HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6683 ORDINANCE NO. 6683
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 16 OF EXHIBIT "B"
OF THE ELECTRICAL CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
SAID ORDINANCE CONCERNING CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS TO
THE PROSCRIBED METHODS OF WIRING; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMU-
LATIVE OF OTHER ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS OF THE
ELECTRICAL CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; RE-
PEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PROVISIONS OF THE ELEC-
TRSCAL CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
THAT Special Exception (2) of Section 1601 of Chapter 16,
"General Wiring Methods and Materials" of Exhibit "B, " at-
tached to and incorporated by reference in the Electrical Code
of the City of Fort Worth, be and the same is hereby amended
and, after being so amended, shall hereafter read as follows:
"(2) The provisions of this section shall not
apply to Group H apartment houses, Group 1Occupan-
cies and Group J Occupancies, 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 Group J Occupancies
located in the same building, and to occupancies
where two or more washing machines or drying machines
are located, and to mechanical buildings and other
nonresidential occupancies."
SECTION 2.
THAT 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 void, ineffegrtive or unconstitutional by the valid
judgment or final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction,
such voidness, ineffectiveness or unconstitutionality shall
not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs and sections hereof, since the same would have
been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation
herein of any such void, ineffective or unconstitutional
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 3.
THAT this ordinance shall be and is hereby declared to
be cumulative of the provisions of the Electrical Code of the
City of Fort Worth and amendments thereto, regulating and con-
trolling the installation and alteration of electrical equip-
ment, except in those instances where the provisions of this
ordinance are in direct conflict with such Code, in which in-
stances said conflicting provisions of such Code are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 4.
THAT all pending litigations and existing violations,
both civil and criminal, whether pending in court or not,
under the Electrical Code of the City of Fort Worth and amend-
ments thereto superseded by this ordinance shall not be af-
fected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final
disposition by the courts.
SECTION 5.
THAT any person, firm, association of persons, company
or corporation or their agents, servants or employees who
violate, disobey, omit, neglect or refuse to comply with any
provision of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not
exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) , and each day that a
violation exists is hereby declared to be a distinct and sep-
arate offense and punishable as such, all as provided for in
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Section 1-5 of Chapter I of the Code of the City of Fort
Worth (1964) , as amended.
SECTION 6.
THAT this ordinance shall become effective and be in
full force and effect from and after its passage and publi-
cation as required by law, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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City Attorney
ADOPTED:
EFFECTIVE:
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DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Proposed R2v1SiOriS t0 Electrical PAGE
NUMBER Code - Use of Non-Metallic-
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Sheathed Electrical Cable
On February 16, 1970, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 6245 revising
the Electrical Code. On January 31, 1972, the Council adopted Ordinance
No. 6619, updating the Code and incorporating into it various local
amendments.
The Code presently permits the use of non-metallic-sheathed cable (Romex)
in one and two family residential construction. The Department of Housing
and Urban Development has advised the staff that the Code will have to be
revised to conform to the National Electrical Code in order to permit re-
certification of-the Workable Program. It will, therefore, be necessary
to extend the use of non-metallic-sheathed cable to Group H - Apartments -
construction. Metallic-sheathed cable will continue to be required for
commercial, industrial and institutional buildings.
Recommendations
It is recommended that an ordinance be adopted revising the Electrical Code
to permit the use of non-metallic-sheathed cable in Group H construction.
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CITY SECRETARY
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