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1464.01 LICENSE REQUIRED; EXCEPTIONS.
   No person shall, for another person, plan, lay out or supervise the installation of wiring, apparatus or equipment for electrical light, heat, power and other purposes, or wire for or install electrical wiring, apparatus or equipment, in the City and in the unincorporated area two miles beyond and adjacent to its corporate boundaries, without having first obtained from the State Electrical Board a valid license of the class or type required by the State Electrical Act and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder, as amended. This section shall not apply to:
   (a)   An employee of a municipal corporation, public power district, public power and irrigation district, electric membership or cooperative association, public utility corporation, railroad, petroleum company, petrochemical company, pipeline company, or telephone or telegraph system, or an employee of an affiliated company performing manufacturing, installation and repair work for such employer, while acting within the scope of his or her employment;
   (b)   The installation, maintenance, repair or alteration of a vertical transportation or passenger conveyor, elevator, moving walk, dumbwaiter, stagelift, manlift or an appurtenance thereto;
   (c)   A person who engages an electrical appliance where approved electrical outlets are already installed;
   (d)   An employee, working for a single employer as part of such employer's full-time staff and not holding himself or herself out to the public for hire, holding a license while acting within the scope of his or her employment;
   (e)   An owner of property who performs work on such property or on farm property which he or she owns, excluding commercial, industrial or public-use buildings; or
   (f)   An electrical contractor, master electrician or journeyman electrician if he or she is the holder of a valid license issued by the City, so long as he or she makes electrical installations only in the jurisdictional limits of the City. The fee for the electrical contractor's license shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year paid by May 1 of each year. A penalty fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) will be charged if the fee is not paid by May 1 of each year. A certificate of liability insurance coverage, covering the electrical contractor in the amounts and containing the terms required by the rules and regulations of the State Electrical Board, shall be furnished to the City before the electrical contractor's license is issued. The fee for a master electricians license shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) per year and the fee for a journeyman electricians license shall be ten dollars ($10.00) per year.
   All apprentice electricians shall register with the State Electrical Division.
(Ord. 1053. Passed 2-26-85.)
1464.02 EMPLOYMENT OF LICENSED ELECTRICIANS.
   All work to be done by the employees of an electrical contractor shall be done either by or under the direction of a licensed electrician as provided by the State Electrical Act.
(Ord. 1053. Passed 2-26-85.)
1464.03 ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
   No person shall make any alteration in or any addition to the existing wiring of any building, or wire any building for the placing of any electrical light, motor, heating device or apparatus requiring the use of electrical current, or make any alteration in the wiring in any building after inspection, without first notifying the City Inspector and obtaining a permit therefor,, except for minor repair work, such as repairing flush and snap switches, replacing fuses, changing lamp sockets and receptacles, taping bare joints and repairing drop cords. This section shall not apply to maintenance and repairs on the premises of a person regularly employing licensed journeyman electricians for that purpose.
(Ord. 1053. Passed 2-26-85.)
1464.04 SUPERVISION OF INSPECTIONS.
   Electrical inspections shall be controlled by and be under the supervision of the City Inspector.
(Ord. 1053. Passed 2-26-85.)
1464.05 RIGHT OF ENTRY OF INSPECTOR.
   The City Inspector, or his or her representative, shall have the right, during reasonable hours, to enter any building in the discharge of his or her official duties, or for the purpose of making any inspection or test of the installation of any electrical wiring, electrical device or electrical material contained therein, and shall have the authority to cause the turning off of any electrical current and to cut or disconnect, in cases of emergency, a wire where such electrical current is dangerous to life or property or may interfere with the work of the Fire Division. No person shall refuse the City Inspector or his or her representative such entry or interfere with such person in the discharge of his or her duties.
(Ord. 1053. Passed 2-26-85.)
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