(A) No person, partnership, or corporation shall accomplish or allow the connection, provision, or use of electrical power relative to an electrical power distribution system in or on a structure where construction activity (for which a building permit has been or is required to be obtained pursuant to this chapter) has been accomplished, until after an inspection has been made and a distinctive sticker (signifying the electrical power distribution system may be used) has been attached to each service equipment by the Building Commissioner or his authorized representative. It shall be unlawful for any person other the Building Commissioner or his authorized representative to use, complete, apply, or alter such sticker.
(B) As an alternative to division (A) above, the Building Commissioner may allow the connection, provision, or use of electrical power on the basis of certification by a person who is a licensed electrical contractor if all of the following requirements are met:
(1) After the completion of the work and before use of the electrical power distribution system is initiated, the licensed electrical contractor who applied for the building permit shall communicate over a specified telephone line in the office of the Building Commissioner during business hours (to which the Building Commissioner may attach a recording device to make a record of all information supplied) the following information:
(a) The name of the person telephoning.
(b) The electrical contractor license number of the person telephoning.
(c) The address of the affected premises.
(d) The building permit number under which the construction activity was accomplished.
(e) The serial number of the electrical craft work certificate of completion and compliance form to be used.
(2) If such information is in order and if the licensed electrical contractor has accomplished construction activity for a period of the preceding 12 calendar months without violation of building standards or procedures which in the discretion of the Building Commissioner are of sufficient seriousness to make the contractor ineligible to use the certificate, the Building Commissioner shall indicate over the specified telephone line authorization to attach a certificate to each service equipment and assign an authorization number to be placed on each certificate by the licensee.
(3) (a) A certificate, in the following form, must then be executed and attached to each service equipment as a precondition to the connection, provision, or use of electrical power:
ELECTRICAL CRAFT WORK CERTIFICATE
OF COMPLETION AND COMPLIANCE
Address of the craft work:
Serial Number:
Permit Number:
Authorization Number:
The undersigned licensee hereby certifies under the penalties for perjury that:
(1) I am an electrical contractor licensed in accordance with Chapter 150 of the Code of Beech Grove.
(2) I am responsible for the proper completion of the construction activity which is the subject of the above referenced building permit as applicant for the permit or applicant representing the transferee of the permit, and
(3) I have either personally accomplished or personally inspected all such construction activity or, in the alternative, I have caused the construction activity to be inspected by a responsible and competent employee who works under my direction and control, who has fully reported to me the condition of the construction activity, and
(4) I know that such construction activity is completed and in condition for immediate and final inspection on the date stated below, and
(5) I am familiar with the building standards and procedures applicable to such construction activity, and
(6) I know that such construction activity has been done in compliance with all building standards and procedures, and
(7) I acknowledge and understand that if such construction activity is done in violation of building standards and procedures, that under the provisions of Chapter 150 my electrical contractor's license may be suspended or revoked.
Date certificate attached to service equipment
Signature:
Electrical Contractor License Number:
Typed or printed name.
(b) After the signator attaches a certificate to each service equipment, he shall cause a duplicate copy of each certificate to be either delivered to the Building Commissioner or postmarked no later than the next business day by the United States Postal Service.
(4) After completion of the above requirements, the Building Commissioner will notify the electric utility that electrical power can be connected and used at the site.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, or corporation to accomplish the connection, provision, or use of electrical power relative to an electrical power distribution system without first receiving authorization from the Building Commissioner either by telephone communication and attachment of an electrical craft work certificate of completion and compliance or by the distinctive sticker described in division (A) hereof.
(D) Nothing stated in this section shall be construed to deny the right of the Building Commissioner to inspect the electrical power distribution system to which electrical power is connected either before or after such connection is made or before or after the electrical power distribution system is used.
(E) Electrical craft work certificates of completion and compliance may be purchased only by a licensed electrical contractor who is eligible to use such form from the Building Commissioner acting on behalf of the Clerk-Treasurer, for a fee specified in §§ 150.065 through 150.077 of this chapter. Each certificate form shall bear a different serialized number which shall be recorded by the Building Commissioner along with the name and license number of the electrical contractor who purchases the form. The certificate may only be signed and attached by the licensed electrical contractor who purchased it from Building Commissioner. It shall be unlawful to sell or transfer such certificate and unlawful to use, complete, sign, or attach such certificate except as prescribed by this section.
(Ord. 29-1977, passed 10-17-77) Penalty, see § 150.999