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AN ORDINANCE
ADOPTING THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1984 EDITION;
MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO UNDERTAKE THE INSTALLATION OF
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WITHOUT A PERMIT THEREFOR, EXCEPT
AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED; ESTABLISHING INSPECTION PERMIT
FEES; ESTABLISHING INSPECTION DUTIES AND AUTHORITY;
ADOPTING CERTAIN OTHER REGULATIONS; PROVIDING PENALTIES
FOR VIOLATION; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; REPEALING
ORDINANCE NOS. 16823, 17196, and 17638; PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE FROM AND
AFTER AUGUST 1, 1985.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS.
SECTION 1. That Article III - ELECTRICAL of Chapter 13 of the
Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi, 1976, as amended, is hereby
amended by adding Division 2 - Electrical Cade thereto, said Division 2
consisting of Section 13-90 through 13-98, which shall hereafter read as
follows:
DIVISION 2 - ELECTRICAL CODE
Section 13-90. Title and Scope
(a) The title of this Division shall be "The Corpus Christi
Electrical Code", and may be cited as such and it will be referred to in
this Division as "this code".
(b) The "National Electrical Code", 1984 Edition, a copy of
which is on file in the office of the City Secretary, is hereby adopted as
part of this Code to the same effect as if copied verbatim herein and shall
be in effect except as it may be in conflict with the provisions of this
Division.
(c) This Code shall govern all installation of electrical
conductors or equipment hereafter made, and all existing installations
which are altered, or for which the use has changed. Repair and
maintenance work shall be such that if any "electrical conductor or
equipment" is removed and later replaced, same shall be replaced in
accordance with the provisions of this Code.
(d) Low Energy Circuits: Permit requirements of this Code shall
not apply to low voltage electrical conductors or equipment installation
meeting the requirements of Article 720 and Article 725 of the National
Electrical Code", 1984 Edition.
(e) Other Permits: All construction covered by other ordinances
and codes of the City, including all sign structures, sign attachments to
buildings, and/or foundations shall not be initiated until the proper
permits have been issued in compliance with such codes and ordinance.
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(f) Responsibility For Safe Work: This Code shall not be
construed to relieve from or lessen the responsibility or liability of any
person owning, operating, or installing electrical conductors, devices,
appliances, fixtures, apparatus, motors, or equipment for damages to
persons or buildings caused by any defect therein; nor shall the City be
held liable for any damages by reason of the enforcement of this Code.
Section 13-91. Definitions
(a) Words when not otherwise separately defined shall have
meanings which conform to the meanings set out in the "National Electrical
Code", 1984 Edition, if set out; otherwise, they shall have their usual
meanings.
(b) Board: Board shall mean the Electrical Advisory Board as
constituted and appointed by the City Council.
(c) City: City shall mean the territory within the corporate
limits of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, or the legally constituted
governing body thereof, its agents and its officers.
(d) Chief Electrical Inspector: The employee of City appointed
by the City Manager.
(e) Inspector. Inspector shall mean an individual who has been
designated by the City of Corpus Christi as an inspector.
(f) Licensed Electrician: Licensed electrician shall mean a
person who holds a current and valid license issued pursuant to Division 1 -
Licensing of this Article. Licensed electrician shall include any
individual licensed by some other governmental jurisdiction when a license
has been issued under the provisions of said Division 1 without
examination.
(g) Maintenance: Maintenance shall mean the act of keeping in a
state of safe operat ng condition any conductor or piece of equipment used
inside or outside, attached or connected to any building electrical system
by replacement of units or elements thereof, but shall not include
additions to, or replacement of an existing system or branch thereof.
Section 13-92. Administration and Enforcement
(a) Restriction On Employee: No employee of the Building
Inspection Department, except one whose only connection is as a member of a
board or committee appointed by the City Council, shall be financially
interested in the furnishing of labor, material or equipment for the
installation, alteration, or maintenance of electrical wiring, fixtures, or
equipment, or in the making of plans or specifications therefor, unless
said employee is the owner of the property on which the installation exists
or is planned to take place.
(b) Chief Electrical Inspector: The Chief Electrical Inspector
is hereby designated as the person responsible for the administration and
enforcement of the Corpus Christi Electrical Code, and who shall discharge
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the duties and have the authority hereinafter provided. The Chief
Electrical Inspector may delegate said authority to inspectors and the
other employees of the Building Inspection Department as may be required to
carry out his duties. The Chief Electrical Inspector shall be responsible
to the Building Official, the Assistant City Manager, and the City Manager,
each of whom are authorized to act in lieu of and with the same authority
as the Chief Electrical Inspector.
(c) Powers of Inspectors: The Chief Electrical Inspector and
Inspectors shall have the following powers:
(1) To enforce the provisions of this Code through the
issuance of stop orders and any other means necessary to secure compliance.
For such purpose, the inspectors shall have the powers of a Police Officer.
(2) To enter any house or premises by due process of law,
if necessary, during reasonable hours or while any electrical wiring or
fixtures of equipment is being installed; to examine any electric wiring or
installation of electrical wiring, fixtures or equipment therein, in the
performance of official duties.
(3) To order electric service disconnected where improper
or defective wiring exists or where electrical construction or equipment
has been installed without a permit as required herein.
(4) To order compliance with provisions of this Code where
a change occupancy occurs in a building which requires changes or
alterations to existing wiring.
(5) To disconnect electrical service or services, in cases
of emergency where necessary for safety of persons or property or where
electrical equipment may interfere with the work of the Fire Department.
(6) To attach to electrical equipment or electrical meters
any official notice or seal which might be necessary to prevent the use of
electricity; and it shall be unlawful for any person to use any such seal
or break, change, destroy, tear, mutilate, cover or otherwise deface or
injure any such official notice or seal posted by any Inspector.
(d) Liability Of Inspectors: Where action is taken by the Chief
Electrical Inspector or other Inspec ors to enforce the provisions of this
Code, such acts shall be done in the name of and on behalf of the City, and
the inspectors in so acting for the City shall not render themselves
personally liable for any damage which may accrue to persons or property as
a result of any act committed in good faith in the discharge of their
duties, and any suit brought against any inspector by reason thereof, shall
be defended by the City Attorney until final termination of the proceedings
contained therein.
(e) Technical Ruling: If a technical ruling by the Chief
Electrical Inspector is necessary to govern electrical construction for
some particular occupancy or building not covered by this Code whereby all
wiring for similar types of occupancy or buildings not covered by this Code
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whereby all wiring for similar types of occupancy or buildings will be
established for the future, a copy of such ruling shall be approved by the
Board before it becomes effective.
(f) Modifications: The electrical regulations of this Code may
be modified in particular cases where such modification is reasonable, does
not differ from the intent of this Code, and does not create an injustice.
Approval of any such modification shall in all cases be obtained from the
Chief Electrical Inspector in writing and shall be approved by the Board
and entered into its minutes prior to starting the work.
Section 13-93. Permits and Fees.
(a) Permits Required: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation to install or cause to be installed, or to permit any person
to install any electrical wiring, fixtures, or equipment or to make any
alterations, additions, changes or repairs within the scope of this Code
without first having procured a permit therefor issued by the Chief
Electrical Inspector, except as provided herein. There shall be one permit
for each building for which rough work for electrical conductors, or
electrical equipment is installed. Accessory buildings, tourist cottages
or group houses shall not be considered separate buildings when the work is
to be installed as one complete project, and at one time; except where
separate switches or meter loops are installed thereon.
(b) Permits Not Required:
(1) No permit shall be required for the installation of
electrical conductors or equipment to be installed where such installation
is in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the city,
and where such installation will be within and on premises within the
control and supervision of the State Highway Department of Texas, and where
such installations will be a part of highway facilities operated,
maintained or controlled by said State Highway Department of Texas.
(2) No permit shall be required for maintenance work
performed by a Licensed Electrician on the premises of his employer.
(3) No permit shall be required of an established
refrigeration or air-conditioning firm or organization for the replacing of
a refrigeration or air-conditioning system motor by another motor of the
same horsepower and rating.
(4) Where any industry occupies a site of twenty (20) or
more acres and the use of said plant site and the conduct of general
operations is such that plant site involve the assembly, disassembly,
reassembly, alterations or improvements under the supervision of a
Registered Professional Architect or a Registered Professional Engineer, no
permit shall be necessary and no inspection shall be performed by the City
for electrical work in the erection of the plant or the assembly,
disassembly, remodeling, alterations or improvements of the plant or any
portions thereof used in any manufacturing process, pilot plant use,
laboratory testing or use of any mechanical process equipment or laboratory
testing of chemical or chemical manufacturing equipment. Any building used
principally as office building, shipping docks, assembly room, restrooms,
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warehousing, and not directly related to the manufacturing or testing of
equipment or operations, shall not be exempt under this section from the
necessity of obtaining a permit and any construction or repair of any such
building or structure shall be required to have a permit and shall be
permitted only under a permit as for the same type of building elsewhere
within the City limits. In order to qualify for an exemption of the
provisions hereof, an affidavit shall first be filed in the office of the
Building Inspection Department of the City of Corpus Christi, setting forth
sufficient facts to show that the affiant is entitled to the exemption
requested, on the form provided by the Building Inspection Department.
(5) Permits and inspections are not required for
construction, repair or alteration of any building which is being used
exclusively in connection with the ranching or agricultural use of any
tract of land of ten acres or more in area, within the City of Corpus
Christi, at the time of annexation so long as the entire premises being
used for agricultural or ranching purposes at the time of annexation is not
converted to any other use. Any building for residential occupancy shall
not be exempt under this section from the requirements for permits and
inspections.
(c) Permit Fees:
(1) Before proceeding with the installation, alteration of
or the addition to any electrical wiring or equipment within the City, the
individual in charge of such proposed work shall first file with the City
an application requesting a permit to carry on such work and the necessary
inspections and pay fees to the City in accordance with the schedule
prescribed by separate ordinance. Said schedule shall set forth other fees
for which payment is required by this code or otherwise provided for by
ordinance.
(2) If the office of the Chief Electrical Inspector has not
been notified within seventy-two (72) hours (Saturday, Sunday and Legal
Holidays excepted) after a specific job is started, then the permit fee
shall be doubled. The collection made is to help defray the additional
cost of inspecting work already done and issuing a permit under such
circumstances and is not a penalty and 1s not preclusive of any remedy
otherwise available to the City to enforce this Code.
(3) In the event that an inspection is made and the
resultant discovery is that work for which a permit is required by this
Code has been done but the required permit has not been issued, then an
investigation fee shall be added to the permit fee.
(4) When an inspection is made as required by this code and
it has been found that the portion of construction for which an inspection
was requested is not complete, or when corrections called for are not made,
or when the premises are not made readily accessible for inspection, and a
re -inspection is therefore required, then the permit holder or his agent
shall pay a re -inspection fee prior to conducting of said re -inspection.
(d) Application For Permit: Application for permits shall be
made in writing upon forms provided by the City for that purpose. When
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required by the Chief Electrical Inspector, the application shall include a
diagram or plan showing clearly the character and kind of wiring or
installation of fixtures or equipment work to be done. The plan or diagram
shall show the manner in which the electrical installation is to be made
and/or the character of any repairs to any existing electric installations.
The plan or diagram shall be to a scale, showing the point at which service
connection is required, the definite site of the feeders and sub -feeders,
the location of service switches and centers of distribution, the
arrangement of circuits and the number of outlets connected thereto.
(e) Permits --To Whom Issued: Permits shall be issued to:
(1) Licensed Master Electricians, qualified to secure
permits an determined by Division 1 - Licensing of this Article, or their
duly authorized Agents, who shall be certified to the Chief Electrical
Inspector by affidavit stating that said Electrician assumes all and full
responsibility for any permit issued to said Agent. This affidavit shall
be kept in file after it has been approved by the City Attorney.
(2) Property owners for electrical installation or
maintenance in single family dwellings owned and occupied by them as their
homes.
(f) Chief Electrical Inspector Shall Issue Permit: When the
Chief Electrical Inspector finds the application, the diagram or plans and
specifications appear to be is compliance with this code, and all fees have
been paid, the permit shall be issued. Upon receipt of such permit, the
electrician may start or cause to start the proposed job and make the
installation described in the application, requesting inspection by the
Chief Electrical Inspector in the proper sequence on the work progresses.
(g) Permits For Part Jobs: When one electrician completes the
rough work, in whole or in part, on any electrical wiring or installation
of fixtures or equipment and a second electrician is called upon to
complete the work in whole or in part, then, in that event, a separate
permit is required for which regular fees shall be paid for the work to be
done. Each electrician shall be held responsible only for the portion of
the work actually installed. Before the second electrician is issued a
permit for the completion of electrical wiring or installation of fixtures
or equipment, the Chief Electrical Inspector shall first notify the
electrician holding the original or first permit, that the second permit is
proposed to be issued. A twenty-four (24) hour waiting period shall
transpire between notification to the first permit holder and issuance of a
second permit. If the first permit holder cannot be notified within a
three (3) day waiting period, the Chief Electrical Inspector may issue the
second permit. The issuance of the second permit shall cancel the first
permit and no refund of fees paid for such cancelled permit shall be made.
(h) Conditions Of The Permit: A permit issued shall be
construed to be a license to proceed with the work and shall not be
construed as authority to violate, cancel, alter, or set aside any of the
provisions of this Code, nor shall such issuance of a permit prevent the
Chief Electrical Inspector from thereafter requiring correction of any
errors in plans or in construction, or of violations of this Code. Any
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permit issued shall become invalid unless the work authorized by it shall
have been commenced within two (2) months after its issuance. Any permit
issued shall become invalid if the work authorized by such permit is
suspended or abandoned for a period of six (6) months after the time the
work is commenced; provided, that for cause, one or more extensions of time
for periods not exceeding ninety (90) days each may be allowed in writing
by the Chief Electrical Inspector. Permits are not transferrable.
(i) Revocation Of Permits: The Chief Electrical Inspector shall
have the right to declare a permit null and void if there has been
misrepresentation of facts or any violation of the provisions of this Code
and after any such declaration, no work shall be done until a new permit is
issued, and all fees have been paid.
Section 13-94. Inspections
(a) Inspection Required: It shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to make connections from a source of electrical energy
to any electrical wiring, devices or equipment on an installation for which
a permit is required, as set forth in this Code, until a Certificate of
Approval has been issued by the Chief Electrical Inspector authorizing such
connection and the use of such wiring devices or equipment.
(b) Rough Inspection: When the rough wiring or installation
work is completed on any premises, the person responsible therefor shall
notify the Chief Electrical Inspector that the job is ready for inspection,
giving proper identification of the work, address and permit number. The
Chief Electrical Inspector shall then make an inspection of the electric
installation. If said wiring or installation work has been installed in
accordance with the terms and provisions of this Code, the Chief Electrical
Inspector shall sign the inspection card, noting thereon the date of
approval of work. More than one rough inspection may be made without
charge when the progress of construction requires such inspection.
(1) Faulty Work: If the electrical wiring or installation
of fixtures or equipment is found to be faulty, or incorrectly or
defectively installed, the Chief Electrical Inspector shall notify the
responsible person who installed such work of the changes necessary to be
made in order that the work may conform to this Code.
(2) Correction of Faulty Work: The permittee shall within
forty-eight (48) hours from the time of notification make or start to make
the changes ordered and shall proceed with the work until the same is
completed. Upon completion thereof and payment of the Reinspection Fee,
permittee shall notify the Chief Electrical Inspector to the effect the
faulty work has been corrected. The latter shall then cause the
reinspection to be made, and if said work is found to comply with this
Code, sign the inspection card noting thereon the date of approval of the
work. If the Chief Electrical Inspector shall again find the work
incorrectly installed, the permittee shall be notified of the necessary
changes, and the permittee shall pay an additional Reinspection Fee. If
the permittee fails to correct the faulty work within a reasonable time,
the Chief Electrical INspector shall refuse to issue to any such person any
further permits until said work in question is corrected and approved.
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(c) Final Inspection: Upon the completion of all electrical
wiring and installation of fixtures or equipment in any building, or any
premises, the permittee shall notify the Chief Electrical Inspector that
the work is ready for final inspection, giving the Electrical Permit Number
and Street Address, and the Chief Electrical Inspector shall then make the
inspection, and if any faulty or defective wiring or equipment is found,
the permittee shall be notified of the changes to be made in order that
such work shall conform to this Code. If such work is found to be
correctly installed, replaced or repaired, the Chief Electrical Inspector
shall endorse approval upon the inspection certificate stating that the
wiring or installation work has been installed in accordance with the
provisions of this Code.
(d) Work Left Open: It shall be unlawful for any person to
cover or cause to be covered any part of a wiring installation with
flooring, lath, wall board or other material until the Chief Electrical
Inspector shall have approved the wiring installation in part or as a
while, except as herein set forth.
(e) Inspector's Removal Request: All abandoned dead wire,
unused poles or electrical apparatus on the outside of the buildings or in
streets or alleys shall be removed at the expense of the owners thereof,
and the said owners shall respond promptly to any inspector's removal
request.
(f) Interference: It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized
person to in any manner change or alter electrical conductors or equipment
in or on any building. If in the course of the erection of a building or
structure, electrical conductors or equipment have previously been
installed in such position as to interfere with the erection or completion
of the structure, notice shall be immediately given to the authorized
person or firm using the electrical conductors or equipment, who shall
accomplish this needed change in accordance with this Code.
(g) Periodic General Inspection: The Chief Electrical Inspector
shall inaugurate periodic reinspections of installations of all electric
wiring, electric devices, and electric equipment now installed, or that may
hereafter be installed, and within the scope of this code and when the
installation of any such wiring, devices or equipment is found to be
defective, dangerous or in an unsafe condition, the person, firm or
corporation owning, using or operating the same shall be notified in
writing and shall make the necessary repairs or changes required to place
such wiring, devices, or equipment in a safe condition within five days, or
any longer period specified by the Chief Electrical Inspector in said
notice. The Chief Electrical Inspector shall immediately order the
disconnection, or discontinuance of electrical services to such wiring
devices or equipment which appears to be unsafe until same has been made
safe as directed.
(h) Electrical Service Connection: It shall be unlawful for any
person, firm or corporation to make connections from a source of electrical
energy to any electrical wiring device or equipment which has been
disconnected by order of the Chief Electrical Inspector or the use of which
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has been prohibited for reasons herein set forth until a certificate of
approval has been issued by him authorizing the reconnection and use of
such wiring, devices or equipment. It shall be unlawful for any
unauthorized person, firm or corporation to disconnect any service, except
in cases of emergency.
(i) Service Of Notice: If the person to whom any order or
notice issued pursuant to the provisions of this Code cannot be found after
reasonable search has been made, then such order or notices may be served
by posting same in a conspicuous place upon the premises occupied by said
person or the premises where the defects recited in the order or notice are
alleged to exist or on the premises which may be deemed unsafe or
dangerous. Such service shall be equivalent to personal service of such
order or notice. An order to comply with the terms of such order or notice
shall be sent by mail in sealed envelope with postage prepaid and directed
to the address of the person performing the electrical work or the address
of the owner, lessee or occupant of the premises where the defects recited
in the order are alleged to exist and shall be equivalent to the personal
services of such order.
Section 13-95. Standards
Standards For Electrical Equipment and Signs: Conformity of
electrical equipment with the applicable standards of the Underwriters'
Laboratories, Inc., shall be prima facie evidence that such equipment is
reasonably safe to persons and property. Only standard parts and materials
approved by Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., or by the Chief Electrical
Inspector as set forth in Section 13-96, herein, shall be permitted in
electrical repair or maintenance work. Conformity of all types of
electrical signs with application standards of the Underwriters'
Laboratories, Inc., National Electrical Safety Code or electrical
provisions of other safety codes which have been approved by the American
National Standards Institute shall be prima facie evidence that such
installations are reasonably safe to persons and property.
Section 13-96. Local Environmental, Atmospheric and Soil
Conditions
(a) General: Due to climatic conditions prevailing in and about
Corpus Christi, certain special rules covering electrical wiring and
equipment installations are set forth herein, and certain exceptions
established to the rules and regulations of the National Electrical Code to
raise the safety level of electrical installations and prevent the rapid
deterioration of electrical materials and equipment from severe atmospheric
and underground corrosive action, all of which exceptions are set forth in
this Section.
(b) Underground Conduit: All exterior underground installations
of single runs or grouped runs of conduit shall be nonmetallic. In lieu of
rigid metal conduit for underground wiring in hazardous location, schedule
BO PVC may be used.
(c) Electrical Metallic Tubing: Electrical metallic tubing
shall not be installed in any exposed outside location or underground.
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rigid metal conduit for underground wiring in hazardous location, schedule
80 PVC may be used.
(c) Electrical Metallic Tubing: Electrical metallic tubing
shall not be installed in any expose outside location or underground.
(d) Prohibited Connectors: The use of crimp type connectors and
couplings used with electrical metallic tubing shall be prohibited.
(e) Distribution To And In Buildings: Service entrance
conductors and feeders shall run in conduits or raceways. A masthead used
for support of service drop conductors and extending forty-two inches above
the roof shall be two inches or larger rigid metal conduit.
(f) Special Electrical Circuit Rules: The following additional
requirements shall be met for all new construction:
(1) All circuits, except lighting circuits, shall have
conductors sized to provide a minimum current capacity of circuit
conductors of twenty (20) amperes. Not more than ten lighting fixtures and
general use receptacles (duplex) shall be installed on a 120 volt branch
circuit. Not more than three receptacles (duplex) shall be installed on
each of the two required small appliance circuits in dwellings.
(2) The following listed buildings shall have a minimum of
one (1) receptacle installed for every twenty feet measured horizontally
around the interior wall at the floor level of each room, excluding storage
rooms:
Office Buildings Bank Buildings
Store Buildings Mechanical Garages
Restaurants Studios
Taverns
(3) One spare circuit shall be installed for every five (5)
circuits in all new buildings. For each panel a spare one (1") inch
raceway shall be installed from the panel to an accessible location.
(4) If one or more 120 volt receptacles having ground fault
circuit interrupter protection are provided in a garage of a dwelling unit
(required in attached garages), then three additional receptacles may be
provided in the garage without ground fault circuit interrupter protection:
One receptacle (single) for a deep freezer.
One receptacle (single) for a garage door opener.
One receptacle (single) on a separate circuit for the
laundry circuit for the dwelling.
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(g) Grounding Systems
(1) Made Electrodes.
Pipe Electrodes: Electrodes of pipe shall be of brass
or copper.
Rod Electrodes: Rod Electrodes shall be of brass,
copper or copper clad steel and shall be at least 5/8"
in diameter.
(2) Ground Rod Protection: Ground rods located within 1
foot of a building wall and extending to a height between 6 inches and 8
inches above finished grade shall be considered adequately protected
against physical damage.
(h) Construction, Rat Proof: All foundation and exterior wall
openings around electrical cables and conduits shall be protected against
the passage of rats by closing such openings with cement mortar, concrete
masonry, or non -corrodible metal.
(i) Commercial Buildings:
(1) All commercial buildings shall be wired in raceways,
except as provided in subparagraphs (2) and (5) of this paragraph.
(2) The requirements of subparagraph (1) shall not be
applicable with regard to pre-existing wiring in buildings which were
originally constructed and used as single-family, single -story,
residential -use buildings, and which are thereafter converted to commercial
usage if, at the time such building is converted to commercial usage, such
pre-existing electrical wiring, fixtures and apparatus in such building
conforms to all other applicable provisions of this Code, including the
requirements that the electrical wiring system shall be effectively
grounded by including or providing a grounding conductor in such wiring
system to which the receptacles, cord connectors, lighting fixtures, wall
switches and other electrical apparatus shall be securely connected. To
obtain the benefit of the exemption granted by this subdivision, the owner
or occupant of such building must obtain an inspection and certificate as
required by subparagraph (4).
(3) Any installation of new electrical wiring, fixtures or
apparatus installed in any building which is the subject of the exception
stated in subparagraph (2) of this paragraph, or any rewiring of such
building, shall be wired in raceways (including flexible metal conduit
which may be used in otherwise inaccessible areas) as required by
subparagraph (1).
(4) The exception stated in subparagraph (2) hereof shall
be strictly construed. In order to obtain the benefits thereof, prior to
the time that any building is converted to commercial use as specified in
subparagraph (2), an electrical inspection of the electrical wiring,
fixtures and apparatus in such building shall be made by the Chief
Electrical Inspector for the purpose of determining whether such building
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conforms to all other applicable provisions of this Code at the time such
building is converted to commercial use. If Chief Electrical Inspector
determines that such building does not conform to all other applicable
provisions of this Code, then the provisions of subparagraph (2) shall not
be applicable.
(5) Temporary buildings, the uses of which are incidental
to construction operations or sale of lots during development being
conducted on the same or adjoining tract or subdivision and which shall be
removed upon completion of development, shall not be required to be wired
in raceway.
(j) Individual Metering Required: A building or buildings
containing more than five dwelling units shall provide for individual
metering or submetering of each dwelling unit.
(k) Prohibited Conductors: The use of aluminum conductors of
No. 2 gage and smaller shall be prohibited in electrical wiring
installations, except that exterior, overhead conductors shall be exempted
from this prohibition.
(1) Minimum Fault Current Protection: All electrical service
entrance equipment, except for temporary construction loops, shall be
provided with fault current protection of not less than 22,000 amps., in
addition to that required by Section 230-98 of the National Electrical
Code. When approved by the Chief Electrical Inspector, the provisions of
this subsection need not apply to any particular installation for which
compliance with Section 230-98 of the National Electrical Code has been
certified by a Registered Professional Engineer.
Section 13-97
(a) Use Of Unapproved Appliance Prohibited: It shall be
unlawful for any person, firm, association, or corporation within City to
use any appliance which has not been endorsed by the Underwriters'
Laboratories, Inc., or other nationally recognized standards association;
or without first obtaining approval from the Chief E1'ectrical Inspector in
absence of such evidence of safety approval.
(b) Approval Given: The Chief Electrical Inspector shall
approve for use electrical equipment, material, conductors, apparatus, or
appliance as are reasonably safe to persons and property. Conformity of
such equipment and material with the standards of the Underwriters'
Laboratories, Inc., shall be prima facie evidence that such equipment is
reasonably safe to persons and property.
(c) Request For Approval: Should any material or equipment be
submitted for approval which is not listed as approved by the Underwriters'
Laboratories, Inc., the Chief Electrical Inspector shall, within ten days
of the receipt of written request for special approval, approve,
provisionally approve, or disapprove such electrical material or equipment.
(1) Approval shall be based on reasonable safety to persons
or property and material and equipment shall be considered as adequate for
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approval if the standards of the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., and/or
provisions of this Code are met. When material or equipment is approved by
the Chief Electrical Inspector, such approval shall continue until the
material or workmanship on the article approved is changed. When material
or workmanship is changed, the article shall be re-examined and approved
prior to use.
(2) When no applicable standard can be used to determine
whether an article is reasonably safe, the Chief Electrical Inspector may
grant provisional approval and allow its use until such time as it can be
tested or determined whether the article is safe to persons or property.
(3) Approval by the Chief Electrical Inspector shall not
become final until concurred in by the Board. Denial by the Chief
Electrical Inspector may be appealed to the Board. Unless appealed by any
party to the City Council, action by the Board shall be final.
(4) A complete list of electrical equipment, material,
appliances and devices approved by Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc.,
provisionally approved, or disapproved for use within City shall be
maintained in the Chief Electrical Inspector's office. This list shall be
available to the public during regular working hours.
Section 13-98. Penalties
(a) Penalty For Violation Of Electrical Code: Any person, firm,
corporation or association who violates any of these provisions of this
Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred ($200.00) dollars,
and each and every day of continuance thereof shall constitute a distinct
and separate offense.
(b) Violation: Violation of any of the terms or provisions of
this Code by any corporation or association shall subject the officers and
agents actively in charge of the business of such corporation or
association to the penalty herein provided.
(c) Conviction: Conviction under the provisions of this Code
shall be deemed -TUC -Else for the revocation of any license which said
person, firm corporation or association may have and/or hold under the
provisions of this Article.
(d) Injunction: In addition to the penal remedy herein, the
City Attorney shall, upon the direction of the City Manager, institute any
appropriate action or proceeding, including actions for injunction to
prevent, restrain, correct or abate any act, conduct, work, business,
practice or use which is a violation of and illegal under this Division.
Section 2. If for any reason, any section, paragraph,
subdivision, clause, phrase, or provision of this ordinance shall be held
invalid, it shall not affect any valid provisions of this or any Code of
the City of Corpus Christi to which these rules and regulations related.
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Section 3. Ordinance No. 16823 passed January 20, 1982,
Ordinance No. 17196 passed August 11, 1982, and Ordinance No. 17638 dated
June 8, 1983 are hereby repealed; provided, however, that those portions of
Ordinance Nos. 16823 and 17196 pertaining to fees shall be saved from
repeal and the amount of said fees shall be continued in effect unless
repealed by separate ordinance.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall be published one time in the
official publication of the City of Corpus Christi, prior to becoming
effective, which publication shall contain the caption stating in summary
the purpose of the ordinance and the penalty for violation thereof.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall have an effective date of August
1, 1985 and shall take effect for all permits issued from and after August
1, 1985, after its final passage and publication one time in the official
publication of the City of Corpus Christi, which publication shall contain
the caption stating in summary the purpose of the ordinance.
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That the foregoing ordinance was read for L e first time and passed to its
second reading on this the ,qS day of [ , 19 8.r , by the
following vote: f
Luther Jones
Dr. Jack Best
David Berlanga, Sr.
Leo Guerrero
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Bill Pruet
Mary Pat Slavik
Linda Strong
That the foregoing ordinance wass�, gmed for t�• s•cond time and p d to its
third reading on this they/ day of �. , 1921.11, by the
following vote:
Luther Jones
Dr. Jack Best
David Berlanga, Sr.
Leo Guerrero
That the for ring ordinanc w
on this the 41,6 day of
aft
Luther Jones
Dr. Jack Best
David Berlanga, Sr.
Leo Guerrero
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Bill Pruet
Mary Pat Slavik
Linda Strong
read for the ;bird time and passed finally
, 1924 , by the following vote:
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Bill Pruet
Mary Pat Slavik
Linda Strong
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 94, day of
City Secretary
APP ED:
ZIFILDAY OF
,19$S:
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
, 19pi .
15915
PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
. SPATE OF TERAS,:
County of Nneces.
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came
MARGARET RAMAGE who being first duly sworn. according to law, says that he is the
COMMUNITY RELATIONS SUPERVISOR of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christ! Times,
Daily Newspapers published at Corpua Cbristi, Texas, in said County and State. and that the publication of
NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE #18915 ADOPTING
of which the annexed ie a true copy, was published in Caller -Times Publishing, Co .
on the. -15th day of July 19 85 and once r wh day thereafter for one
ernes cutive day
ONE Timm.
41.40 MARGARET RAMAGE
Subscribed and sworn to before me Wig 17th
EDNA KOSTER 11-30-88
19 85
Public, N , ty, Texas
NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF •
ORDINANCE X18916 '
ADOPTl!',G THE NATIONAL
ELECTR "AL CODE, 1984
EDITION; MAKING IT UN-
LAWFUL TO UNDERTAKE
THE INSTALLATION OF
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
WITHOUT -A PERMIT THERE-
FOR. EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED; ES-
TABLISHING INSPECTION
PERMIT FEES; ESTABLISHING
INSPECTION DUTIES AND
AUTHORITY; ADOPTING
CERTAIN OTHER REGULA-
TIONS; PROVIDING
PENALTIES AFOR VIOLA-
TION; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE: REPEAL-
ING ORDINANCE NOS.
16823, 17196, AND 17638;
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICA-
TION; PROVIDING, FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE FROM AND
AFTER AUGUST 1', 1886.
Was passed and approved
by the City Council.' the City
of Corpus Christi,1 Texas on
the 9th day of Jply. 1985.
The full text of said ordinance
Is avail: too public In the
Office „t the City Secretary.
/s/ Armando Chapa
City Secretary
Corpus Christi. Texas _
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