(A) The City Inspector, or any duly authorized assistant, is hereby empowered to inspect or reinspect all interior wires and apparatus conducting or using electric current for lights, heat or power, and, when the conductors or apparatus are found to be unsafe to life or property, he or she shall notify the person owning, using or operating them to place them in a safe and secure condition within 24 hours,
or within such further time as the City Inspector shall determine is necessary. Any person failing or refusing to repair or remove the conductors or apparatus within 24 hours or within such further time as the City Inspector shall determine is necessary, after receipt of the notice, shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
(B) Whenever any electrical conductor or appliance used for any purpose in or on a building is, in the opinion of the City Inspector, contrary to the provisions of this chapter, he or she shall cause written notice to be served on that person using the conductor or appliance to discontinue the use of the conductor or appliance and to correct the defective conditions, hazards or violations within 48 hours or within ten days, as he or she may decree necessary and, upon failure to conform with the notice, the City Inspector is hereby authorized and directed to cause the electrical service wires supplying the unsafe conductor or appliance to be disconnected or cut off and require the wires to remain cut off until the defects, hazards or violations are remedied; and no person, whether proprietor, agent or employee, whether furnishing or using the conductor or appliance, may again use the conductor or appliance without first obtaining written permission to do so from the City Inspector.
(1998 Code, § 22-170) (Ord. 15-42, passed 12-16-2015)