1321.08 PERMIT REQUIRED.
(a) No person shall install, maintain, alter or repair any electrical installation, wiring device, appliance or equipment unless such person shall first obtain a permit from the Division, or unless the work involved is specifically exempted by this Code. However any work hereby exempt from the requirements of a permit shall not be exempt from inspection or any requirements of this Code.
(b) A permit shall not be required for the following work unless done as a part of new construction, additions, alterations or repairs for which a building permit has been issued by the Division.
(1) Five or less single outlets for general lighting only, fire alarm stations, burglar alarm devices or communication devices, to be installed or replaced in any building or structure within a ninety-day period when such outlets and/or fixtures have been added to or replaced in existing approved wiring.
(2) Normal maintenance or repair to existing electrical installation done by a property owner himself upon his own single-family residence.
(3) Normal operation and maintenance of a manufacturing or industrial plant, or other institution maintaining an electrical staff, not including permanent installation of electrical wiring done as a part of the construction of a new building or the reconstruction of an existing building involving a change in occupancy.
(4) Any electrical work for which a permit has been issued by the State of Ohio or other political subdivision having jurisdiction.
(c) A permit shall not be required for electrical connections and branch circuits for the installation or replacement of electric hot water heaters, electric baseboard panels, electric furnaces, electric heat pumps, dishwashers, air conditioners, combustion type furnace power supplies, electric automatic washers, electric dryers, or similar appliances in existing one, two, or three family residences when the installation is done under permit by a licensed plumbing contractor or heating and ventilating contractor; or the electrical connection for the replacement of these appliances in all other occupancies when the replacement is being done under permit by a licensed plumbing contractor or heating and ventilating contractor.
(d) A permit shall not be required for the installation of a burglar alarm, burglar alarm system, fire alarm, fire alarm system, telephone or telephone communication system installed in a one, two or three family residential building.
(e) In case of emergency the Director may grant a temporary waiver of the above requirements to permit the immediate commencement of electrical work to alleviate a hazardous condition. (Ord. 1994-42. Passed 11-7-94.)