The adoption of this chapter or any subsequent ordinance relating to such standards and specifications, rules and regulations, and fees, the provisions hereof or thereof shall at once become operative and thereafter no electrical equipment shall be installed or altered except upon a permit first issued by the Electrical Inspector (except as hereinafter provided). The Electrical Inspector shall issue permits for the installation and alteration of electrical equipment in all cases where application shall have been made in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or any amendments thereto. The Electrical Inspector shall inspect all such electrical equipment installed or altered in this city, and shall require that it conform to the standards and specifications applicable thereto, except that where an industrial or manufacturing concern regularly maintains an electrical department for the construction and maintenance of electrical facilities within their properties, and where the work of such electrical department is under the supervision of qualified personnel, the Electrical Inspector shall have no jurisdiction.
('71 Code, § 5-2-7) (Ord. 1531, passed 1-22-68)