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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2567 ORDINANCE NO. 2557 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPEALING CHAPTER 17 .48, AND ADDING THERETO NEW CHAPTER 17. 48 ADOPTING THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1981 EDITION The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as follows : SECTION 1. Chapter 17. 48 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding thereto new Chapter 17. 48 to read as follows : 17 .48. 010 Adoption. There is hereby adopted by the city council of the city of Huntington Beach that certain code known as the National Electrical Code , 1981 edition, published by the National Fire Protection Association, of which code not less than three (3) copies have been and are now on file in the office of the city clerk of the city of Huntington Beach. Such code is hereby adopted and incorporated pursuant to Government Code sec- tions 50022. 2 et seq. and Health and Safety Code section 17958, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing the instal- lation, alteration, repair and maintenance of all electrical in- stallations in the city of Huntington Beach , and repealing all or- dinances and parts of ordinances in conflict therewith. From the date on which this chapter takes effect, the provisions of said code, together with amendments thereto , shall be controlling within the corporate limits of the city of Huntington Beach. 17 .48. 020 Title. This chapter shall be known as the "Huntington Beach Electrical Code ," may be cited as such, and will be referred to herein as "this code. " 17. 48. 030 Permit--Issuance. No permit to do or cause to be done any work regulated by this code shall be issued to any person other than a person holding a valid contractor' s license as provided in Chapter 9 of the California Business and Professions Code. 17.48. 040 Permit issuance exceptions. ( a) Any permit re- quired by this code may be issued to any person to do work regu- ahb 6/18/82 1. lated by this code in a single-family dwelling used exclusively for living purposes, including the usual accessory buildings and quarters in connection with such buildings provided such person is the bona fide owner of such dwelling and accessory buildings , that the same is occupied by said owner, and that said owner shall purchase all material and shall not hire anyone in violation of the workers' compensation laws of the state of California. (b) Any permit required by this code may be issued to an owner of property, building or improving structures thereon or appurtenances thereto , who does such work himself or through his regular employees with wages as their sole compensation; provided such owner of property or his employees is found by the building official to be qualified to supervise and direct electrical in- stallations . 17. 48. 050 Section 310-5 amended--Minimum size of conductors. Section 310-5 is hereby amended to read as follows : "310-5. Minimum Size of Conductors. Whether solid or stranded, conductors shall not be smaller than No. 14 copper, No. 4 aluminum or No. 12 copper-clad aluminum. "Exception No. 1 : For flexible cords as permitted by Sec- tion 400-12 . "Exception No. 2: For fixture wire as permitted by Sec- tion 410-23. "Exception No . 3 : For fractional hp motors as permitted by Section 430-22. "Exception No. 4 : For cranes and hoists as permitted by Section 610-14. "Exception No. 5 : For elevator control and signaling cir- cuits as permitted by Section 620-12. "Exception No. 6 : For Class 1 , Class 2, and Class 3 cir- cuits as permitted by Section 725-16, 725-37 and 725-40. "Exception No. 7 : For fire protective signaling circuits as permitted by Sections 760-16 , 760-27 and 760-30. " 17. 48.060 Aluminum conductors. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, whether as owner, architect, contractor, artisan, or otherwise , to terminate or to connect to any other conductor any solid size No. 4 American Wire Gauge or smaller aluminum conductor in branch circuit wiring. 17 .48. 070 Section 336-3 amended--Nonmetallic-sheathed cable. Section 33 -3 is hereby amended to read as follows : "336-3. Uses Permitted or Not permitted. No Type NM or Type NMC cable shall be .permitted except in one- and two-family dwellings and in multiple dwellings not exceeding three (3) 2. stories in height. " 17. 48.080 Section 348-1 amended--Use of electrical metallic tubing. Section 3 -1 is hereby amended to read as follows : "348-1. Use. The use of electrical metallic tubing shall be permitted for both exposed and concealed work. Electrical metallic tubing shall not be used : ( 1) where during installa- tion or afterward, it will be subject to severe physical damage; ( 2) where protected from corrosion solely by enamel; (3 ) in cinder concrete or cinder fill where subject to permanent mois- ture unless protected on all sides by a layer of noncinder con- crete at least two (2) inches thick or unless the tubing is at least eighteen ( 18) inches under the fill ; (4) where exposed to the weather; and ( 5) in the ground. Where practicable dis- similar metals in contact anywhere in the system shall be avoided to eliminate the possibility of galvanic action. "Unless made of a material judged suitable for the condition, or unless corrosion protection approved for the condition is provided, ferrous or nonferrous electrical metallic tubing, el- bows, couplings, and fittings shall not be installed in concrete, in direct contact with the earth, or in areas subject to severe corrosive influences. " SECTION 3. 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 com- petent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance . The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portions thereof, and amendments thereto, ir- respective of the fact that any one or more sections , subsections, sentences, clauses , phrases or portions, or amendments be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 4. The provisions of this ordinance insofar as they are substantially the same as existing provisions of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code relating to the same subject matter shall be construed as restatements and continuations and not as new enactments . SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days after adoption. 3. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd I day of August 1982. I Mayor ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Clerk Cit Attor y REVIEWED AND APPROVED : INITIATED AND APPRO e e' City Administrator ire( or of De elopment Services Ord. No. 2567 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss: CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th day of July 1982 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of August , 1982 and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council. AYES: Councilmen: Pattinson, MacAllister, Mandic, Finley, Bailey, Kelly NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: Thomas City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California 1. Aiida M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City,of Huntingl4n Reach and ex-offkio Clerk of the City CounO,do tie eby certify that a synopsis of this wdhwKe % been Vt blished in the Huntington C:,yr t'I:arti•: of said City. City Clerk C3eDutY City Clerk