or corporation 221 holding an annual maintenance electrician's permit. 23 Section'20.7: Within not more than fifteen (15) days 24 following the end of each. calendar month.,. the person, firm or 25 ~ corporation to which a monthly permit is issued shall transmit to 26 the Chief Electrical Inspector a report of all electrical work 27 I which has been done under the. permit during the preceding month,. I 28 ~ ~ and shall pay the fees prescribed therefor as 'set forth in 29 Article III. 30 Section'20.10: No electrical work for which a permit is 31 I required shall be commenced in any building or premises until a '' 2 ~ permit to do such work shall have been first obtained. Failure -2- 'I ~I ~ ~, ~ to obtain a permit within 24 hours shall result in a penalty of ~ double fees. 1 Section 30..2: Alterations and additions where no structural 2 work is being done, or where it is impractical to use the square 3 footage schedule, shall be subject to fee schedules in Paragraphs 4 30:3; 30.4 .and 30..5. 5 Section 30.5: 6 (a) Lighting Standards ~ 7 Not over 10 on a site - each $2..00 Each additional over 10 'on a site-.each 1.00 8 (b) Outlets g First 20 'outlets - each .20 Additional, over 20 .outlets - each .10' 10~ (c.) Fixtures 111 First'20 fixtures - each .20 Additional, over 20 'fixtures -each .10' 12 (d) Multi-outlet assembly (festoon type-plug 13 mold, etc.) each 5 ft. or fraction thereof .10' 14 Section 30..9: A fee of $10:00, due and payable on January 1 15 of each year, shall be paid for each annual maintenance electricia s 16 permit and shall be issued to any person, firm or corporation regu 17 larly employing one or more qualified electrician for the installa tion, alteration and maintenance of electrical equipment in or on 18 existing buildings or premises owned or occupied by the permittee. 19 Section 90.1: Service disconnects shall be an approved fused 20 switch or a single circuit breaker and shall be located on the ex- ' 21 terior of the. building with the metering equipment at the nearest 22 safe and readily accessible point to where the. utility companies 23 service. drops.-can serve the. building. 24 Exception - On buildings of a commercial or industrial type that axe t 25 normally open during an average business day, the service switch o i i 26I breaker and metering equipment may be installed within the buildin , providing it is accessible at all times to the occupant that it sery~e 27 ' Section 130.1: Service drop conductors or cables -shall be ' 28 attached to. the building or structure atone point only, unless 29 otherwise approved by the serving utility company. ' 30 31 Section 140.'.4:. In all flush mounted services or dis- 32 tribution panels for one and two family dwellings two 3/4 inch -3- i i j' lij and one 1 inch spare raceways for future use shall be provided. it 2~~' Where sufficient attic or under floor space is available these 3 raceways shall terminate. at an accessible location in each space. 4 In all one and two family dwellings a 4'.11/16 inch box -shall be i 5'I~ installed at kitchen range location and a 1 inch. raceway run 6~ from this box to an accessible location in the attic or under 7!~ floor space. Where neither space is available, such raceway 8j shall run continuously to, and be coupled to, the spare 1 inch g,~~ raceway provided at the distribution panel. Circuit breaker. ~0!~ space shall be provided in the. distribution panel, and necessary 'I 11"' load calculated in the service size for a future domestic electric 12!~'~ range addition. Exception - When an electric range is a part of 13I~i the original installation the 1 inch raceway and the distribution it 14' panel requirements. of this section shall not apply. 15 Section 150:.10: Flexible Metal Conduit. All residential 16 occupancies. ~ 17 Section 17x..3: Every room shall have at least one switched 18 general lighting outlet. Living rooms, bedrooms, family rooms, 19 and dens may be excepted, provided at least one switched wall 20 receptacle is installed, and provided that any such rooms have a 21 minimum of two circuits. No lighting outlets shall be controlled 22 by a pull-chain switch. 23 Section 240.2:! A11 f luarescent and gaseous tube fixtures 24 shall. contain non-resetting or automatic resetting thermally 25 protected ballasts or transformers, except fixtures installed 26 exterior to any building structure." 27 SECTION 5. The following titles:, articles, sections and 28 provisions are hereby added. to' and made a part of the Uniform 29 Wiring Code, 1968 Edition: 30 ARTICLE XXVI - SPECIAL INSTALLATIONS 31 Section 260c An electrically operated mechanical device, 32 apparatus or machine which is 'intended or designed for use by -4= '~ '~, ill I li chi dren or adults-for purposes of amusement, entertainment or ~, 2 play, hereafter referred to within this article .as "device", 3 shall not be provided or made .available or accessible for such 4 use, in any place of business or any plane or premises to. which. 5. the public is admitted without first obtaining a permit and s certificate. of approval from the Chief Electrical Inspector and 7 complying with ,the installation and maintenance requirements: of 8i this Code. I 9. The provisions of this article shall not apply to those 10~ electrically operated' mechanical devices.,- apparatus or machines I 111, which .are part of the. stock in trade. of a merchant 'and are being ~i 12 displayed. and offered for sale in an established place of 13 business. 14 Section'26a.:1: Permits. and Fees. A separate. permit shall 15 be required for each device regulated by this article. The fee 16 for such permit shall be six dollars ($6.00)'. Each permit shall I 17 expire on the .31st day of December of the. year for which it is j 18 issued. 19 Section 260'.2:: Installation Requirements.. Each device. 20 shall have all metal parts permanently and effectively grounded 21 by means 'of an approved multi-prong plug and receptacle, one 22 prong for the purpose of grounding, and an approved hard service 23 3 wire type "S" cord. Each cord shall be continuous without 24 splices or adaptors, and shall not exceed ten (10 )' feet in length. 25 Where the cord is, or may reasonably be expected. to be, or become 26 subjected or exposed to pedestrian or vehicular traffic or 27 mechanical injury, it shall be. protected by means 'of an approved ' 28 trough duct or raceway. ~ I 29 Section"260,:.3: Inspection. Within not more than forty- I 30 eight '(48) hours after the installation of any device, it shall 31 be the. .duty of any person, firm or corporation installing or 32 causing the installation of tha device, to notify the Chief -5- i i i i 1 ~ Electrical Inspector, who. shall make or cause to be made an in- 2 spection of the device 'as soon as practicable after receiving 3 the notification, and thereafter make periodic re-.inspections of 4 the device at approximately three (3.) month intervals. If 5 approved,. the. Chief Electrical Inspector shall issue a certificate 1 61 of approval. If disapproved, written notice shall be given to the. 71 permittee stating wherein the. device fails to comply with. these' I ~' $i~ regulations. i g! Section 260'.4: Authority to Disconnect. The Chief 10i Electrical Inspector may disconnect :any device from its source 11~I of electrical energy when such .device is found to be a possible 12 hazard to any person. 13 Upon disconnecting the. device a notice-shall be'posted in 14 plain sight on the. device prohibiting the use of the. device until 15 such time that it .can be made safe. Written notice shall be ~ 16 given to the person in charge of the disconnected device stating 17 why the disconnection was made. 18 The permit and certificate of approval of any such dis- j ~ 19 connected device shall be suspended immediately upon disconnec- 20 tion but shall be reinstated, without :charge of fee, upon approval 21 for re-connection. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or ~ 22 corporation to connect or cause to be connected to a source of 23 electrical energy any such disconnected device without first ob- 24 taming approval from the Chief Electrical Inspector. 25 Section. 26.0..5: Replacing Approved Devices. Nothing in 26 this article shall be deemed to' prohibit the exchange of a device. 27 ~ i with any other approved device, providing the. person, firm or 28 corporation exchanging or causing the. exchange notifies the 29 Chief Electrical Inspector within not more than forty-eight (48) 30 hours after the exchange. As soon as practicable after noti£ica- 31 tion, the. Chief Electrical Inspector shall make or cause to be 32 made an inspection of the new device as set forth 'in Section, 260:3' -6- l', i!~ ~i ~I I~I 1 The permit 'for the original device shall be transferred, without 2 i charge of fee, to the new device and, if the new device is ap- ' 3i proved by inspection, the Chief Electrical Inspector shall issue 4 a certificate of approval therefor. ~ i ~ 5~i' SECTION 6. The word "City" in the aforesaid sections and ~ I 6j Code -shall be deemed to refer. to and designate the City of San 7'~ Bernardino and any reference. to any act or any legislative enact- 8 ment therein referred to: shall be deemed to designate and embrace 9 the statutes of the. State of California, and amendments. thereof, 10 dealing with the subject. matter thereby and therein referred ta. 11 SECTION 7: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or I 12 corporation to install,. use, maintain, alter, repair, rent, lease, ~ 13 offer for sale,. or distribute for use, any wiring and equipment 14 used for electrical installation in said City, or cause th.e same 15 to be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions 16 of this Code. I 17 Any person, firm or corporation violating or permitting or I 18 causing the violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance I 19 or of the Code 'adopted herein shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 20 demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a 21 fine of not more than five hundred dollars '($-.500.:00.), or by im- 22 prisonment for a period of not more than six months., or by both 23 such. fine and imprisonment. Each. person, firm or corporation 24 shall be. deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during 25 any portion of which any violation of any provision of this ordi- i 26 nance or said Code is committed, continued or permitted by such 27 person, firm or corporation and shall be punishable therefor as 28 provided by this ordinance. 29 SECTION'8. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause 30 or phrase of this ordinance. or said Code is for any reason held 31 to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court 32 of competent :jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the -7; i I I 1 validity of the remaining portions of said ordinance or Code. The Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino hereby 2 3 declare that they would have passed said ordinance and Code, and 4 each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, 5 irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, 6 subsections, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconsti- 7 tutional. 8 SECTION 9. Ordinance No. 2728 is hereby repealed. 9 I HF~tEBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly 10 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council oP the City of San Ber- 11 nardino at a,,,, n~ ,~mar/,~o ,l.,.z~ meeting thereof, held on 12 the 28th day oP -_~~~, 1969 by the following vote, to wit 13 AYES: Councilmen <.Y/d/'~'~»~~M ~/~ioaDonl ~itvrr~ '/ T' r ~ 15 NOES: ~7~~0 16 ABSENT: z~,s~..,,~.~~nn ,~~ l~~~ipna~' 17 ~,/~ /J ~ 18 /VT,~%~~/~C3 y C er 19 The Foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this a~,day zo of 1969. 21 ~i ~~i~G~ 22 yor o e y o an ernar no 28 Pro Tempore 24 Approved as to form: 25 '~ ~ ~ 26 C y orney 27 28 29 i s ;s!zsw~ 30 A ,~ 31 32 N ' /