For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL. Every building or structure or any appurtenances connected or attached to such buildings or structures, except detached one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses not more than three stories above grade plane in height with a separate means of egress and their accessory structures.
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of installing or altering by contract electrical equipment for the utilization of electricity for lighting, heating or power purposes. The term ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS shall not include the employees employed by an electrical contractor to do or supervise the work of the electrical contractor, provided this shall not be deemed to include a sole proprietor, general partner, officer, director or shareholder otherwise required to register or apply for a certificate of registration.
ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND RELATED EQUIPMENT. Conductors, raceways, devices and equipment used to distribute, control and utilize electricity for lighting, heating or power purposes. It shall not include equipment, which is not a component of a building or structure although electrically powered.
ELECTRICAL WORK. The work of installing, repairing or altering an electrical distribution system and related equipment, used to distribute, control and utilize electricity for lighting, heating or power purposes, not including distribution systems and related equipment owned by public utility companies or common carriers under the jurisdiction of the State Commerce Commission for their own operations, nor radio or television equipment used for wireless transmission or reception of sound and signals.
ELECTRICIAN. Any person who performs electrical work, as defined above, while in the employ or under contract to an electrical contractor, as defined above.
FORTY-FIVE HOUR COURSE. A course or courses administered by an accredited institution of higher learning which address the basic principals of the electrician’s trade and have been approved for use in licensing of electricians hereunder by the Electrical Commission.
MAINTENANCE, MINOR ELECTRICAL WORK. Maintenance and repair work to present electrical distribution system, equipment and apparatus; and the repair or extension work to existing receptacles and lighting circuits not exceeding 20 amps and 120 volts, provided the repair or work shall not exceed three receptacles, lighting outlets and switches.
RESIDENTIAL. Detached one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses not more than three stories above grade in height with a separate means of egress and their accessory structures.
TWO YEAR COURSE. A course or courses administered by an accredited institution of higher learning which address the intermediate and advanced aspects of the electrician’s trade and have been approved for use in the licensing of electricians hereunder by the Electrical Commission.
(1980 Code, § 19.401) (Ord. 9200, passed 12-19-2011)