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ORDINANCE Repealing Article 6 and Re-Enacting Article 6 of Chapter 5 of Title VII of the San Leandro Municipal Code, Electrical - General Provisions (provides for minor clerical edits)
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The City Council of the City of San Leandro does ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Article 6 of Chapter 5 of Title VII of the San Leandro Municipal Code is hereby repealed.
Section 2. Article 6 is hereby re-enacted and made a part of Chapter 5 of Title VII of the San Leandro Municipal Code, to read as follows:
"ARTICLE 6. ELECTRICAL - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 7-5-600: PERMIT REQUIRED. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, public utility or other entity to construct, install, alter, or repair, or knowingly to allow any other person to construct, install, alter, or repair any electrical wiring or equipment in the City of San Leandro contrary to the provisions of this Chapter, or without having first obtained a permit therefore from the Building Official of said City, except as hereinafter provided.
Section 7-5-605: APPLICATION FOR PERMIT. All applications for permits for the installation, alteration and use of electrical materials and equipment shall be in such form as shall be prescribed and provided by the Building Official. The application for each such permit shall contain the name of the owner or user of the electrical wiring or equipment to be installed, altered or changed, the location of such work by correct address, and the name and address of the person, firm or corporation performing said work. Detailed plans, diagrams and specifications may be required in addition to the application, when such information is deemed necessary by the Building Official.
Section 7-5-635: EMERGENCY WORK. A permit shall not be required prior to performance of work regulated by this Article when such work is necessary because of an emergency requiring the immediate performance of such work for the protection of life or property, provided that the party performing such work shall notify the Building Official of the performance of said work within twenty-four (24) hours thereafter, and shall obtain a permit therefore pursuant to the provisions of this Article.
Section 7-5-640: APPLICATION TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. The provisions of Section 7-5-600 shall not apply to any electrical work performed by any electrical corporation, telephone corporation, railroad corporation or other public utility on or with electrical equipment owned or controlled or operated or used by or for the exclusive benefit of such corporation, in the conduct of its business as a public utility, or to any other work by such corporation, the performance of which is exempt under the Constitution of any law of the State of California from payment of any municipal tax. All other provisions of this Chapter shall apply, if applicable, to all electrical work performed by such public utility corporations. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to allow any such corporation to perform electrical work for the public, or to engage in the business of electrical contracting.
Section 7-5-645: EXEMPTIONS FROM PERMIT REQUIREMENT. An electrical permit shall not be required for the following:
(a) Portable motors or other portable appliances energized by the means of a cord or cable having an attachment plug end to be connected to an approved receptacle when that cord or cable is permitted by the Electrical Code;
(b) Repair or replacement of fixed motors, transformers, or fixed approved appliances of the same type and rating in the same location;
(c) Installation of temporary decorative lighting;
(d) Repair or replacement of current - carrying parts of any switch, contactor or control device;
(e) Reinstallation of attachment plug receptacles, but not the outlets associated therewith;
(f) Repair or replacement of any over current device of the required capacity in the same location;
(g) Repair or replacement of electrodes or transformers of the same size and capacity for signs or gas tube systems;
(i) Removal of electrical wiring;
(j) Installation of temporary wiring for experimental purposes in suitable experimental laboratories;
(k) Installation of wiring for a temporary theater, motion picture or television stage sets;
(l) Installation of electrical wiring, devices, appliances, apparatus, or equipment operating at less than twenty-five (25) volts and not capable of supplying more than fifty (50) watts of energy;
(m) Installation of low-energy power, control and signal circuits of classes II & III as defined in the Electrical Code."
Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of the Ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, invalid, or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or any part hereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause phrase of the Ordinance irrespective of the fact that one or more of them would be declared unconstitutional or invalid. To this end, the provisions of the Ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 4. Effective Date and Publication. This ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 2014, and the title thereof shall be published twice prior to adoption pursuant to California Government Code Section 50022.3. The City Clerk is directed to post a complete copy of this ordinance on the City Council Chamber bulletin board prior to its adoption.
Introduced by Councilmember Cutter and passed and adopted this 21st day of October, 2013, by the following vote:
Members of the Council:
AYES: Councilmembers Cutter, Gregory, Lee, Prola, Reed, Souza; Mayor Cassidy (7)
NOES: None (0)
ABSENT: None (0)