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Home My WebLink About1106 - Electrical CodeSTATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) SS. COUNTY OF ORANGE ) William Me Schmidt ---- - --- being first • duly sworn and on oath, depose and say that I am the Advertising Mana- ger---------- _ -------- - ----------- -- of the Newport Harbor News Press -DAILY PILOT, a news- paper of general circulation in the City of Newport Beach, County of Orange, State of California, and that City Qrdinance Number_ _1196------- - ........ _....... of which the copy printed hereon is a true and com- plete copy, was printed and published in the regu- lar issue (s) of said newspaper on -------------- - ------------- __--------------- December 22 196 ._..._. - - - - - Subscribed and sworn to before me +his ..22n$...._........ day of .......... _ December ---------------------------- ------------------------------ 196_4...... -- 9 - Notary Pu is i and for the County of Orange, to of California _ My Commission pinrBi- - =xgi--- ission expires — — - STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH ) I, MARGERY SCHROUDER, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California do hereby certify that the foregoing ..... • ...9'rdinanCe No. ..1106.... was duly and regularly adopted, passed and approved by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held at the regular meeting place thereof, on the -- 14th------day, of -- -- -- - - --• JRnuarY..... -- -- - - -- -- 19 65 by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN .. Sgoddard.9..,FoKgit2. co4_, Elder.x.Marshallt. ParSonS NOES: COUNCILMEN ---------- - - - - -- -Nome ABSENT: COUNCILMEN • •• . ••. Gruber.----.•----•----•------------------------------- Dated this ---21st day of ------------------ January 19 65 p...... City Crrk of V City of Newport Beach, State of California i ORDINANCE NO. 1106 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SEC- TION 03M OF. AND ADDING SEC- TIONS 8303 THROUGH 8307 TO, THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE ELECTRICAL CODE The City Council of the City of New- port Beach does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 0302 of the New. Pert Beach Municipal Code is amended to read: "SECTION 8302 Adoption of the Else. trical Code. Newport Beach Ordinenre 0,11-1 THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND FOR THE COLLLECTION OF FEES THEREFOR', and that Trtain document entitled 'State Of California Electrical Safety Orders', effective December 27, 1962, issued by the State of California, Department of Industrial Relations, Division Of Indus. trial Safety. three (3) copies of each of which have been On file and are now on tile for use and examination by the Public in the office OI the City Clerk, are hereby designated and adopted as the Electrical Code of the City of Newport Beach !or the Purpose of regulating electrical In. stallations. and wiring and the use of electrical materials, devices, appliances, fittings, and equipment, requiring car. tificates of competency for Ma a'.e'i- ance Electricians, and Providing for the issuance of Permits and for the collection of fees therefor. laid Elec- trical Code Shall apply to and affect all such work within the City at New. port Beach except Work located Pd- marilY in a Public way, pObbc utili- ty towers and Pales, meth. ^lean e4um ment not specifically regulated in the Electrical Cotle, and hydraulic load control structures." SECTION 2. Section 8303 is added to the Newport Beach MuniciPa! Cape to read: "SECTION 8303. Amendment to ivo ti0n 6 Of Ordinance N0. 981. Section 6- of Ordinance No. 981 is amended to read: SECTION 6 Code. AS used herein. "Code" con- sists Of his to, and antl any amend menu thereto, and that certain Elec- trical entitled "State of California Decem- ber Safety Orders ", effective Late of ber 2r 1962 issued n by the State e. California, Department of industrial adopts, Division of Industrial Safety. adopted by the t1- Council a the Electrical Cape Of the City of Newport Beach.' SECTION 3. Section 8306 to the Newport Beach Municipal Code to read: "SECTION 8304. Amendment is Sec- tion 40 of ce No. 1 a end. Section 40 of Ordinance No. 981 is amended to 'SECTION 40 lure for Approval of Alter - (a) The Electrical Inspector prove any Such alternate if he it the Proposed electrical mater- ice, appliance, fitting or equip- to or better In activeness, fire re. and the Protection and property than the Provisions Of (b) The Electrical Inspector may re- quire that sufficient evidence or proof be Submitted to Substamia'e any claims that may be made regarding any Such Proposed alternate. (c) Evidence that any alternate eleo trical material, device, appliance, fit- ting or equipment is listed or labeled as conforming t0 standards of Under. writers Laboratories Inc., as approved by: 1. The United States Bureau of Mines; or 2. The American Standards AssOCia. tion; or 3. The United States Bureau m Standards; or 4. Any other similar fns•)tutieu of recognized standing, shall be Prima facie evidence of c(n. Dimity with approved standards of safety to life and Property. (d) In every case where no ,Pecific type Or class of material, or n0 speclUc standards of installation, are Prescrib- ed In the Electrical Safety Orde.S or by this Code, Or Where approval of any alternate method or manner of installation is sought, evidence that such type or class of material Pi such alternate method or manner of in- stallatfon i5 acceptable under regula- tions Of the latest editi0n and supple- ments of the National Electrical Code, as approved by the American Stand- ards Association, shall be Prima facie evidence of conformity with approved standards of safety and may be con sidered by the Electrical Inspector In determining whether Such alternate is equivalent to or better than that called for by the Provisions of this Code. (e) The findings Of the Electrical Inspector shall be final unless an ap- Peal is taken therefrom t0 the Board of Electricians.' " SECTION 4. Section 8309 is added to the Newport Beach Municipal Code to read; "SECTION 8305. Amendment to Sec- tion SO of Ordinance No. 981. Section 50 of Ordinance No. 981 is amended to Mid: 'SECTION So Wiring — Table of Groups of Occu- Pancles. (a) Wherever reference is made in this Code to any Occupants or group Of occupancies, the Table of Groups of Occupancies in Section 132 should be consulted. (b) Except as Provided in subsec. tions (c). (d) and (e) hereof, the an. closures for the electrical wiring in- stalled in buildings and Structures shall be electrical metallic tubing (EMT) with expansion type couplings and connector$ Or Approved rigid me- tal conduit, and Shall conform to the requirements Of the fables appearing in Sections 130 and 131. (c) In single-family dwellings and duplexes and their accessories under or In Place rigid ed c ke" con. ed cable may be metallic or are satisfied' 1. No Portion of any such dwelling unit is so located in a building as to be either above or below any Portion of another dwelling unit. 2. Each dwelling unit has a Separate electrical system with the meter lo. cated on the unit site and there is n0 utility interconnection with atl)olning units. 3. Each unit i5 separated from ad- ioining units with a 2 -hour fire resistant wall extending from ground t0 real. This subsection shall not apply to hotels, motels or any other Group H Occupancy except as specifically Pro- le) In buildings under F 2., F3., G and H Occupancies and their ac- cessories, flexible metal conduit may be used In Place Of electrical metallic tubing or rigid metal conduit where the conduit Is enclosed and covered, except in Type One Buildings as de, SECTION S. Section 8306 i5 added to the Newport Beach Municipal Code to read: "SECTION 8306. Addition of Section 50.1 to Ordinance No. 981. Section 50.1 is added to Ordinance No. 981 to read: 'SECTION 5Sh Use to Non-metallic c s ha Cable cable Shat Non - metallic s fire exposed t h e it cable Shall me be used for cable hot shall Nonmetallic skean cable shall not be embedded in masonry, adobe, concrete, fill, Plaster he similar finish. Non - metallic unfinished cable Shan not be used is nor in spaces cel- lars nor Ir basements, nor io under for of buildings without Is In base- ments or our cellars WM1t space IS In excess of tour (4) feet In height, nor for Portable cords.- ' SECTION 6. Section 830] i5 added to the Newport Beach Municipal Code to read: "SECTION '830r. Repeal of Section M of Ordinance No. 901. Section 52 of Or. dinance No. 981 is repealed." SECTION 7. This ordinance shall be Published once in the official newspaper of the City, and the Same shall be at. fective 30 days after the daft of its adoption. This ordinance was Introduced at a regular meeting Of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 23rd day of November, 1964, and was adopted on the 14th day of December, 1964, by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Stoddard, Foralt. Cook, Elder, Marshall, Parsons NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: Gruber PAUL J. GRUBER Mayor (SEAL) ATTEST: MARGERY SCHROUDER City Clerk Published Newport Harbor News - Press, Newport Beach, Calif., December 22. 1964 1642-64