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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0192_18518 It shall be the duty of the City Electrician to enforce all provisions of this ordinance and he is hereby granted the authority to enter all building in the City of Georgetown, Texas, in the performance of his duties between the hours of eight ♦.m. and rive p.m. daily, except that in emergency and within the limits of reason, the City Electrician may enter buildings for such purposes at other than the.designated hours. It shall be the duty of the City Electrician to inspect and/or test all electrical work and equipment or apparatus for compliance with the Code whenever electric wiring, appliances, or apparatus shall be defective or hazardous through improper manufacture of improper or insufficient insulation or for any other reason, he shall at nnce cause the removal of such defect or defects, at the expense of the owners of such wiring, appliance or apparatus. Section 4. PERMITS. No installation, alteration, or removal shall be made in/or of the wiring of any building or structure for light, heat or power or to increase the load of energy carried by such wires or equipment, nor shall any building or structure be wired for electric lights, appliances, motors, apparatus, or heating devices nor alterations made thereto without a written permit there- fore being first obtained from the City license issuing clerk by the person, firm, or corporation having direct charge of such installation. Section 5. INSPECTION. Upon the completion of the wiring, installation or O alteration of any building or structure for light, heat, power, appliance, or apparatus, it shall be the duty of the person, firm or corporation having direct t..7 charge of such to notify the City Electrician who shall, as early as possible, V 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 ordinance, he shall execute a certificate of satisfactory inspection, which shall contain the date of such inspection and the result ofhis examination, but no such certificate shall be issued unless such electric wiring, motors, heating devices, appliances, and apparatus be in strict accord with the rules and requirements and the spirit of this ordinance, nor shall current be turned on such installation, equipment, appliance, motors, heating device, and appartus until said certificate be issued. The amount of fee or charge to be made for such inspections and certificate to be fixed and determined by the City Council. Section 6. STANDARDS. All electrical construction, all materials, appli- ances, motors, heating devices, and apparatus used in connection with electrical work and the operation of all electrical apparatus within the City of Georgetown shall conform to the rules and requirements of the National Electrical Code current when work is performed or equipment and apparatus installed, however, the necessity, good service and said results often require larger sizes of wire, more branch circuits, and better types of equipment than the minimum which is specified in the National Electrical Code. Therefore, the City Electrician supervising the enforcement of this code will have the responsibility and authority for making interpretations Qf the rhes, for deciding upon the approval of equipment, materials, construction and for granting the special permission contemplated in a number of the rules and the City Electrician, where necessary, shall follow the code procedure for securing official interpretations of the code. Section 7. LICENSING OF ELECTRICIANS. Any persons, firm, or corporation desiring to engage in the business of electrical construction or of the installa- tion of wiring and apparatus for electric lights, appliances, heating or power in the City of Georgetown, shall, before doing so, obtain a license therefor, the fee for which shall be $50.00 per year which shall be paid into the City Treasury before such license shall become effective. Section 8. BOND REQUIRED. Every person, firm or corporation doing electrical business in the City of Georgetown shall execute and deliver to the City a bond with a surety bonding company in the sum of $1,000.00, to indemnify* the city or any citizen for any damage caused by the failure of such person, firm, or cor- poration doing the electrical work to comply strictly with the provisions of this ordinance. Section 9. QUALIFICATION. No license shall be issued until the party applying for same has given satisfactory evidence to the City Electrician of his or their ability to do said electrical work in a safe and satisfactory manner. No permit for installation or alteration of any wiring, heating devices, motors, appliances and apparatus shall be issued until the license and bond herein required have Leen obtained.