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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0191_184184 PASSED AND APPROVED on this the 9th. day of Yarch,:;., A.D. 1970. ATTEST.: Jay C. Sloan, Mayor, City of Georgetown Claud Eads, City Secretary STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF WILLIAMSON I, , Secretary of the City of Georgetown, William- son County, Texas, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of an ordinance passed and approved by the City Council of the City of Georgetown at a regular session held on the 9th day of February, 1970, as it appears of record in the Minutes of said City Council in Book Two, page 130. WITNESS MY HANDAND SEAL OF SAID CITY, this the day of , A.D. 19 Claude Eads, City 0ecrotary, City of Georgetown, Texas 10 AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADOPTION BY REFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE STANDARD OF THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS FOR ELECTRIC WIRING AND APPARATUS FOR THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, FOR CREATING THE OFFICE OF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR, FOR LICENSING OF ELECTRICIANS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AND RE- GULATING THE INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC WIRING AND APPARATUS AND OTHER PURPOSES. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas. Section 1. Adoptions of Electric Code. That there is hereby adopted by the City of Georgetown, Texas for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations of the construction, alteration, removal and maintenance of electric wiring and apparatus, including permits and penalties, that certain electric code known as the National Electrical Code of the National Fire Protection Association, being particularly the 1971 edition thereof and the whole thereof, save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified, or amended, of which not leas than three (3) copies have been and now are filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Georgetown, Texas, and the'same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction, alteration, maintenance or removal of all electric wiring and apparatus within the corporate limits of the City of Georgetown, Texas. Section 2. INSPECTOR.' There is hereby created the office of Electrical Inspector who shall be appointed by the Mayor* subject to the confirmation of the City Council. The Electrical Inspector shall have had at least two (2) years experience as an electrician, shall be of good moral character, shall be versed in the approved methods of electrical construction for safety of life and property and the National Electrical 'ode. He shall receive such compensation as the Council may decide. ~i Section 3., DUTIES. The Electrical Inspector, who for the purpose of this ordinance shall be known as the City Electrician, and hereinafter referred to as such, shall have the duty and is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to regulate and determine the placing of electric wires or other appliances for electric lights, heat or power in the City of Georgetown, Texas, and to cause all such wires, appliances or apparatus to be placed, csonstructed, 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 or waste of electric current.