(A) Title.
(1) This Code shall be known as the “National Electrical Code”, may be so cited, and will be referred to in this chapter as this Code.
(2) The administration and enforcement of this subchapter shall be the duty of the Building Official who is hereby authorized to take such action as may be reasonably necessary to enforce the purposes of this Code. Such persons may be appointed and authorized as assistants or agent of such administrative authority as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Code.
(B) Scope. The provisions of this Code shall apply to govern electrical work as defined in this Code, including the practice, materials, and fixtures used in all new installations, electrical conductors, fittings, devices, and fixtures for light, heat, and power service equipment and all equipment used for power supply to radio and television receiving systems and amateur radio transmission systems and buildings and structures; and all alterations and or extensions to existing wiring systems and within or adjacent to any building or other structure or conveyance or on any premises within the city limits of the city.
(C) Exceptions. No electrical work pertaining to light, heat, or power, or other purposes, shall be installed nor shall an alteration or an extension of an existing electrical system be made until a permit has been issued therefor as required in this Code except as herein specifically provided.
(D) Public service agencies. The provisions of this Code shall not apply to installations for electric supply or communication agencies in the generation, transmission, or distribution of electricity or the operation of signals or the transmission of intelligence or located within or on buildings or premises used exclusively by such agency or on public thoroughfares.
(E) Railway utilities. The provisions of the Code shall not apply to the installations or equipment employed by a railway utility in the exercise of its functions as a public carrier, located outdoors or in buildings used exclusively for that purpose.
(F) Radio and television transmitting stations. The provisions of the basic code shall not apply to electrical equipment used for radio or television transmission, except the equipment and wiring for power supply and the installation of radio or television towers and antennas, whether erected on buildings or on the ground.
(G) Definitions. The following terms, as defined herein, and as used in the Code are as follows (other terms are defined in Article 100 of the National Electrical Code, as adopted):
BUILDING SERVICE EQUIPMENT. The mechanical, electrical, and elevator equipment, including piping, wiring, fixtures, and other accessories, which provide sanitation, lighting, heating, ventilating, firefighting, and transportation facilities essential for the habitable occupancy of the building or structure for its designated use and occupancy.
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. All installations of electrical conductors, fittings, devices, and fixtures within or on public and private buildings.
ELECTRICAL SERVICE EQUIPMENT. The equipment located at point of entrance off supply conductors to a building which constitutes the main control of supply and means of cut-off of electricity, including circuit-breaker switches, fuses, and electrical accessories.
(Prior Code, § 4-1-2)