Chino Municipal Code Ch. 15.28 Electrical Code

There is adopted by reference the 2025 California Electrical Code, with errata, incorporating the 2023 National Electrical Code. That certain document, three copies of which are on file with the city of Chino, being designated and marked as the California Electrical Code, 2025 Edition, as copyrighted 2023 by the National Fire Protection Association, is adopted as the Electric Code of the city of Chino for regulating the installation, maintenance and repair of electrical wiring and equipment within the city and prescribing standards of inspection and requirements therefor; and each and all such regulations are referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as though fully set out in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2025-007, § 2, 2025.)

All permits shall be paid as set forth by Resolution of the City Council.

(Ord. No. 2025-007, § 2, 2025.)

Article 590 of the California Electrical Code is amended as follows:

590 Temporary electrical power and lighting installations.

a. During the Period of Construction. Temporary electrical power and lighting installations shall be permitted during the period of construction, remodeling, maintenance, repair, or demolition of buildings, structures, equipment, or similar activities.

b. 80 Days. Temporary electrical power and lighting installations shall be permitted for a period not to exceed eighty days, between November 1 and January 19, for decorative lighting and similar purposes.

c. Emergencies and Tests. Temporary electrical power and lighting installations shall be permitted during emergencies and for tests, experiments, and developmental work.

d. Removal. Temporary wiring shall be removed immediately upon completion of construction or purpose for which the wiring was installed.

(Ord. No. 2025-007, § 2, 2025.)

The following provision is added to the California Electrical Code:

Each single-family occupancy and each occupancy of a multifamily, Group R occupancy shall have installed therein a separate coaxial cable wiring system consisting of at least two outlet boxes, coaxial cable, junction boxes, and other necessary fixtures for the supply of Community Antenna Television (C.A.T.V.). The wiring system shall be installed such that a C.A.T.V. supply can be connected in the general vicinity of telephone service connections and said wiring system shall be installed in conformance with Article 820 of the California Electrical Code, 2025 Edition. The outlet boxes shall be located in the dwelling to the satisfaction of the building official so as to make best future use of the C.A.T.V. system.

(Ord. No. 2025-007, § 2, 2025.)