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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 8316~" ORDINANCE NO 8316 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1964), AS AMENDED, BEING AN ORDINANCE SAFEGUARDING PERSONS AND PROPERTY AND PROMOT- ING THE PUBLIC WELFARE DEFINING TERMS CREATING THE OFFICES OF CHIEF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR AND ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS AND PRESCRIBING THEIR RESPECTIVE DUTIES RIGHTS AND AUTHORITY PROVIDING STANDARDS FOR~ELECTRI- CAL EQUIPMENT AND FOR ITS INSTALLATION AND REQUIRING CONFORMITY THEREWITH MAKING iT UNLAWFUL TO UNDERTAKE THE INSTALLATION ~OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WITHOUT A PROPER LICENSE TO DO SUCH WORK EXCEPT A5 OTHERWISE PROVIDED' AND WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A PERMIT THEREFOR AND PAYING A FEE AS PROVIDED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR INSPECTIONS OF ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONSAND NOTICES CREATING AN ELECTRICAL BOARD AND PRESCRIBING ITS DUTIES REQUIRING LICENSE FOR MASTER ELECTRICIANS AND JOURNEYMEN ELECTRICIANS MASTER SIGN AND JOURNEYMEN SIGN ELECTRICIANS PROVIDING FOR TEMPORARY WORKING PERMITS FOR UNLICENSED ELECTRICAL WORKERS PROVIDING FOR EXAMINATIONS OF APPLICANTS FOR SUCH LICENSES AND PRESCRIBING ANNUAL LICENSE FEES PROVIDING FOR SUSPEN- SION AND REVOCATION OF SUCH LICENSES REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE- WITH PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE FIXING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE *,. ~ - WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to provide minimum stand- ards for electrical equipment and for the installation altera- tion or repair of any electrical equipment thereof, within the City to protect and promote public safety, health and welfare and WHEREAS, the present Electrical Code is in need of amend- ments in order to protect and promote public safety health and welfare under modern conditions and WHEREAS, the Electrical Code Revision Committee of the City of Fort Worth has recommended the adoption of the provisions of the 1981 National Electrical Code with certain amendments NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF FORT WORTH SECTION 1 1981 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE ADOPTED The Electrical Code of the City of Fort Worth is hereby revised and amended to conform to the 1981 National Electrical Code, as amended hereby and the same as amended is hereby adopted as the Electrical Code of the City of Fort Worth from the effective date hereof Three copies of the 1981 National Electrical Code with corrections, marked Exhibit A are incorporated herein by reference and have been filed in the office of the City Secre- tary for permanent record and inspection SECTION 2 AMENDMENTS That the 1981 National Electrical Code (Exhibit A ) be amended as shown by Exhibit B attached hereto, which amendments are incorporated herein by reference and shall have been filed in the office of the City Secretary for permanent record and inspection SECTION 3 PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS It shall be unlawful for any person to install alter or repair any electrical equip- ment 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 violating any of the provisions of this Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day or a portion thereof during which any violation of the provisions of this Code is committed, continued or permitted and each viola- tion shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $200 SECTION 4 VALIDITY If any section subsection sen- tence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason, held to be unconstitutional such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordi- nance and each section subsection clause of phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections subsec- tions sentences clauses and phrases be declared unconstitu- tional SECTION 5 ORDINANCES REPEALED Ordinance 7668 and all Ordinances amendatory and all ordinances conflicting herewith are expressly superseded by the terms of this Ordinance 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 All pending litigation and existing violations both civil and criminal whether pending in court or not under the Elec- trical Code and amendments thereto superseded by the Ordinance, shall not be affected by this Ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts SECTION 6 EFFECTIVE DATE The fact that the present Electrical Code is inadequate creates an urgency and an emer- gency for the .immediate preservation of the public peace, health comfort, safety and general welfare and requires that this Ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage and it is accordingly so ordained SECTION 7 DIGEST AND REVISION The Ordinance constitutes a digest and a revision of the Electrical Code Ordinances of the City of Fort Worth Texas as provided by Section 2 Chapter XXVI and Section 10, Chapter XXVIII of the Charter of the said City, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to publish this Ordinance in book or pamphlet form for general distribution among the public and this Ordinance as so published in pamph- let form, shall be admissible in evidence as provided in Section 3 Chapter XXVI of the Charter SECTION 8 WHEN EFFECTIVE The fact that the present Ordinances providing for an Electrical Code and regulating the electrical installation within the corporate limits of the City are deemed inadequate and there are conditions existing in said City endangering the convenience safety and welfare of the public which creates an emergency and public necessity in the preservation of the public health and safety thereof the City Secretary shall have this Ordinance published promptly in pamph- let form as provided in Section 7 hereof and it shall become a law and be in full force and effect from and after such publica- tion APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY r_____------- CITY ATTORNEY ATTEST ~t~1V SECRETARY EXHIBIT A ELECTRICAL CODE The following Chapters Sections and parts of the 1981 National Electrical Code (Exhibit A ) are hereby amended and after having been so amended shall be and read as follows r EXHIBIT B SECTIONS 306-307 Certificate (g) When the owner or his agent requests a of Approval Certificate of Approval for a conforming instal- lation the Chief Electrical Inspector shall issue such a certificate which will accurately describe the installation and certify its inspec- tion and approval Temporary (h) When a certificate of approval is Certificate issued authorizing the connection and use of a of Approval temporary installation such certificate shall be issued for a specified period as stated thereon, and shall be revocable by the Chief Electrical Inspector for good cause Notice of (i) If upon inspection, the installation Non-Conform- is found not to conform with the provisions of ance this Code, the Chief Electrical Inspector shall issue a notice of nonconformance and shall notify the Master Electrician making the installation of the defects which have been found to exist All defective work shall be corrected and brought in conformity with the provisions of this Code with- in ten (10) days from the date of the written notices If the defective work is not corrected within the said ten (10) days no further electrical work will be permitted within or on the building or premises and the Master Electri- cian making the installation will not be issued any other permits to perform any other electrical work The provisions of this section shall in no way nullify the Emergency Powers set out in Section 204 of this code Inspection SECTION 307 Each Master Electrician apply- Fees ing for a permit shall pay an Inspection Fee as set out by SCHEDULE 307A Payment of such fees shall in no way excuse the Master Electrician from the penalties set forth in this Code EXCEPTION Where the Fee for new structures and additions to structures have been collected on a building permit additional Fees are not required but the permit application shall be filed before the work is commenced by the Electrical Contractor doing the work SCHEDULE 307A -- INSPECTION FEES Minimum Fee ----------------------------- $10 00 LIGHT OUTLETS, FIXTURES, SWITCHES RECEPTACLE VENT FANS Up to 100 -- 20 each All over 100 -- 15 each APPLICANCES MACHINES CONTROLS, EQUIPMENT MOTORS, GENERATORS WELDERS Up to 100 -- $2 00 each All over 100 -- 1 50 each MISCELLANEOUS Services including 150 amp ---------------$ 5 00 Services over 150 amp -------------------- 10 00 Swimming pools --------------------------- 25 00 Construction pole ------------------------ 5 00 First turndown --------------------------- 5 00 Successive turndown ---------------------- 15 00 Wrong number or locked ------------------- 5 00 Sign connections each ------------------- 3 00 SECTION 308 SECTION 308 When electrical work requiring a permit is found to be in progress or completed and no permit has been issued for such work, an Investigation Fee of double the amount of the Inspection Fee shall be charged to the Master Electrician doing all or part of the work in addition to such fees as are required by this Code SECTION 1012 (b) A license or permit may be suspended, repealed or revoked by the Building Official or Revocation of Chief Electrical Inspector by reason of the Licenses occurrence of one or more of the following 1 Adjudication of insanity 2 Fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining a license or permit 3 Violation of a provision of this ordi- nance the Plumbing Mechanical or Building Codes or any other regulating ordinances of the City applicable to the installation or alteration of appliances equipment or sustems as set forth in Ordinance No 8316 as amended 4 Conviction of defrauding a person for whom he had rendered or contracted to render service 5 Failure to obtain a permit or the attempted assignment of a permit 6 The voluntary or involuntary filing of bankruptcy proceedings by or against the firm, partnership association or corporation and 7 The sending of six (6) notifications within a six ( 6 ) month period that the licensee is in violation of Ordinance No 8316 as amended SECTION 1013 Section 1013 (a) Upon suspension or revo- cation of said Master Electricians or Master Sign Suspension of Electricians License same shall be null and void Licenses and no work thereafter may be performed there- under (b) Upon appeal to the Electrical Board said Board may affirm, revise or modify such suspension or revocation SECTION 1014 SECTION 1014 (a) All persons who are currently licensed shall be licensed under this General Code, and such licenses shall expire at the Provisions expiration date set out on such licenses unless renewed as provided in this Code (b) No license shall be issued under the terms of this Code to any other than a natural person (c) No license in effect issued or renewed under the terms of this Code shall ever be transferred to or used by any other person other than the one to whom or to which the same is issued, nor shall a holder of a license allow his name or license to be used by any other person to obtain a permit or to perform work under such license (d) Journeyman Electricians or holders of Temporary Working Permits who are not the holders of valid Master Electrician s licenses shall carry their Journeyman Electrician s license or Temporary Working Permits on their persons at all times while performing electrical work, and they shall produce and present such licenses or permits immediately upon request by any Electri- cal Inspector (e) Each holder of a license of any grade or of a Temporary Working Permit shall furnish the Chief Electrical Inspector with a written notice of his permanent address and each holder of a Master Electrician s license shall furnish the Chief Electrical Inspector with a written notice of the address and telephone number of his regularly established place of business, and if actively engaged in the electrical contracting business, a list of Journeyman Electricians and other electrical workers employed by him. (f) Each licensed Master Electrician and Master Sign Electrician shall have his company name and his Electrician s license number as follows FW E or approved Universal Number permanently affixed on each front door of each truck or vehicle which said electrician operates in connection with the installation, alteration or repair of electrical wiring equip- ment or signs within the city, in letters and numerals of at least two and one-half (2-1/2) inches in height Such name and number shall be the same for all vehicles so operated by any one Licensed Master Electrician or any one Licensed Master Sign Electrician Such name and number shall not be of the plastic magnetic type (g) This Code shall not be construed to affect the responsibility or liability of any party owning, operating controlling or installing any electrical equipment for damages to persons or property caused by any defect in such equipment or in the installation thereof nor shall either any Electrical Inspector or the City assume any liability by reason of the inspection or reinspection authorized in this chapter or by reason of the certificates of conformance or nonconformance or by reason of the approval or disapproval of any equipment author- ized in this chapter or by the issuance of any permits or licenses (h) The regulations provided in this Code are hereby declared to be governmental and for the benefit of the general public Any member of the City Council any City official or employee or any member of the Electrical Board charged with the enforcement of this chapter acting for the City in the discharge of his duty, shall not thereby render himself personally liable and he is hereby relieved from all personal liability for any damage that may accrue to persons or property as the result of an act required or permitted in the discharge of his duties Any suit brought against such official or employee because of such act performed by him in the enforcement of any provision of this chapter shall be defended by the Department of Law until the final adjudication of the proceedings (i) Agencies of any federal state or local government shall be exempt from the payment of licensing fees in cases where the electrician performing the work is an employee of such agency and the work is to be performed on premises owned or controlled by such agency The exemption shall not void the requirements of the other sections of Ordinance No 8316, the 1981 National Electrical Code or this ordinance SECTIONS PART III -- STANDARDS FOR THE 1501-1503 INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT General CHAPTER 15 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Installation SECTION 1501 All installations of electri- Prima Facie cal equipment and wiring made within the City Compliance shall be made so that they will be in safe condi- tion and will conform with the provisions of this Code and all applicable Federal and State laws and regulations Equipment SECTION 1502 (a) If electrical equipment Prima Facie and installations conform with all applicable Compliance regulations set forth in the National Electrical Code and the National Electrical Safety Code, then such conformity shall be prima facie evi- dence that such equipment and installations are in safe condition provided that such conformity does not conflict with this Code or any other Ordinances of the City or any State or Federal laws or regulations (b) All installation of electrical wiring and equipment shall conform to requirements of Articles 90 through 820 and the accompanying tables of the 1978 edition of the National Elec- trical Code (National Fire Protection Association No 70-1981) except as modified by the provisions of this Ordinance (c) Installations of electrical wiring and equipment not in comnformance with the require- ments of the 1981 edition of the National Elec- trical Code or not in conformance with this Ordinance are not in a safe condition and are a violation of this Ordinance SECTION 1503 If electrical equipment or wiring conforms with all applicable standards of Under- writers Laboratories Inc such conformity shall be prima facie evidence that such equipment or wiring is in safe condition SECTIONS SECTION 1504 All unused electrical equip- 1504-1505 ment within or on public or private buildings or premises shall be removed if such equipment in Unused the opinion of the Electrical Inspector consti- Equipment tutes a hazard or danger to life or property Emergency SECTION 1505 The location and illumination Exit requirements for emergency exit electrical light- Lighting ing systems shall be as required in the Fort Worth Building Code and installed in accordance with the National Electrical Code SECTIONS CHAPTER 16 -- GENERAL WIRING METHODS 1601-1604 AND MATERIALS Wiring SECTION 1601 All electrical wiring methods Methods used within or on all buildings hereafter erected and all alterations in and additions to such wiring in or on buildings now existing shall be (a) Type MI cable (b) Approved metal raceway system and/or approved multi-outlet assemblies (c) Aluminum sheathed cable systems (d) Limited use of interlocking armored power cable for feeder circuits in accessible locations is permitted provided the cable is not subject to mechanical injury, the cable is -1/0 or larger and is supported by and securely fastened to a suitable metal rack or tray which is designed for such purpose and which is made electrically continuous throughout its length and properly grounded at the source •end SPECIAL EXCEPTION (1) The provisions of this Section shall apply to all buildings used as a combination living quarters and a business commercial or industrial establishment (2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Group H apartment houses Group I Occupancies and Group J Occupancies three stories or less in height as same are defined in the Fort Worth Building Code The provisions of this section shall apply to the separate branch service conductors to individual apartment breaker panels, to occupancies other than Group H apartment houses Group I Occupancies and to occupancies where two or more washing machines or drying machines are located and to mechanical buildings and other nonresidential occupancies Flexible SECTION 1602 Flexible metal conduit shall Conduit be used in exposed locations where flexibility is required because of vibration or adjustment needs and then only in lengths not greater than needed and in no case shall such sections be greater than six feet in length except by special permission Electrical SECTION 1603 Electrical Metallic Tubing Metallic shall not be installed in the ground or in Tubing concrete slabs poured on the ground Exposed SECTION 1604 Exposed Raceways and cables Raceway shall be run parallel or at right angles to building lines and securely fastened to struc- tural parts of buildings SECTION 1605 SECTION 1605 A minimum of one and one- fourth inch (1-1/4 ) raceway shall be required Electrical from a service panel to an approved load center Furnace in each heater closet Provided however that Raceway all or a portion of any raceway may be installed in an attic or in the crawl space between the underfloor and ground or in both however, if the electric furnace is 10 KW or smaller the raceway size may be reduced SECTIONS CHAPTER 17 -- CONDUCTORS 1701-1707 SECTOR 1701 Where conductor sizes are General given in this Code they shall be used in accor- dance with Table 310-16 and Table 310-18 of the 1981 edition of the National Electrical Code Note No (3) of the notes to Tables 310-16 through 310-19 shall not apply Aluminum SECTION 1702 Aluminum conductors shall have connectors of proper size and approved for such connection All aluminum connectors lugs and splice connections shall be treated with approved inhibitor for minimum wire size of No 8 All conductors of all wire sizes shall be treated with approved inhibitors that are connected to breakers lugs and other approved terminals in service panels, meter sockets, gutters or junction boxes All conductors shall be wire brushed or scraped to remove oxide film immediately before inserting into connectors Temperature SECTION 1703 (a) Conductors used in loca- Limitations tions which are exposed to both rain and sun, such as on roof tops shall be approved for both wet locations and for temperatures of not less than 75 C (167 F) such as Type RHW or RH-RW conductors or Type MI cable (b) Conductors approved for a maximum of 60 C such as Type TW shall be derated to 70 percent of normal carrying capacity when used in locations which are exposed to the sun Damp SECTION 1704 Conductors approved for dry Locations locations only such as Type RH and THHN shall not be installed in locations which extend to and include damp locations such as service entrance conductors supplied by outside overhead service drops Lead Covered SECTION 1705 Lead covered conductors shall be installed in an approved raceway system. Underground SECTION 1706 Underground conductors other than street lighting conductors having a voltage greater than 600 volts between conductors shall be enclosed in an approved raceway SECTION 1707 CHAPTER 18 -- SERVICE CONDUCTORS SECTION 1801 SECTION 1801 Outside overhead conductors shall be installed in such a manner that a mini- Service Drop mum clearance is maintained of less than twenty- Height two feet above public streets SECTIONS 1802-1806 SECTION 1802 Where alterations or new Relocate construction by the owner of the premises or his Service Drop agent reduces the clearance of outside wiring or service drops below the minimum required by this Ordinance or where swimming pools are construc- ted under or in close proximity to such wiring drops the conductors shall be relocated or the service landing and service entrance shall be relocated to provide required clearances at the expense of the owner Relocate SECTION 1803 Where alterations or new Service construction by the property owner or his agent Laterals interferes with or reduces the minimum protection required for underground conductors or service laterals, the underground conductors or service laterals shall be relocated to provide required protection at the expense of the owner (Parti- cular attention is called to underground petrol- eum storage tanks and swimming pools Service Drop SECTION 1804 Racks and insulators shall Attachments not be secured to the surface of roof tops Where such racks and insulators cannot be installed at a height great enough to permit the minimum clearances of conductors as required by this Code because of the construction of the building than additional structures shall be erected as are necessary to provide such minimum clearance A service drop attachment shall be installed for each service cable Each attach- ment shall be of sufficient strength to support the cable but shall not be smaller than a 1/2 inch galvanized steel eyebolt Location of SECTION 1805 The point of entrance of Entrance electrical service wires on underground services Conductors and the point of landing of electrical service drops on overhead services shall be designated by the electricity supply agency and approved by the Chief Electrical Inspector Entrance SECTION 1806 (a) All electrical service Conductors entrance conductors within or on any and all Installation buildings hereafter erected and within or on all existing buildings hereafter altered, extended revised or remodeled, or in or on which the electrical wiring is altered, extended revised, or remodeled shall be installed in 1 A rigid metal raceway 2 Or in electrical metallic tubing 3 Or a metal enclosed bus duct 4 Or mineral insulated metal sheathed ' cable Type MI of equivalent sizes Service (b) Such raceways bus ducts, or MI cable Sized shall extend from the service head to the service entrance switch or switches and shall be of sufficient size for the connected load but in no case shall such raceways be smaller than 1 For individual occupancies SIZE TRADE SIZE Under b00 square feet -------------- 1 600 to 1200 square feet ---------1-1/4 Over 1200 square feet -------------- 2 SECTIONS 1807-1811 53 2 For billboards --------- 1 trade size 3 For temporary service construction poles ---- 3/4 trade size SECTION 1807 Minimum Ampacity See Page (a) Residential occupancy with 10 KW furnace 150 Ampere (b) Residential occupancy with 15 KW furnace 175 Ampere (c) Residential occupancy with 20 KW furnace 200 Ampere (d) Residential occupancy with 25 KW furnace 225 Ampere (e) Residential occupancy with 30 KW furnace 250 Ampere (f) Residential occupancy with 35 KW furnace 275 Ampere Enlarged or SECTION 1808 When the service is enlarged Changed or changed in residences in existence prior to Service the adoption of this Ordinance, the requirements for receptacles shall comply with Chapter 21 of this Code Network SECTION 1809 Electrical services in the Services network zone shall be connected to the under- ground network system All permanent installa- tions having more than two (2) two-wire circuits shall be supplied with a three-wire service All installations having more than eight (8) two-wire circuits or four (4) three-wire circuits and served from a wye source shall be connected with a four-wire service Located SECTION 1810 Service entrance conductors Inside shall not be run at a distance greater than Buildings twenty (20) feet within the hollow spaces of combustible frame buildings, unless provided with automatic over-current protection at their outer ends Entrance SECTION 1811 On buildings where the elec- Installation tricity supply agency sets a transformer and Multi- extends from their transformer a number of Occupancy connection boxes for customer convenience or where the electricity supply agency designates a location for their meters with approval of Chief Electrical Inspector, from these locations, the service conductors to each individual occupancy shall be run either (1) under the slab, (2) outside of building (3) on roof and when conductors emerge into occupancy shall extend no more than twenty (20) feet to service equipment unless they have overcurrent protection at their outer end but in no case can unfused service conductors feed through one single occupancy to another SECTIONS SECTION 1812 Service for mobile homes 1812-1814 shall be not less than one hundred (100) ampere capacity SECTION 1813 Grounding electrode conduc- tors shall be copper SECTION 1814 Supplementary grounding when using water as a grounding electrode will not be required if there is twenty feet or more of rigid metal piping or copper piping buried in the earth underneath the foundation steel SECTIONS CHAPTER 20 - OVERCURRENT AND BREAKER 2001-2004 DEVICES AND CIRCUITS Service SECTION 2001 Service entrance switches or Equipment any service equipment shall not be installed Location within a bathroom, toilet room, closet, or cabinet Such equipment may be installed in utility rooms machinery rooms or storage rooms, provided such installation is accessible and is in compliance with the requirements of this Code Overcurrent devices shall not be installed within a clothes closet cabinet toilet room, bathroom, or near easily ignitable material Overcurrent devices shall be readily accessible Accessibility SECTION 2002 Service switches meters overcurrent devices and all other service equip- ment shall be so installed that there shall be sufficient clearance to permit ready access to such equipment and in no case shall this clear- ance be less than the following amount from a point one foot on each side and one foot above the highest point of such equipment down to the finished grade the clearance shall extend straight out for a distance of four feet In the case of switchboards requiring access to the rear side a clearance of four feet shall be main- tained both in back and front of such switch- boards Service equipment other than switch- boards may have less than one foot clearance to blank walls and blank ceilings, provided that a clearance of four feet is maintained directly in front of such equipment Circuit SECTION 2003 Tie-bars used to connect Breaker circuit breakers together shall be of a type Tie-Bars designed for and approved for such purpose Nails wires, and similar improvisions shall not be used in lieu of approved bars Overcurrent SECTION 2004 Devices intended to break And Breaker current shall Have an interrupting capacity Equipment sufficient for the voltage employed and for the current which must be interrupted and for service disconnecting means and service over- current protective devices, and shall be capable of interrupting safely a current of not less than ten thousand amperes at the rated voltage when connected to the underground network SECTIONS 2005-2008 SECTION 2005 Temperature sensitive cut-out Temperature switches shall be mounted near the floor, in the Sensing return air, in all ventilating and air condition- Breakers ing ducts and in the air stream in the attic fan and forced draft installations Such switch shall be so designed to open the power circuit to the blower when the actuating air reaches a temperature of 194 F (or 90 C ) and remain in the open-circuit position until manually reset Gas-fired heating units Such cut-out switch shall be connected in the circuit that feeds the unit Electrical heating units Such cut-out switch shall be connected in the circuit ahead of the control transformer EXCEPTIONS (1) Unit serving single rooms (2) Commercial cafe and restaurant range hood Class One SECTION 2006 (a) Class One circuits, as Circuits defined by the National Electrical Code shall be installed in properly supported and grounded rigid conduit electrical metallic tubing or Type IM cable (b) All areas where electrical conduit is installed within twenty feet of gasoline feeder lines shall be classified as Class One Division Two as defined by the National Electrical Code Height of SECTION 2007 The height above the floor to Panel Board the center of lighting and appliance branch circuit panel boards shall not be less than four (4) feet or more than six (6) feet High Leg SECTION 2008 The high leg of 120/240 Volt 3 phase 4 wire service shall not be terminated in the same panel board with single phase lighting and power SECTIONS CHAPTER 22 - HAZARDOUS AND SPECIAL 2201-2202 INSTALLATION Outside SECTION 2201 All electrical wiring Building installed on the outside surface of any building Wiring within the Corporate City limits, including private residences shall be 1 Run in an approved and properly grounded metal raceway 2 Or Type MI cable SECTION 2202 (a) Conduits boxes and other enclosures designed to be used exposed to the weather when properly equipped with gaskets and covers shall be so equipped with such approved gaskets and covers when so used Tape or other improvisations shall not be used in lieu of approved gaskets (b) Equipment installed out-of-doors shall be approved for the location SECTION 2203 SECTION 2203 (a) All swimming pools and diving platforms or other pool structures over 12 Swimming feet in height shall be located at least 10 feet Pool from the nearest utility easement, alley or prop- erty and if any overhead wiring shall be in existence over a proposed swimming pool site, the owner who proposes to construct such swimming pool shall make arrangements with the appropriate electricity supply agency for the relocation of such overhead wiring before a permit will be issued for the construction of such swimming pool (b) Underground wiring shall not be permit- ted under the pool or under the area extending 5 feet horizontally from the inside wall of the pool SECTIONS CHAPTER 23 - TEMPORARY WIRING 2301-2304 INSTALLATIONS Temporary SECTION 2301 All temporary construction Construction sites shall be installed as per following Sites diagrams The disconnects on the poles shall be either an approved enclosure, or an approved disconnecting means feeding receptacles under the disconnect Weatherproof enclosure shall be used to mount devices All receptacles shall be wired to meet N E C requirements and all grounding conductors shall be green The green grounding conductor shall be connected to all the devices Grounding through metal conduit shall not be allowed G F C I SECTION 2302 A11 employees using power Requirement from all 120 volt single phase 15 and 20 ampere receptacles on construction sites shall furnish their own ground-fault circuit interrupters, connected to cords receiving energy from the temporary pole to protect them from electrical shock or C F C I breakers must be installed at the temporary pole Large Area SECTION 2303 A11 apartment construction G F C I sites that cover a large area and all large con- Requirement struction sites, such as regional shopping centers and high-rise buildings shall use either the methods set out in Sections 2301 and 2302 and/or an assured grounding procedure Assured SECTION 2304 Where a written procedure is Grounding continuously enforced by a designated individual Requirement at the construction site to indicate that equip- ment grounding conductors for 120 volt, single phase 15 and 20 ampere receptacles flexible cord sets, and equipment connected by cord and plug are installed and maintained in accordance with requirements The procedure shall include electrical continuity tests of all required equipment grounding conductors and their connec- tions These tests shall be conducted as follows This can be done by letter or approved by Area Inspector (a) Fixed receptacles shall be tested where there is evidence of damage SECTIONS PART VII - LEGISLATIVE 9001-9005 CHAPTER 90 - LEGISLATIVE SECTION 9001 If electrical equipment and installation comply with the standards set forth in the 1981 Edition of the National Electrical Safety Code, and amendments thereto then it shall be prima facie evidence that such electri- cal equipment and installations are in safe condition SECTION 9002 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 violating any of the provisions of this Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day or a portion there- of during which any violation of the provisions of this Code is committed continued or commit- ted and each violation shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $200 00 SECTION 9003 If any section subsection sentence clause or phrase of this Ordinance is, for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each section subsection, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections sentences clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional SECTION 9004 Ordinance No 7668 and all Ordinances amendatory thereto are expressly superseded by the terms of this Ordinance Electrical Permits heretofore issued under existing Ordinances shall be valid for the time under which they are issued under the existing Electrical Code, but upon expiration thereof the same shall be void All pending litigations and existing viola- tions, both civil and criminal, whether pending in court or not under the Electrical Code and amendments thereto superseded by this Ordinance shall not be affected by this Ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts SECTION 9005 The fact that the present Electrical Code is inadequate creates an urgency and an emergency for the immediate preservation of public peace health comfort safety and general welfare, and requires that this Ordinance shall take effect on July 1 1981 and that publication as provided by law shall be had and it is accordingly so ordained SECTION 9006 SECTION 9006 This Ordinance constitutes a digest and revision of the Electrical Code Ordi- nances of the City of Fort Worth Texas as provi- ded by Section 2 Chapter XXVI and Section 10, Chapter XXVIII of the Charter of said City, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to publish this Ordinance in book or pamphlet form for general distribution among the public, and this Ordinance as so published in pamphlet form, shall be admissible in evidence as provided in Section 3, Chapter XXVI of the Charter APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY °C/LZiZC ~ LC~~~`~~-_ City Attorney ATTEST ty Secretary pity ~f ' J~'®rt ~®r~h, ~e.~~s 1~ayor a~a.tl ~oadncal Corra..an.~.n.a,cata.o~a, DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Adoption of the Proposed 1981 pgGE NUMBER National Electrical Code and 1 4/14/81 ** G-4953 Ordinance i °f In keeping with the policy of regularly updating the building codes of the City of Fort Worth attached is a copy of the proposed ordinance adopting the ;198.~:~~ National Electrical Code The amendments presently in effect will not be changed and will be made part of the current electrical. ordinance by amending Ordinance No 7668 On February 26, 1981, a public hearing was•held by the electrical-Appeals Board No one appeared in objec tion the proposed ordinance therefore the Board has recommended the adoption of the proposed 1981 National Electrical Code and. attached ordinance Recommendation It is recommended that t he City Council adopt the attached ordinance amending the Electrical Ordinance No 7668 GG plg Attachment APPRQVED BY CITY COU€uCIL AFR ~~ 1981 ~~ Ci ecxeeary f t j C of ~oxt Woxth, Texa,a SUBMITTED fOit~ THE EABY GER'S /~ AF I OSITiON BY COUNCIL; PROCESSED BY F C ^ APPROVED ORIOINATlNO DEPARTMENT HEAD A DO H ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE) : o ~ CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ~ ~Q ~ ~ / CONTACT DATE