(a) Before the licensee shall be issued to any applicant, the person signing the application for such license shall take and satisfactorily pass an examination to be prescribed and conducted by the Board of Electrical Examiners upon the following subjects.
(1) The current edition of the National Electric Code as adopted in Section 1313.01.
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(b) The questions submitted in each examination shall be written or printed, and the answers thereto shall be written on a separate paper. A grade of less than seventy percent (70%) shall not be considered satisfactory.
(c) The Board of Electrical Examiners shall conduct the examinations required by this chapter at least every three months, provided there is at least one applicant for any such examination. The board may conduct examinations more frequently if the board concludes that there is an insufficient number of registered journeymen electricians or apprentice electricians license by the City who are willing and able to engage in the installation, repair, alteration or addition to electrical wiring within the corporate limits of the City. The board shall not be required to conduct any examinations for the sole purpose of accommodating any licensed electrical contractor, or the owner or developer of a project, unless the board finds that there is an insufficient number of electrical contractors, journeyman electricians or apprentice electricians licensed by the City and that such electrical contractor or owner or developer will suffer clear, significant, severe and irreparable harm if the board does not schedule and conduct such examinations.
(Ord. 153-2010. Passed 12-20-10.)