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No alterations, additions or extensions shall be made in any electrical installation without first obtaining a permit from the Chief Electrical Inspector and submitting the same for inspection in the manner provided for new work.
The Chief Electrical Inspector is hereby authorized to refuse to issue a permit for any addition or extension to any wiring system in or on any building where, in his estimation, the wiring is in an unsafe condition. If, after a permit is issued, the work covered by the permit, or any old work in the building not covered by the permit, is found, for any reason, to be in an unsafe condition, the Chief Electrical Inspector may refuse to issue a certificate of approval and the owner of the building or the occupants thereof and all electric light and power companies shall be notified not to have connections made nor to connect to any building without having such certificate of approval or written permission from the Chief Electrical Inspector. If these additions and alterations have been made to an installation already connected, then all owners of buildings or occupants thereof and all electric light and power companies shall disconnect their service immediately upon notice to do so.
(Ord. 1177. Passed 3-3-30.)
When the wiring or electrical equipment in any building is being altered or installed, no person shall cover such wiring or equipment, or cause the same to be covered, in same, until the Chief Electrical Inspector or a deputy has inspected and approved the wiring and equipment. It shall be the duty of the Chief Electrical Inspector or a deputy, when having made the inspection and given such approval, to post a notice in a conspicuous part of the building, declaring that the wiring or equipment is approved and may be covered. In interpreting this rule, on all jobs, the contractor must call in for inspection when parts of jobs are to be covered, e.g., on concrete work, partial inspection is necessary.
(Ord. 1177. Passed 3-3-30; Ord. 179-60. Passed 9-19-60.)
Prior to the introduction of electric current into any electric installation within the City, it shall be the duty of the Chief Electrical Inspector, upon notification, to make or to have made within forty-eight hours a final inspection of the installation, and no electric current shall be introduced into the electrical installation without written permission from the Chief Electrical Inspector. Electric light and power companies may, however, connect their service lines to such an installation through an open switch which shall be so sealed that it shall be impossible to close it without breaking the seal. No person other than the Chief Electrical Inspector or his deputies shall break the seal or first close the switch without such final inspection and written permission from the Chief Electrical Inspector. A tag setting forth this offense and the penalty therefor shall be attached to the switch.
(Ord. 1177. Passed 3-3-30; Ord. 179-60. Passed 9-19-60; Ord. 216-96. Passed 9-3-96.)