Publisher's Note: This Section has been AMENDED by new legislation (Ord. 1541, effective 4-22-2024). The text of the amendment will be incorporated below when the ordinance is codified. The person chosen to fill the office of Electrical Inspector shall be a competent, licensed electrician, of good moral character and shall have at least four years’ experience as a journeyman in the practice of his or her trade, or two years’ training in a recognized college of electrical engineering, and in addition thereto two years of practical experience in electrical construction, shall be well versed in approved methods of electrical construction for safety to life and property, and the rules and regulations issued by the city’s Board of Electrical Examiners and Review. He or she shall be familiar with the National Electrical Code, as approved by the National Fire Protection Association, Inc., and other installation and safety rules and standards approved by the 1990 Edition of the National Electrical Code, as approved by the National Fire Protection Association, Inc., and other installation and safety regulations approved by the Reciprocal Electrical Council, Inc., RECI Manual, including technical amendments to the 1990 Edition of the National Electrical Code. The Inspector shall also maintain a file of listed inspected electrical appliance cards issued by or for the Underwriters Laboratories, Incorporated. The Electrical Inspector shall be the electrical inspection authority as described in this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 9-28) (Ord. 597, passed 11-7-1977; Ord. 770, passed 8-27-1984; Ord. 892, passed 7-23-1990)