(A) Performance requirements. Each room shall have adequate electrical equipment to permit normal indoor activities and to support the health and safety of occupants. Sufficient electrical sources shall be provided to permit use of essential electrical appliances while ensuring safety from fire or electrical failure.
(B) Structural requirements.
(1) Electrical lighting.
(a) Every habitable room and bathroom shall contain at least one wall switch and electrical light fixture. In rooms other than kitchen, one or more electrical receptacles controlled by wall switches may be permitted.
(b) All non-habitable rooms such as furnace rooms, utility rooms, hallways, stairways, exterior and interior entrances and attached garages shall be provided with an electrically operable light fixture to illuminate such areas.
(c) Cellars, basements, attics and crawl spaces containing service equipment or used for storage purposes shall contain an electric fixture for illumination of facilitate checking, servicing and general personal safety.
(d) Hallways, interior and exterior stairways and interior and exterior entrances may be provided with automatically controlled electrical lighting if manual electrical switching is provided. Switches shall be provided at both ingress and egress areas to provide safe unobstructed use of such areas.
(2) Electric convenience outlets.
(a) Every habitable room shall contain at least two double electric convenience outlets.
(b) Every bathroom and kitchen where the receptacles are installed to serve the countertop surfaces shall be provided with approved ground fault interrupter circuit.
(c) Other non-habitable rooms shall be provided with electrical convenience outlets as required for use.
(3) Maximum overcurrent protection. Maximum overcurrent protection of branch circuits is 1 5 amperes, except that laundry room, kitchen and dining room outlets when provided with No. 12 A.W.G. or larger, shall be in accordance with the Electrical Code of the city.
(4) Identification. Overcurrent devices shall be identified on the panel as to the circuits they protect.
(5) Service entrance conductors. Service entrance conductors shall be properly installed with a main disconnect and overcurrent protection. The main disconnect shall be located as near as possible to the service entrance. The service shall be properly grounded by continuous copper conductor to the street side of the water meter and bonded across the water meter to the house side. Units without city-supplied water shall have grounding by proper connection to the grounding rod.
(6) Ready access. All occupants shall have ready access to all overcurrent devices supplying their respective areas.
(C) Acceptability criteria. Acceptability criteria are the same as performance and structural requirements.
(Ord. 2364, passed 9-3-2019)