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All electrical equipment installed or used shall be in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, the statutes of the state and any orders, rules and regulations issued by the authority thereof, and with approved electrical standards for safety to persons or to property. Unless by this chapter, by a statute of the state or any orders, rules, or regulations issued by authority thereof, a specific type or class of electrical equipment is disapproved for installation and use, conformity with the standards of Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., shall be prima facie evidence of conformity with approved standards for safety to persons or to property.
(Ord. 381, passed 8-12-2021)
Section 90.4 of the Electric Code is amended to include:
“The Inspector shall enforce this chapter in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1 of the Building Code, as amended, adopted herein and a Board of Appeals as provided for in this code shall consist of the duly appointed members of the Town of Hennessey Board of Adjustment.”
(Ord. 381, passed 8-12-2021)
Section 90A of the Electric Code is amended to include:
“No person, firm or corporation shall be issued an electrical permit, operate a place of business, or engage in the business of contracting to do installation, repairing or altering of electric wiring or nonportable electric fixtures or apparatus within the town unless the person or the agent or employee performing electrical work for the firm or corporation first is registered with the town and pays the tax thereon, as prescribed;”
(A) The applicant for electrical registration must hold a license issued by the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board 158:40-1-3 pursuant to the Electrical License Act, being O.S. §§ 1680 et seq.
(B) The provisions of this section shall apply to a maintenance electrician in the employ of the owner of the building or buildings in which the electrical work is to be performed.
(C) The provisions of this section shall not apply: the owner and occupant of a single-family residential dwelling making necessary repairs, additions or alterations to the electrical wiring of the dwelling.
(D) Registration required in this section shall be subject hereto. The registration shall be renewed annually in accordance herewith and shall remain in effect so long as the state license is current or until revoked by the town.
(1) Annual registration; fee. Any person, firm or corporation, before engaging in the business of electrical work or being an electrical contractor, journeyman electrician or apprentice, shall pay to the Town Clerk a registration fee in such sum as set by the Town Board by motion or resolution. The town shall issue certificates for such registration which shall expire annually as specified in the certificate.
(2) Bond. All electrical contractors shall, prior to the commencement of any electrical work, furnish a current Oklahoma state electrical license as a bond guarantee and condition that:
(a) The installation of electrical work shall be in accordance with the requirements of this code;
(b) The contractor shall, without additional cost to the person for whom the work has been done, remedy any defective or faulty work caused by incompetent workers, inferior or nonstandard material; and
(c) Such bond as is furnished shall be liable for the correction or any additional cost arising from the above-mentioned cause.
(Ord. 381, passed 8-12-2021)
Article 230 of the Electric Code is amended to include the following.
(A) All uses in the town shall have a minimum service of 100 amperes.
(B) No overhead service shall be permitted to or between public or private school buildings.
(C) For voltages above 600 volts, the plans for service entrance and point of delivery must be approves by the electric service company and the town inspector before a permit is issued. All meters and related service equipment furnished and installed by the electric service company shall be installed subject to and in compliance with the following conditions:
(1) Indoor and outdoor meters shall be installed so that the top of the meter will not be more than six feet six inches, nor less than five feet six inches, above the floor or ground; and
(2) A meter board of soft lumber, and of suitable dimensions for mounting the meter and cabinet, shall be provided as part of the rough-in job. It shall be located near the service entrance on a wall or structure free of excessive vibration and readily accessible at all reasonable hours.
(Ord. 381, passed 8-12-2021)
The Board of Trustees of the town, by motion or resolution, shall have the authority to make special rulings, when circumstances warrant, for the safeguarding of life and property and the improvement of electrical installations. In all cases persons engaged in the installing of electrical equipment and holding an electrical license must be notified by letter of these decisions.
(Ord. 381, passed 8-12-2021)
(A) Permit required. It is unlawful for any person to install any electrical wiring, fixtures or apparatus in or on any building or structure in the corporate limits of the town or make extensions to any existing electrical installations without first securing a permit from the town.
(B) Application for permit. Applications for electrical permits shall be made to the town. The applicant shall provide such plans, specifications and other data as may be reasonably required.
(C) Permit fee. The permit fees for performing the activity described in this chapter shall be set periodically by the Town Board of Trustees by duly adopted resolution, and the fees may be amended by resolution of the Town Board of Trustees.
(Ord. 381, passed 8-12-2021) Penalty, see § 150.999
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