There is hereby created the office of Electrical Inspector who shall be appointed by the Mayor and approved by a majority of the City Council. The Electrical Inspector shall be of good moral character,
shall have served four years in the trade and shall be versed in the approved methods of electrical construction for safety of life and property and the National Electrical Code.
(A) The Electrical Inspector, who for the purpose of this chapter shall be known as the Electrical Inspector, and hereinafter referred to as such, shall have the duty and is hereby authorized, empowered,
and directed to regulate and determine the placing of electric wires or other appliances for electric lights,
heat or power in the city, and to cause all such wires, appliances, or apparatus to be placed, constructed, and guarded as not to cause fires or accidents, endangering life or property, and to be constructed as to keep to a minimum the loss or waste of electric current.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Electrical Inspector to enforce all provisions of this chapter and he is hereby granted the authority to enter all buildings in the city in the performance of his duties at any reasonable hour.
(C) It shall be the duty of the Electrical Inspector to inspect and/or test all electrical work and equipment of apparatus for compliance with the code whenever electric wiring, appliances or apparatus shall be defective or hazardous through improper manufacture of improper or insufficient insulation or for any other reason, he shall at once cause the removal of such defect or defects, at the expense of the owners of such wiring, appliance or apparatus.
(Ord. 40, passed 4-28-70)