Chapter 4 · Buildings and Construction

Article 3. Electrical Code

Sections 4-301 to 4-308 · 8 sections

4-301 National electrical code incorporated.

The certain standard code known as the National Electrical Code, 2005 Edition, published by the National Fire Protection Association, is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this article, save and except such portions as may be deleted or amended by ordinance. There shall be no fewer than three copies of the standard code incorporated by reference and kept on file in the office of the city clerk and kept available for inspection by the public at all reasonable hours. The filed copies of the standard code shall be marked “Official Copy as Incorporated by the Code of the City of Caney.” All sections or portions of the filed copies of the standard code shall be clearly marked to show deletions from the standard code.”

(Code 1988; Ord. 2051; Code 2022)

4-302 Definition.

(a)Electrician or Electrical Contractor — Any person engaged in the business of installing, repairing or maintaining electrical wiring and apparatus, which shall include all wiring, materials electrical wiring and appliances, fixtures, motors or conductors used in connection with the transmission or consumption of current used in electrical light, heat or power.

(Code 1988)

4-303 Electrical inspector.

(a)The building inspector appointed under section 4-103 shall serve as electrical inspector for the city and it shall be his or her duty to:

(1)Prepare or cause to be prepared suitable forms for applications, permits, inspection reports and other such material

(2)Inspect and test all electrical work for compliance with this chapter and the electrical mode and to require changing of such installations that do not meet the requirements of this chapter.

(Code 1988)

4-404 Same; duties.

The electrical inspector shall have the duty and is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to:

(a)Regulate and determine the placing of electric wires or other appliances for electric lights, heat or power in the city and to cause all such wire, appliances or apparatus to be placed, constructed and guarded as not to cause fires or accidents, endangering life or property and to be constructed as to keep to a minimum the loss of waste of electric current;

(b)Enforce all provisions of this article; and

(c)Inspect and/or test all electrical work and equipment or apparatus for compliance with the code, and whenever electric wiring, appliances or apparatus shall be defective or hazardous through improper manufacture or improper or insufficient insulation or for any other reason, he or she shall at once cause the removal of such defect or defects, at the expense of the owners or owners of such wiring, appliance or apparatus.

(Code 1988)

4-305 Right of entry.

The electrical inspector, in the discharge of his or her official duties and upon proper identification, shall have authority to enter any building, structure or premises at any reasonable hour to perform his or her duties as required in this chapter.

(Code 1988)

4-306 Inspection.

Upon the completion of the wiring, installation or alteration of any building or structure for light, heat, power, appliance or apparatus, it shall be the duty of the person having direct charge of such to notify the electrical inspector who shall, as early as possible, inspect such wiring, installation, appliance and apparatus and if installed, altered and constructed in compliance with the permit and in accordance with the requirements of this article, he or she shall execute a certificate of satisfactory inspection, which shall contain the date of such inspection and the result of his or her examination. No such certificate shall be issued unless such electric wiring, motors, heating devices appliance and apparatus are in strict accord with the rules and requirements and the spirit of this article, nor shall current be turned on such installation, equipment, appliance, motors, heating device and apparatus until the certificate be issued. The amount of fee charge to be made for such inspections and certificate shall be fixed and determined by the governing body.

(Code 1988)

4-307 Standard.

All electrical construction, all materials, appliances, motors, heating devices and apparatus used in connection with electrical work and the operation of all electrical apparatus within the city shall conform to the rules and requirements of the edition of the National Electrical Code adopted by the city at the time when work is performed or equipment and apparatus installed. The electrical inspector supervising the enforcement of this code will have the responsibility and authority for making interpretations of the rules for deciding upon the approval of equipment, materials, construction, and for granting the special permission necessary, shall follow the code procedure for securing official interpretation of the code.

(Code 1988)

4-308 Enforcement.

Upon failure to comply with this article, the electrical inspector shall have authority, after due notice, to cut out electric current to the premises concerned.

(Code 1988)