(A) Pursuant to the recommendation of the Electrical Commission, there are adopted as safe and practical standards for the installation, alteration and use of electrical equipment in the city:
(1) The rules and regulations of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, as contained in the code known as the National Electric Code, and as approved by the American Standards Association as last published; and
(2) The rules and regulations regarding the installation, alteration and use of electrical equipment last adopted by the electric supply company now supplying the city, and as last published and filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission, a copy of such code and the last mentioned rules and regulations being now on file in the office of the Clerk.
(B) (1) All new or replacement service entrance conductors shall be installed in rigid metal conduit.
(2) All electrical wiring in industrial structures shall be installed in electrical metal tubing (EMT), rigid intermediate metal conduit (IMC), or rigid metal conduit (RMC). All electrical wiring in commercial and multifamily buildings having more than three stories plus an elevator shall be installed in EMT, IMC or RMC. Where conduit is required and where there will be low voltage wiring, the low voltage wiring shall be installed in EMT, IMC or RMC if in concealed spaces.
(3) Duplexes, apartment houses and other multiple use buildings shall have banked meters.
(4) The National Electrical Code as adopted by the City of Polo is applicable to mobile homes located within the corporate boundaries of the city.
(C) The Committee on Buildings and Grounds shall enforce the provisions of this subchapter.
('72 Code, § 53.002) (Am. Ord. 09-14, passed 6-1-09)
Cross-reference:
National Electrical Code adopted, see § 150.156