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TECHNICAL REGULATIONS
(A)
There is hereby adopted for and by the city an electrical code known as the National Electrical Code (NEC), 2023 edition with appendices and amendments thereto, passed and recommended by the National Fire Protection Association and approved by the American National Standards Institute, which code is published in book form and which is referred to, incorporated in this section and made a part of this section for all purposes. A copy of such code is filed of record in the office of the City Secretary. Such code is hereby adopted as the minimum standard for the installation of all electrical wiring, devices and equipment in the city, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter. Adoption of subsequent amendments, supplement or new edition(s) is automatic upon publication by American National Standards Institute.
(B) In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Electrical Code and the provisions of this Code, state law or city ordinances, rules or regulations, the provisions of this Code, state law or city ordinances, rules or regulations shall prevail and be controlling.
(1998 Code, § 22-201) (Ord. 93-52, passed 9-22-1993; Ord. 93-55, passed 9-22-1993; Ord. 96-21, passed 8-7-1996; Ord. 98-1, passed 1-7-1998; Ord. 01-65, passed 1-17-2002; Ord. 02-31, passed 7-17-2002; Ord. 07-48, passed 12-19-2007; Ord. 15-42, passed 12-16-2015; Ord. 2023-37, passed 11-1-2023)
Approved metallic and non-metallic raceways (such as rigid conduit or steel tubing), underfloor cast-in-place raceways, no armored cable shall be used for any wiring to conduct current for light, heat or power in the wiring of all new buildings and in all old buildings or additions to buildings within the fire limits of the city, as they are now or may hereafter be established, and in masonry apartment houses,
churches, schools, hotels, theaters and commercial buildings within the limits of the city; provided, however, that:
(A) There shall be installed in all frame or veneer apartment houses continuous grounding conductors;
(B) Where there is existing wiring which is not in metallic raceways and not readily exposed to mechanical injury and which otherwise conforms with the Electrical Code of the city, existing wiring may be continued in service during its safe and useful lifetime; and
(1998 Code, § 22-202) (Ord. 01-65, passed 1-17-2002)
(C) EMT conduit shall not be installed outdoors.
(Ord. 15-42, passed 12-16-2015)
(A) The service conduit and wires leading from the outside of the customer’s building to the meter cabinet and main line switch are to be supplied, owned and controlled by the property owner, but the installation of service drops and the connection of these wires to the supply lines is to be made by the electric public service company owning and operating the supply lines.
(B) No service wire of a size smaller than 101 AMP Rating will be allowed between the point where the service drops of the power company terminate on the owner’s premises and the main line entrance switch, and such wire shall be enclosed in rigid metal or schedule 40 polyvinyl chloride (PVC) conduit.
(C) Not less than three feet of each conductor shall be left at the service head for connection to the service wire from the public service company service drop, with the neutral marked with white tape.
(1998 Code, § 22-203) (Ord. 01-65, passed 1-17-2002) Penalty, see § 10.99
The owner must provide a location for brackets or other point of attachments to the building to which the service wires are to be connected. The location shall be not more than 18 inches from the service conduit outlet. On residences of two stories or more, the location shall be as high as is practical on the building, but in no event shall it be more than 25 feet or less than ten feet from the ground. In the business district, where the service is fed from alley construction, the location should be at the ceiling of the first floor, if not less than 12-1/2 feet from the ground. The location for the service bracket must be on the building at a point nearest to or most accessible to the supply lines of the electric public service company.
(1998 Code, § 22-204) (Ord. 01-65, passed 1-17-2002; Ord. 15-42, passed 12-16-2015)
The service outlets shall be no more than 25 feet and no less than 12-1/2 feet from the ground and must be located so as not to be within reach from any porch or stair landing, and shall be located so as to afford direct unobstructed space for stringing the service drops from the service outlet to the electric public service company’s mains.
(1998 Code, § 22-205) (Ord. 15-42, passed 12-16-2015)
(A) The service entrance conduit shall not be smaller than one and one-fourth inches and shall be protected from corrosion by the galvanized process or by schedule 40 polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Steel tubing or EMT will not be permitted for use as service conduit.
(B) The service entrance conduit of residences, apartments and combination residences and commercial or industrial establishments may be run exposed on the outside of the building from the point where the conduit contacts the service drops of the electric public service company to the meter of the electric public service company.
(1998 Code, § 22-206) (Ord. 01-65, passed 1-17-2002; Ord. 15-42, passed 12-16-2015)
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