(A) New buildings of all types.
(1) The current edition of the National Fire Protection Association will be the accepted code for all electrical wiring installations, provided that Article 210.52(C)(2) and (3) shall be optional.
(2) No installation of electrical panels or wires shall be installed until buildings have an approved roof so as to provide protection from weather.
(3) Whenever a new service is installed, the electric meter shall be located on the outside of the building unless written approval from the local utility company and the County Inspection Department is obtained.
(4) Receptacles of the ground-fault circuit-interrupter type shall be located in the immediate area where protection is required by code. IMMEDIATE AREA is to be defined as adjacent baths, the same room, garage, basements, one side of the outside of buildings, and where receptacles are localized, such as construction sites.
(5) Where feeders are to be used to provide ground-fault protection as permitted by N.E.C. 215.9, all receptacles and lighting protected shall be labeled at the panel.
(6) Where emergency lighting is required, battery backup type fixtures shall be used in adequate number and location to provide lighting for staircases and egress. This shall be required in all installations including buildings supplied with alternate power supply such as generators or separate services.
(7) Smoke detectors shall be as per § 907.2.10 of the International Fire Code, 2012 Edition.
(8) When wiring hydromassage tubs, all 125V circuits shall be a minimum of 20 amperes and protected by a switch rated GFCI located a minimum distance of five feet from the tub or protected by a GFCI circuit breaker at the panel.
(9) Permanent and temporary services shall be inspected with sticker applied before service will be turned on.
(B) Existing buildings.
(1) Other than new dwellings.
(a) All new wiring shall be installed as per this Electrical Code.
(b) When it is found that the electrical system in a structure constitutes a hazard to the occupants or the structure by reason of inadequate service, improper fusing, insufficient outlets, improper wiring or installation, deterioration or damage, or for similar reasons, the defects shall be corrected.
(c) Whenever a new service is installed, the electric meter shall be located on the outside of the building unless written approval from the local utility company and the Control Authority is obtained.
(d) Whenever construction remodeling calls for walls or ceilings (including suspended ceilings) to be opened up, all wiring, boxes, conduit, and the like exposed by this work shall be in accordance with the Code at the time of installation or brought up to current Code standards.
(2) Buildings or part of buildings used as dwellings.
(a) Whenever a new service is installed, the electrical meter shall be located on the outside of the building unless written approval from the local utility company and the Control Authority is obtained.
(b) Whenever a new electrical service or wiring of new building additions or rewiring with three or more additional circuits, the following shall also apply.
1. Service. The size and usage of appliance and equipment shall be used as the basis for determining the need for additional facilities in accordance with the latest adopted edition of this Electrical Code.
2. Receptacles. Every habitable space in a dwelling shall contain at least two separate and remote receptacle outlets. Every laundry area shall contain at least one grounded type receptacle. Every bathroom shall contain at least one duplex wall receptacle and be protected by a GFCI. Any new receptacle must be of the grounded type and installed as per the N.E.C. Existing three-wire grounded type receptacles, wired to a two-wire system, shall either be grounded as per the N.E.C., protected by a GFCI, or replaced by a two-wire receptacle.
3. Wiring. When wiring hydro massage tubs, all 125V circuits shall be a minimum of 20 amperes and protected by a switch rated GFCI located a minimum distance of five feet from the tub, or protected by a GFCI circuit breaker at the panel.
4. Lighting fixtures. Every public hall, interior stairway, bathroom, laundry room, furnace room, basements, and attics or utility rooms used for storage or that contain equipment requiring servicing shall contain at least one electric lighting fixture controlled by a wall switch at the usual point of entry.
5. Electrical system hazards. The following items are declared to be hazardous and it shall be unlawful to create, maintain, or permit the same to exist:
a. Conductors or devices carrying electrical energy in excess of the approved rated capacity;
b. Electrical wiring, of all types, not supported in an approved manner (existing wiring will be allowed on bottom of joists in basements if secured at intervals to eliminate sagging);
c. Splices unenclosed in approved boxes other than knob and tube wiring inside walls and attics;
d. Absence of or use of unapproved connectors for splices and termination into boxes or cabinets;
e. Exposed fuse blocks or cleat type light fixtures;
f. Wiring with insulation deterioration or other damaged conditions;
g. Flexible cords, commonly known as lamp or extension cords, used as a substitute for fixed wiring; or where run through walls, ceilings, floors, doorways, windows, or where attached to, or run behind building surfaces such as walls, ceilings, baseboard, and floors;
h. The use of the grounded circuit conductor used for grounding, except as provided by N.E.C. 250.140, Exception, for the listed appliances;
i. Broken porcelain fixtures in basements or cord type fixtures with frayed or deteriorated insulation;
j. Electrical wiring with metal outer covering in contact with dissimilar metals such as copper water piping, and the like;
k. Boxes or conduits with excessive numbers of conductors; and
l. Knob and tube wiring in areas other than inside walls or attics.
(C) Disclosure of conditions. In keeping with safe electrical installations, all unsafe conditions other than specifically noted above should be disclosed to the owner by the electrical contractor and corrected before inspection.
(D) Swimming pools.
(1) N.E.C. 680.2 Definitions.
(a) Permanently installed swimming, wading, and therapeutic pools. Those that are constructed in the ground, or the major portion in the ground, and all pools installed inside of a building, regardless of water depth, whether or not served by electrical circuits of any nature.
(b) Storable swimming or wading pool. Those that are constructed on or above the ground and are capable of holding water with a maximum depth of 42 inches (1,067 mm), or a pool with nonmetallic, molded polymeric walls or inflatable fabric walls, regardless of dimension.
(2) N.E.C. 680.23. Underwater Luminaries.
(a) This section covers all luminaries (lighting fixtures) installed below the normal water of the pool.
(b) Voltage limitation. No luminaries (lighting fixtures) shall be installed for operation on supply circuits over 15 volts between conductors.
(3) N.E.C. 680.31 Pumps. Storable Pools.
(a) A cord-connected pool filter pump shall incorporate an approved system of double insulation or its equivalent and shall be provided with means for grounding only the internal and non-accessible non-current-carrying metal parts of the appliance. The means for grounding shall be an equipment grounding conductor run with the power-supply conductors in the flexible cord that is properly terminated in a grounding-type attachment plug having a fixed grounding contact member. Pumps shall be listed as “storable type” by a recognized listing agency that is acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction.
(b) Receptacles providing power to the pool filter pump shall be located a minimum of ten feet from the edge of the pool. Branch circuit wiring to the receptacles shall be installed in a method as described in § 680.21 of the N.E.C., except underground wiring shall be installed in an approved raceway.
(Ord. O-71-5-08, passed 5-8-2008; Ord. O-83-3-10, passed 3-11-2010; Ord. O-91-4-11, passed 4-14-2011; Ord. O-102-2-13, passed 2-14-2013
; Ord. O-106-2-14, passed 2-13-2014)
Penalty, see § 150.99