1321.06 REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.

   Registration. No person shall install, maintain, alter or repair for others, or engage in the business of installing, maintaining, altering or repairing, within the jurisdiction of the City, any electrical installation, wiring, device, apparatus or equipment unless such person is registered with the City as an electrical contractor, as may be provided elsewhere by City ordinance.
(Ord. 2005- 35. Passed 12-5-05.)   

1321.07 REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT EXEMPTIONS.

   The requirement of Section 1321.06 shall not be applicable to the following:

   (a)    All work involved in the repairing and maintenance of elevators, dumb-waiters and escalators,

   (b)    Work covered in this Code performed by the property owner himself upon his own single-family residence. Such owner/occupant, in applying for a permit, shall sign a statement that all work will be performed by himself. This exemption does not exempt any work from any other requirements of this Code.

   (c)    Normal operation and maintenance in manufacturing or industrial plants provided that this exception shall not cover new and permanent installations of electrical wiring as a part of the construction of new buildings or reconstruction of existing buildings involving a change in occupancy.

   (d)   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.

      (Ord. 1994-42. Passed 11-7-94; ORd. 2005-35. Passed 12-5-05.)

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.)

1321.09 PERMIT APPLICATION.

   Applications for permits shall be filed in writing with the Division on a form furnished for that purpose and shall be signed by the applicant. The application shall give the correct site of the work and describe in detail the work to be performed, with such other information as may be required by the Division. (Ord. 1968-55. Passed 11-18-68.)

1321.10 PLANS REQUIRED.

   The Director may require that applications be accompanied by drawings and specifications which shall be in detail sufficient to enable the Division to determine that the proposed work will be in conformity with the provisions of this Code. Drawings and specifications shall become a part of the application.

(Ord. 1968-55. Passed 11-18-68.)

1321.11 ISSUANCE OF PERMIT .

   The Director, upon determining that the proposed work complies with this Code, and upon receipt of the appropriate fee, shall issue the permit. The Division shall also furnish the applicant with a card, to be posted at the work site, indicating that the permit has been issued. (Ord. 1968-55. Passed 11-18-68.)

1321.12 TEMPORARY PERMIT; FEE.

   (a)   The Division of Building Standards may grant a temporary permit for a limited period of time for the installation or use of temporary electric service and/or wire for emergency or construction purposes, which may not conform with the regulations of this Code. All such electric wiring and equipment shall be isolated from the public by proper elevation, clearance and guarding, and all other current devices and disconnects shall be installed in approved locations and enclosures. The person for whom such wiring is installed shall be directly responsible for maintaining the safe condition of the installation at all times, and for its complete removal at the end of the fixed temporary period, as set by the Division of Building Standards, or at any time sooner when ordered by the Division of Building Standards. Carnivals, circuses, exhibitions and places of temporary outdoor assembly are included in the provision of this section, and all electric wiring and equipment associated therewith shall be installed, maintained and operated in a safe and workmanlike manner. Cable laid on the ground in areas traversed by the public shall be buried or protected by approved covering.

   (b)   The fee for a temporary permit shall be determined by the Division of Building Standards in accordance with the Schedule of Fees set forth in Chapter 1349.

(Ord. 1994-26. Passed 6-20-94.)