(A) There is hereby adopted by and for the city that certain document marked and designated as the NFPA 70 National Electrical Code effective August 25, 2010, commonly known as the NEC 2011 as published by the National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, Massachusetts, among whose purposes are the practical safeguarding of persons and of buildings and their contents from hazards arising from the use of electricity for light, power, radio transmission and signaling, and further, prescribing regulations for the installation, alteration, repair and use of electrical wiring and equipment, save and except the portions as may be hereinafter amended or deleted.
(B) The power and authority to adopt subsequent editions of this National Electrical Code is hereby invoked and the subsequent edition of the Code, together with all regulations, penalties, conditions, terms, and appendices of the Code, by reference, shall be adopted as the city’s electrical code upon each and every subsequent edition’s publication, to supersede and take precedence over any prior edition, and in the absence of future specific action by the City Council to the contrary, without any further action on the part of this City Council.
(Ord. 91-18, passed 5-28-1991; Ord. 03-02, passed 1-14-2003; Ord. 15-37, passed 10-13-15)