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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 10975,,Q , I~' ORDINANCE N0. ~ /; l' AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ELECTRICAL CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, CODIFIED AS CHAPTER 11 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1986), AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 307A - "INSPECTION FEES", BY PROVIDING A FEE FOR INSPECTIONS OUTSIDE NORMAL HOURS AND BY ADDING A PARAGRAPH AUTHORIZING REFUNDS OF FEES ERRONEOUSLY PAID OR COLLECTED; BY AMENDING THE EXCEPTION TO SECTION 1001(B); BY DELETING SECTION 1005 AND ALL REFERENCES TO IT IN SECTION 1006; BY AMENDING SECTION 1011, "NULLIFICATION OF EXAMINATION", TO CHANGE "WORKING DAYS" TO "CALENDAR DAYS"; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET FORM; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. "j DEC A_ ) ~ ~ 8 DEC ~, (~' BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 307A - "INSPECTION FEES", of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby amended by adding the following to Section 307A - "INSPECTION FEES", "Miscellaneous": Inspection outside normal work hours (two-hour minimum fee will be charged)..$30.00 per hour SECTION 2. That Section 307A - "INSPECTION FEES" of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph to the end of that section: Fee Refunds. The Building Official may authorize the refunding of any fee paid hereunder which was errone- ously paid or collected. Where work for which a permit has been issued does not commence, and a request is made for a cancellation of such permit within a 60-day time limit, the permit fee may be returned, upon request, minus an administration charge of $15.00. After the 60 days, no fee shall be returned. SECTION 3. That Section 1005 - "TEMPORARY WORKING PERMITS", of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby amended by deleting said Section 1005 - "TEMPORARY WORKING PERMITS" in its entirety. SECTION 4. That Section 1006 - "WORK PERMITS", of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby amended by deleting all references in that section to temporary working permits so that it reads as follows: SECTION 1006. Only the following licensees shall be permitted to do the electrical work specified below: (a) A Master Electrician may contract for and engage in the business of installing, repairing or replacing electrical wiring or equipment of any nature on or in buildings or structures other than signs. The Master Electrician may install, repair or replace the primary wiring on signs and may employ and supervise Journeyman Electricians, helpers and apprentice electri- cians. (b) A Journeyman Electrician shall be able to perform any type of electrical work under the supervi- sion of a Master Electrician, or to perform any type of sign work as outlined by the ordinances of the City and under the supervision of a Master sign Electrician, but in no case shall a Journeyman Electrician contract for or engage in the business of electrical work of any nature, nor shall he perform electrical work of any nature, except under the supervision of either a Master Electrician or a Master Sign Electrician. A Journeyman Electrician shall be able to lay out work for and to supervise helper or apprentice electricians, but he shall not be able to employ same. NOTE: A Journeyman Electrician is also a Residen- tial Wireman Electrician. A Journeyman Electrician is eligible to take the Maintenance Electrician examina- tion. 2 (c) A Master Sign Electrician shall be able to contract for and engage in the business of manufac- turing electrical signs, luminous gas or electric dis- charge signs and luminous gas or electric discharge outline lighting from the secondary wiring power source or transformer in the sign and to employ and supervise Journeyman Sign Electricians in the performance of such work on such signs and/or outline lighting. (d) A Journeyman Sign Electrician shall be able to perform any type of sign and/or outline lighting work of a Master Sign Electrician, provided that such work must be performed under the supervision of a licensed Master Sign Electrician. (e) A helper or apprentice electrician may per- form work only when the work is laid out for him and supervised by a Master Electrician, a Master sign Electrician, a Journeyman Electrician, a Journeyman Sign Electrician, Maintenance Electrician, Residential Wireman Electrician. The supervising Master Electrician, Master Sign Electrician, Journeyman Electrician or Journeyman Sign Electrician shall be on the job site. (f) Maintenance Training Licensee See Section 1018(f). SECTION 5. That Section 1011 - "NULLIFICATION" OF EXAMINATION", of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 1011. NULLIFICATION OF EXAMINATION. Any applicant who passes an examination for any grade of license and fails to obtain the license for the grade of license as prescribed herein within a period of sixty (60) calendar days of such examination date shall forfeit the right to obtain such license until he again qualifies himself by passing another examination or applies for a license as required herein. SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordi- nances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1886), except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct con- 3 flict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 7. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, para- graphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sen- tence, paragraph or section. SECTION 8. It shall be unlawful for any person to install, alter or repair any electrical equipment in the City or cause the same to be done contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of this Code. Any person, firm or corporation who violates, dis- obeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this Code shall be fined not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. 4 SECTION 9. All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provi- sions of Ordinance No. 10671, as amended, or any other ordinances affecting electricity which have accrued at the time of the effec- tive date of this ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances, same shall not be affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final dis- position by the court. Electrical permits heretofore issued under existing ordi- nances shall be valid for the time being for which they are issued under the existing Electrical Code, but upon expiration thereof the same shall be void. SECTION 10. This ordinance constitutes a digest and revision of the Electrical Code of the City of Fort Worth, as provided in Section 2, Chapter XXV, and Section 9, Chapter XXVII, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby authorized to publish this ordinance in pamphlet form for general distribution among the public, and the operative provisions of this ordinance, as so published, shall be admissible in evidence in all courts without further proof than the production thereof, as provided in Chapter XXV, Section 3, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas. 5 SECTION 11. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the cap- tion, penalty clause and effective date in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City. SECTION 12. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish the caption, penalty clause and effec- tive date of this ordinance for two (2) days in the official news- paper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Section 52.013 of the Texas Local Government Code. SECTION 13. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as required by law and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney Date : ~ ~~- -/f ~ ~ - ~1~1/ ~ ADOPTED : ,~~} ~ ~~ ._ L EFFECTIVE: 6 ~~ City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council C~crrrtmunicat~ion I2/IO/91 ---- ~------~- **G-9414 --- ~~~~-~- 0610671 ~ - 1 of 2 SUBJECT AMENDMENTS TO THE FORT WORTH ELECTRICAL ORDINANCE N0. 10671 RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council amend Electrical Ordinance No. 10671 of the City of Fort Worth and adopt the changes as follows: DISCUSSION: The Electrical Board of the City of Fort Worth is requesting that the Fort Worth Electrical Ordinance No. 10671 be amended as follows• Section 307 (Place under the existing paragraph.) Fee Refunds. The Building Official may authorize the refunding of any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected Where work for which a permit has been issued does not commence, and a request is made for a cancellation of such permit within a 60-day time limit, the permit fee may be returned, upon request, minus an administration charge of $15 00. After the 60 days, no fee shall be returned. (Place under Schedule 307A - Inspection Fees.) Miscellaneous Inspection outside normal work hours $30 00 Per Hour A two-hour minimum fee will be charged Section 1001(b) Be the holder of a valid electrician license issued by another city, hereafter referred to as a reciprocal license, which license has been valid for one year and is of a grade equal to that for which the applicant is applying. EXCEPTION. Applicants filing with a license from the Tarrant County Electrical Examining Board or the Dallas County Electrical Examining Board are exempt from the one (1) year requirement. Section 1005 Temporary Working Permit: Deleted effective January 1, 1991. Delete all references to temporary working permit in this code _ contained in Section 1006(a), (e) and (f), Section 1007(c) and (d). Printed on recycled paper City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Councir C~crrmnunicatior~ DATE 12/10/91 REFEREN E NUMBER **G-9414 L NAME 0610671 PA E 2 of 2 SUBJECT AMENDMENTS TO THE FORT WORTH ELECTRICAL ORDINANCE N0. 10671 Section 1011 G:k Any applicant who passes an examination for any grade of license and fails to obtain the license for the grade of license as prescribed in this code, within a period of sixty (60) calendar days of such examination date shall forfeit the right to obtain such license until he again qualifies himself by passing another examination or applies for a license as required herein. Su itte for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY Office by to Mike Groomer 6140 Originating Depart~ent Head Joe Bilardi 8901 from For Additional Infor~ation Contact Joe Bilardi 8901 ~~~ Prirrted on recycled paper