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INTRODUCED AS A BILL BY COUNCILMAN MANN
BY AUTHORITY
ORDINANCE NO. /9 , SERIES OF 1975
A ORDIN ANC E REPEALIN G AND REENACTING CHAPTER 10, TITLE
III, 1969 E.M.C., ENTITLED 'ELECTRICAL CODE', AND ADOPTING
BY REFERENCE THE "NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE", 1975 EDITION,
TO PROVIDE MINIMUM STANDARDS TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH,
WELFARE AND SAFETY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; AND PROVIDIN G PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
NOW, THEREFOR E , BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCil
OF THE CITY OF EN GLEWOOD, COLORADO, as follows:
Section 1.
That Chapter 10, Title III, of the 1969 E.M.C.
is hereby repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
CHAPTER 10
ELECTRICAL CODE
3-10-1 SCOPE OF ELECTRICAL CODE
The pro~isions of this Chapter, known as
the Electrical Code shall apply to the installation
and maintenance of all electrical wiring, materials,
fittings, devices, appliances, fixtures and aparatus,
within or on public and private buildings, structures
and premises.
3-10-2 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1975 EDITION,
ADOPTED
There is hereby adopted by reference thereto,
the "National Electrical Code", 1975 Edition, to-
gether with the appendendices contained
therein, published by the National Fire Protection
Associa tion, 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
022 10, with the same force and effec1 as if the same
were more fully set forth herein, subject to the
exceptions, modifications, and amendments thereto
as hereinafter set forth .
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3-10-3 SPECIFI C MODI FICATIONS TO ADOPTED CODE
The foll owing mo difications are hereby
made in th e provisions of the National Electrical
Co de, 1975 Edition, hereinabove adopted:
1. Pa e 101 o f "'69 E.M.C." All electric w1r1ng
h rcafter insta lled, including additions,
ex tension s or changes in existing wiring,
used for the transmission of electric energy
for light, h ea t or power in or on all
buildings located within the City, shall be
installed by the use of the following mat-
rials, to -wit :
(a ) No n -metallic sheathed cable of approved
type.
(b) Rigid metal conduit.
(c) Electri cal metallic tubing.
(d) Surfac e metal raceway.
(e) Under floJr raceway.
( f) Wireways.
(g) Busways.
It is expressly provided, however, that in
all public, commercial, industrial and mul-
tiple family dwelling buildings, and in
buildings constructed in fire zones numbers
1 and 2, wiring installation shall use only
methods (b) to (g) inclusive; and it is
further expressly provided that all outside
wiring on all building exteriors shall be
done through the use of methods (b), (c) and
(d) only .
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2. Page 10 2 .1 (j ) o f "'69 E.M.C." All over-
current d evic e s shall be of the temper-
resistant t y pe.
3. The installation of aluminum or copper clad
aluminu m conductors, smaller in size than
number two (2), American wire gauge, is pro-
hibited.
4. Aluminum service entrance cable size number
eight (8), American wire gauge, or larger,
may be installed in single appliance branch
circuits e xceeding one hundred fifty (150)
volts.
3-10-4 INSPECTIONS; HIDDEN WORK
When any part of the wiring installation
is to be hidden from view by the permanent
placement of pa Yts of the building, the · per-
son installing the wiring shall notify the
Electrical Inspector, and such parts of the
wiring installation shall not be concealed
until the same have been inspected and
approved. 0 ·1 large installations where the
concealment of parts of the wiring pro-
ceeds continuously, the person installing
the wiring shall give the Inspection Division
due notice, and inspections shall be made
periodically during the progress of the work.
The inspector shall have the power to remove,
or require the removal of, any electrical
wiring or equipment.
3-10-5 UNLAWFUL ACTS
It shall be unlawful for any person to make
any connection from a source of electrical
energy or to supply electric service to any
electric wiring, devices, appliances or
equipment which has been disconnected or
ordered to be discontinued until approval of
the Electrical Inspector has been obtained,
authorizing the reconnection and use of such
wiring devices, appliances or equipment.
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Sec t i on 2.
Copies of the said National Electrical Code
19 7 3 Edit io n, are a v a ilable for inspection at the Office
of t h e Dir e c tor of Fi nance, ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer,
duri n g all regular busi ness hours.
Sec t i on 3.
Any violation of the Electrical Code, 1975 Edition,
from and after the e f f ective date thereof, shall be
punis h ab le by a fi n e not exceeding Three Hundred ($300.00)
Dolla r s , or i mprisonment for a term not exceeding ninety
(90) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Sectio n 4 .
That all ordinances, ~nd parts of ordinances in
conflic t, or inconsist e nt herewith, are hereby expressly
repea led.
I ntroduced, read in full and passed on first
readi ng on the 1 7 th day of March, 1975 .
Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 20th
da y of March, 1975.
Read by t i tle and passed on final reading on the
21st d a y of April, 1975.
Publ i shed by title as Ordinance No.
of 1975 , on the 24th day of April, 1975.
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• ATTEST:
I, Karl Nollenberger, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a true, accurate and complete copy
of the Ordinance, passed on final reading and published
by title as Ordinance No. /9 , Series of 1975.
~~~y Clerk-Treasurer
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