A. It shall be unlawful for any person to install or cause to be installed any electric wiring or equipment coming under the provisions of the electrical code unless an electrical inspection application, properly completed, has been secured from the city clerk's office not later than forty eight (48) hours after commencement of such work.
B. The city electrical department shall not connect or energize any electrical installation coming under the provisions of the electrical code unless it has in possession an inspection application covering the installation to be energized.
C. Inspection applications will be received only by a duly licensed electrical contractor or his agent and must bear his signature, or by a property owner who is doing his own wiring on his own property, or by a maintenance electrician regularly employed for wiring at the place of his employment. Applications from a property owner or maintenance electrician must contain a certification stating that the person making the application is in fact the owner of the property concerned, or is employed as a maintenance electrician for the property owner, and that the installation will be made by him, or in the case of a property owner by a member of his immediate family who resides, or will reside, in the unit to be wired, and whose name shall be given.
D. The inspection fees hereinafter set forth shall be paid for said inspection. If the work is done by an electrical contractor, the contractor shall remit the inspection fee for the owner. If the work is done by the owner, then he shall remit the inspection fee. If the work is done by a maintenance electrician, he shall remit the fee for his employer. (Ord. 564, 7-16-1974)