Cypress Municipal Code Art. II Permits

No electrical equipment shall be installed within or on any building structure premises, publicly or privately owned, nor shall any alteration or addition be made in any such existing equipment without first securing a permit therefor from the building official except as follows:

Minor repair work, such as the replacement of lamps or the repair and connection of portable electrical equipment to suitable permanently installed receptacles.

(Ord. No. 1034, § I, 10-28-02)

Permits may be issued only to a person, firm or corporation licensed by the State of California in the classification authorized to perform the work and subject to the conditions and limitations of such classification, or to a person, firm, or corporation qualifying under section 8-7, or to an owner qualifying under section 8-8.

(Ord. No. 1034, § I, 10-28-02)

Applications for electrical permits, describing the work to be done, shall be made in writing to the building official. The application shall be accompanied by such plans complete with calculations of load for service, feeders and branch circuits as may be necessary to determine whether the installations as described will be in conformity with the requirements of the sections in this code pertaining to electricity. If it shall be found that the installation as described will conform to all legal requirements and if the applicant has complied with the provisions of the sections in this code pertaining to electricity, a permit for such installation may be issued upon receipt of fees therefor, except as prescribed in section 8-13. No deviation may be made from the installation described in the permit without the written approval of the building official.

(Ord. No. 1034, § I, 10-28-02)

In lieu of an individual permit for each installation or alteration, a monthly permit may, upon application therefor, be issued to any person, firm or corporation regularly employing one or more qualified electricians for the installation, alteration and maintenance of electrical equipment in or on buildings or premises owned or occupied by the applicant for the permit. The application for this permit shall be made in writing to the building official and shall contain a description of the premises on which the work is to be done under the permit.

(a) Within not more than 15 days following the end of each calendar month, the person, firm or corporation to which a monthly permit is issued shall transmit to the building official a report of all electrical work which has been done under the permit during the preceding month.

(b) The person, firm or corporation to which a monthly permit is issued shall keep a record of all electrical equipment installed under said permit, and the building official shall have access to such records.

(Ord. No. 1034, § I, 10-28-02)

Any permit required by the sections of this code pertaining to electricity may be issued to an owner to do any work regulated by the sections of this code pertaining to electricity in a single-family dwelling used exclusively for living purposes, including the usual accessory buildings and quarters in connection with such buildings; provided that such person is the bona fide owner of any such dwelling and accessory buildings and quarters; that the same are occupied by or designed to be occupied by said owner; and the said owner is determined by the building official to be qualified and shall personally perform all labor in connection therewith.

(Ord. No. 1034, § I, 10-28-02)

Failure to obtain a permit and pay fees therefor before commencing work shall be deemed evidence of violation of the provisions of this code. The amount of the permit fee shall be doubled for work commenced before a permit is issued.

(Ord. No. 1034, § I, 10-28-02)

A permit granted to one person, firm or corporation shall not authorize any other person, firm or corporation, except an employee of the permittee, to do any electric wiring.

(Ord. No. 1034, § I, 10-28-02)

When, in the opinion of the building official, special conditions warrant, a temporary working permit may be used to allow the permittee to commence the installation of electrical wiring prior to obtaining a regular electrical permit; however, the working permit shall be replaced by a regular electrical permit before the complete rough inspection will be made.

(Ord. No. 1034, § I, 10-28-02)

Every permit shall expire and become null and void for any one or more of the following reasons:

(1) Whenever the electric wiring authorized by said permit is not commenced within 180 days from the date of issuance of such permit.

(2) Whenever the electric wiring authorized by a permit has been suspended, abandoned or discontinued for a continuous period of 180 days.

(3) Whenever the electric wiring done during any continuous period of 180 days amounts to less than 10% of the total of the work authorized by such permit.

(Ord. No. 1034, § I, 10-28-02)

The building official may suspend or revoke any electrical permit for any of the following reasons:

(1) If any reason is found to exist which would have been cause for denial of such permit.

(2) If any material misrepresentation or falsity is found in the application upon which said permit was issued.

(3) For failure of permittee to comply with the provisions of the electrical code after due notice of corrections and the time limit therefore has expired, or for failure of permittee to comply with other codes of this jurisdiction that may be related to, or pertaining to, the electrical code.

(Ord. No. 1034, § I, 10-28-02)

The fees which shall be paid to the building official shall be determined and set forth by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. No. 1034, § I, 10-28-02)

The building official shall collect such fees as are provided to be paid by this code. In the event that any person has obtained a permit hereunder and no portion of the work of construction covered by such permit has been commenced, such permittee shall be entitled to a refund of 80% of the fee paid for such permit in excess of $5 upon presentation of a written request therefore.

(Ord. No. 1034, § I, 10-28-02)