Moraga Municipal Code § I Ordinance No. 45 (CA)

Division 76 of the Town Ordinance Code is repealed, amended and re-enacted to adopt the 1978 National Electrical Code, to read:

DIVISION 76 UNIFORM ELECTRICAL CODE

CHAPTER 76-2 GENERAL

Article 76-2.2 General

76-2.202 Title and purpose.(a) This Division shall be known as the Electrical Code of Contra Costa County.

(b) The purpose of this division is the practical safe-guarding of persons and property, and of buildings and their contents, from hazards arising from the use of electricity for light, heat, power, radio, television, signaling, and other purposes.

76-2.204 Operative date. (a) This Division becomes operative on and after July 20, 1979.

(b) Any electrical work, for which a permit was obtained before the effective date in subsection (a) may be installed and completed in accordance with the laws and regulations in effect when the permit was issued.

Article 76-2.4 Definitions.

76-2.402 General.(a) The language used in this Division and the National Electrical Code (included herein by reference) is intended to convey the common meaning accepted by and familiar to the electrical industry.

(b) Unless otherwise specially provided, or required by the context, the following terms have the indicated meanings in this Division.

76-2.404 Inspector. "Inspector", or "Electrical Inspector" means the Chief Building Inspector or Principal Electrical Inspector, or duly authorized deputy building inspector of this county.

76-2.406 Approved. "Approved" means acceptable to the Principal Electrical Inspector.

76-2.408 One Family Dwelling Unit. "One family dwelling unit" means a detached building containing only one dwelling unit, having provision for sanitation, cooking electrically or otherwise, and designed exclusively for occupancy by one family.

76-2.410 Electrical Equipment. "Electrical equipment" means any conductors, fittings, wires, wiring, connections, appliances, devices, materials, and apparatus, used for or in connection with the transmission and use of electricity for light, heat, signaling, and other purposes including radio television not using matching transformers or blocking devices.

76-2.416 Electrical Work. "Electrical work", when used without any class designation or other expressed limitation, means the installation, construction, erection, connection, maintenance, alteration, and repair of any and all electrical equipment; and the term shall be broadly construed to include also the electrical equipment with respect to which the work is connected and the term is used.

76-2.418 Concealed Equipment. "Concealed equipment" means electrical equipment rendered inaccessible by the structure or finish of the building.

76-2.420 Exposed Equipment. "Exposed equipment" means electrical equipment not rendered inaccessible by the structure or finish of the building. Open wiring within basements or under floors rendered accessible by means of doors or openings shall be considered as "exposed equipment".

Article 76-2.6 Scope of Application, Exception.

76-2.602 General. Except as otherwise provided herein, this division applies to all electrical equipment and electrical work within or on public and private buildings and other premises, including yards, parking lots, carnivals, industrial substations, conductors connecting installations to a supply of electricity, and other outside conductors adjacent to the premises including TV antenna systems for single family, commercial, community, and franchised systems.

76-2.604 Moved buildings. All electrical equipment and electrical work existing in buildings moved in or into the unincorporated area of the County shall comply with the requirements of this Division.

76-2.606 Existing electrical work. Except as provided in Section 72-2.604, this division does not require any electrical work regulated by this division to be changed, reconstructed, removed or demolished, if it was installed before the effective date of this division and in accordance with any laws or regulations in effect at the time of its installation, unless it is dangerous to life, health, or property, in the electrical inspector's judgment.

76-2.608 Public utilities. This Division does not apply to any electrical work performed by any electrical, telephone, telegraph, railroad, or street railroad corporation (as defined in the Public Utilities Code) on or with electrical equipment owned, or controlled and operated, or used by such corporation in the exercise of its function as a public utility, or to any other work which any such corporation may be entitled to perform under the constitution or any law of the State of California.

Article 76-2.7 State Codes and Orders, Adoption and Application

76-2.702 Part 3, Title 24, C.A.C., Adoption.

(a) Part 3 (Basic Electrical Regulations) of Title 24 (State Building Standards) of the California Administrative Code (24 C.A.C. E90—0 ff), including future amendments thereto, is adopted by this reference as a part of this Ordinance Code as though fully set forth herein.

(b) Three copies of Part 3 are on file in the office of the clerk of the board, and the other requirements of Government Code Section 50022.6 have been and shall be complied with.

76-2.704 Subchapter 5, title 8, c.a.c., adoption.

(a) Subchapter 5 (Electrical Safety Orders) of Chapter 4 (Division of Industrial Safety) of Title 8 (Industrial Relations) of the California Administrative Code (8 C.A.C. 2300 ff), including high and low voltage and future amendments thereto, is adopted by this reference as part of this Ordinance Code as though fully set forth herein.

(b) Three copies of Subchapter 5 are on file in the office of the clerk of the board, and the other requirements of Government Code Section 50022.6 have been and shall be complied with.

76-2.706 Subchapter 5, Title 8, C.A.C., Application to Industry. Electrical work in industrial structures or construction shall comply with Part 3 of Title 24 and with Subchapter 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 8 of the California Administrative Code (see Sections 76-2.702 and 76-2.704) rather than with the corresponding provisions of this Division 76. Electrical work in or on buildings subject to regulation by the California Division of Industrial Safety shall comply with the regulations in these portions of the California Administrative Code when they are more restrictive than the corresponding requirements of this division.

76-2.708 Chapters 3 and 5, Title 25, C.A.C., Adoption.

(a) The electrical requirements of Chapter 3 (Factory Built Housing) and Chapter 5 (Mobilehome Parks, Special occupancy Trailer Parks and Campgrounds) of Title 25 (Housing and Community Development) of the California Administrative Code (25 C.A.C. 3000 ff and 5000 ff), including future amendments thereto, adopted by this reference as a part of this Ordinance Code as though fully set forth herein.

(b) Three copies of Chapters 3 and 5 are on file in the office of the Clerk of the Board, and the other requirements of Government Code Section 50022.6 have been and shall be complied with.

76-2.710 Chapters 3 and 5, Title 25, C.A.C., Application.Electrical work in mobilehome parks and campgrounds shall comply with Chapter 5 of Title 25 of the California Administrative Code (see, § 76-2.708).

76-2.712 P.U.C. General Orders 95 and 128, Adoption.

(a) General Order 95 (Rules for Overhead Electric Line Construction) and General Order 128 (Rules for Construction of Underground Electric Supply Systems) of the California Public Utilities Commission, including future amendments thereto, are adopted by this reference as a part of this Ordinance Code as though fully set forth herein.

(b) Three copies of P.U.C. General Orders 95 and 128 are on file in the office of the clerk of the board and the other requirements of Government Code Section 50022.6 have been and shall be complied with.

76-2.714 P.U.C. General Orders 95 and 128, Application Overhead and Underground.

(a) Electrical work which is outdoors, and on poles or on the outside of buildings, shall comply with California Public Utilities Commission General Order 95 (see § 76-2.712).

(b) Electrical work which is outdoors and underground shall comply with General Order 128 (see § 76-2.712).

76-2.716 P.U.C., generally. Facilities installed by utilities subject to the jurisdiction of the California Public Utilities Commission shall be installed pursuant to the rules, regulations, and orders of that commission. This division shall not apply to any such facilities except as it relates to utility facilities located in buildings, in which instance, vaults, conduits, pull boxes or other enclosures shall be installed in compliance with this division.

76-2.718 High Voltage Safety Orders, Adoption.

(a) The High Voltage Safety Orders of the Division of Industrial Safety of the California Department of Industrial Relations, including future amendments thereto, are adopted by this reference as a part of this Ordinance Code as though fully set forth herein.

(b) Three copies of the High Voltage Safety Orders are on file in the office of the clerk of the board, and the other requirements of Government Code Section 50022.6 have been and shall be complied with.

Article 76-2.8 Enforcement

76-2.802 Inspector. The principal electrical inspector, in the building inspection department shall enforce this division.

76-2.804 Exceptions Allowable The principal electrical inspector may, for good cause or when the public interest requires, allow exception from this division's requirements.

Article 76-2.10 General Requirements

76-2.1002 General Safety. All electrical work shall be performed, and electrical equipment shall be constructed, installed, protected, operated, repaired, used and maintained, in accordance with the requirements of this division and in such manner as to be reasonably safe and free from risk of accident or injury to person or property, by fire, shock, or otherwise. No person shall act contrary to this general regulation or neglect to act as required hereby.

76-2.1004 Approved Equipment.

(a) When obtainable, equipment that a qualified testing laboratory has examined, listed or labeled as conforming to applicable standards shall be used in preference to others.

(b) Listing or labeling conforming to the Standards of the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., the United States Bureau of Standards, the United States Bureau of Mines, or other similar institutions of recognized standing shall be prima facie evidence of conformity with the requirements of Section 76-2.1002. The maker's name, trademark or other identification symbol shall be placed on all electrical equipment used or installed under this division.

(c) Old or used electrical equipment shall not be used in any work under this Division without the specific approval of the electrical inspector.

76-2.1010 Furnaces and Basements. A light outlet shall be placed to illuminate the front of every furnace or heating boiler. One light outlet shall be located in basement space to illuminate the basement stairway, controlled by a switch at the basement entrance. For dwelling type occupancy see 1978 NEC 210-26(a).

76-2.1012 Boat Docks. Whether open or roofed, lighting shall be provided to insure sufficient protective lighting (at least 0.2 foot candles at all points) for pedestrians on the docks, within covered berths, and on all walkways or ramps to shore and to the nearest access road within or adjacent to the harbor property.

76-2.1014 Public Nuisance Lighting. Lighting fixtures shall be so installed, controlled or directed that the light will not glare or be blinding to pedestrians or vehicular traffic or on adjoining property.

76-2.1016 Floating Structures.

(a) Application. This Section applies to electrical, equipment installed within or on floating homes, offices, repair shops, and to the conductors that connect floating structures supply of electricity. Wherever requirements of the National Electrical Code and this Section differ, the requirements of this section shall apply.

(b) General. A wiring system nominally rated 115/230 volts, 3-wire AC, with grounded neutral shall be used.

(c) Branch circuits, etc. Branch circuits, feeders and calculations, shall correspond to requirements for a single unit of a multi-family dwelling and comply with the National Electrical Code Articles Nos. 210 through 215, 220 and 555.

(d) Services. Service equipment shall be placed ashore, and shall comply with this division in all applicable respects.

(e) Feeders. Power supply from dock or shore to floating structures shall be cord, Type S-SO or ST, installed in compliance with the National Electrical Code Article No. 400 with one green conductor in the cord for grounding only, in addition to the neutral conductor.

(f) Overcurrent protection. Individual cord overcurrent protection shall not exceed 400 amperes. Cords shall be fitted with an approved separable connector at the shore end and direct-connected at the vessel distribution panel. Portable cords or liquid-tight flexible metal conduit shall be supported with corrosion resistant mesh type strain relief device at the vessel and shore terminations.

(g) Grounding. The neutral terminal block of the floating structures' distribution panel shall not be grounded to the structure's metal parts. The grounding conductor or conductors of the supply cord or cords shall be terminated on a grounding bus in the distribution panel. The hull, if metal, and electrical equipment, metallic piping, exposed metal structural members, metal railing, ladders, etc., shall be effectively bonded to the ground bus. If the hull is built of material other than metal, a ground electrode of corrosion-resistant metal shall be so located as to be in contact with the water and be connected with number 6 AWG copper wire to the ground bus. The electrode shall be of bronze or brass and not smaller than three-fourth inch diameter and eighteen inches in length.

(h) Wiring methods. Installation in wood frame construction may be in accordance with the National Electrical Code Article No. 336 "Non-metallic Sheathed Cable" except that exposed cable will not be permitted.

The following methods are acceptable for all types of construction:

National Electrical Code Article No. 330 -

Mineral Insulated Metal Sheathed Cable.

National Electrical Code Article No. 345 -

Intermediate Metal Conduit.

National Electrical Code Article No. 346 -

Rigid Metal Galvanized Conduit.

National Electrical Code Article No. 347 -

Concealed Rigid Non-Metallic Conduit.

National Electrical Code Article No. 348 -

Electrical (Galvanized) Metallic Tubing.

National Electrical Code Article No. 351 -

Liquid-tight Flexible Metal Conduit.

CHAPTER 76-4 INSPECTIONS

Article 76-4.2 New Work.

76-4.202 Inspection. All electrical systems shall be inspected by the electrical inspector, to insure compliance with this division. No person shall conceal electrical work until it is inspected and written approval to proceed is given.

76-4.204 Correction Notice. If the inspector condemns any electrical work as not in accordance with this division, he shall give written notice to the person engaged in the work. Within ten days after this notice or within any reasonable further time that the inspector may prescribe, the person doing the work shall change or remove the work or equipment as the inspector may require to make it comply fully with this division.

76-4.206 Other Violations.

(a) No person shall cover electrical work, or allow it to be covered, to prevent or hinder its inspection, or remove any notice not to cover placed by the inspector.

(b) No person shall supply current to an electrical installation or current-consuming device until a certificate of inspection and approval has been issued.

76-4.208 Notice to Inspect. The person doing electrical work authorized by the permit shall notify the electrical inspector, orally or in writing, that the work is ready for inspection and meets the requirements of this division. The notice shall be given not less then one working day before the work is to be inspected.

76-4.210 Types completed before Inspection.Before the electric wiring in any building is installed, inspected, approved, or deemed ready for inspection:

(1) All gas, steam, water, sewer, furnace, and other piping and tubing, which are to be located in any portion of the building in which any of the wiring is located, shall be installed and in place;

(2) The building shall be roofed; and

(3) Wherever any of the wiring is to be concealed, all lathing strips, furring, bridging, backing and headers shall be in place. Thermal insulation shall not be installed until all electrical rough wiring is approved.

76-4.212 Time of Service.

(a) On alteration jobs requiring a change of service, the service shall be changed and inspected at the frame or rough wiring state.

(b) On swimming pool jobs requiring a change of service, the service shall be changed and completed prior to the approval for pouring or cementing of the pool or steel inspection of the pool cavity.

76-4.214 No change after Inspection.

(a) After any electrical work has been inspected and approved, no person shall damage or interfere with it without due authority, not (whether working under authority of the original or of any new permit) in any manner change or alter it without reporting such change or alteration to the electrical inspector for reinspection.

(b) After electric work in, on, or about any building has been inspected and approved, no person shall place any sheet metal, pipe, or other metal work within five inches of any electrical conductor or cable or concealed system of wiring, or within two inches of any so-called open wiring, without having been authorized so to do by the electrical inspector and then only when such conductors are protected as may be prescribed by the inspector.

Article 76-4.4 Existing Work

76-4.402 Generally. The inspector is empowered to inspect all electrical equipment and work not exempted by Section 76-2.608. When the inspector finds any electrical equipment to be dangerous or unsafe, he shall so notify the person owning, using or operating it, who shall make the repairs or changes required to make the equipment sate and complete this work within ten days after notice or such further time as the inspector may set. Any electrical system deemed an immediate, eminent hazard to life and property shall be de-energized immediately by the owner, his representative or the electrical inspector.

CHAPTER 76-6 CONNECTIONS

Article 76-6.2 Connections to Installations.

76-6.202 Inspector's Approval Required. No person shall connect a source of electrical energy, or supply electric service, to any electrical equipment for the installation of which a permit is required without first obtaining the electrical inspector's certificate of approval.

76-6.204 Unlawful Reconnections. No person shall connect a source of electrical energy, or supply electric service, to any electrical equipment which the electrical inspector has disconnected or ordered disconnected until he issues a certificate of approval, authorizing its reconnection and use. The electrical inspector shall notify the serving utility of the order to discontinue use.

76-6.206 Power Companies Notify Inspector.

(a) Notice. Whenever, in, on, or about any building, any person engaged in the distribution or sale of electrical energy shall set, reset, install or reinstall any meter for the measurement of electrical energy, or connect or reconnect, to or supply or service any installation of electrical equipment, or change the nominal voltage of supply or service to any installation of electrical equipment, or shall change any such supply or service from two-wire to three-wire or vice versa, or from single phase to polyphase or vice versa, or from direct current to alternating current or vice versa, that person shall within two days thereafter, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, give written notice therefor to the electrical inspector, specifying the location and address of the installation affected.

(b) 30 day Exception. This notice need not be given for work expressly approved by the electrical inspector within thirty days after inspection approval.

(c) Authorization Required. No person engaged in the distribution or sale of electrical energy shall connect his distribution system, or any live supply or service conductor(s) therefrom, to any electrical equipment, in on, or about any building, or cause or allow any energizing of such connections until the electrical inspector inspects the electrical equipment and authorizes such connections.

(d) Waiver. The principal electrical inspector may, at his discretion, temporarily or permanently waive any or all requirements of this article by giving written notice of such waiver to all persons involved. He may likewise at any time revoke such waiver by similar notice.

76-6.208 Unlawful wiring, electric fences, warning.

(a) Prohibition. Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall construct or maintain any spring gun, or any electric wiring device, designed or intended to injure and/or shock animals or persons, or any contrivance or apparatus for such purpose.

(b) Livestock Exception. Persons principally engaged in the business of handling livestock as a primary means of production or income, may electrify fences to control or confine livestock upon complying with all the following requirements.

(1) Any contrivance or mechanism to control electrical current in such fences shall be listed by a recognized testing laboratory, and shall include a suitable interrupting device and such other safety devices to prevent dangerous currents getting on the fence at any time.

(2) Any electrical fence to which the public may have access, except cross fences to confine and control livestock, shall be posted with a warning notice containing the following or similar wording: "DANGER ELECTRIC FENCE" or "DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE". This notice shall be posted along any such main fence at intervals of not more than four hundred feet, and in letters at least one inch high.

Article 76-6.4 Temporary Construction Power and Temporary Connections

76-6.402 Required Conditions.

(a) Temporary electrical construction power and lighting installations may be permitted during the period of construction, remodeling, maintenance, repair, or demolition of buildings, structures or similar activities. Temporary electrical power will be de-energized and discontinued when the permanent electrical system is approved by the inspector and ready to energize (see Article 76-6.2). Use of any permanent electrical equipment or distribution system for temporary construction power utilization is not permitted (see NEC Article 305 and Section 210-b for wiring of construction sites).

(b) The inspector may allow the temporary use of electrical current through any electrical equipment, subject to the restrictions herein.

(d) The inspector shall not allow such use for longer than reasonably necessary to fully comply with this division, and he may fix this time period when he grants the allowance, which shall not exceed thirty days.

(e) The inspector may allow such use before installation of fixtures and finish, if:

(1) A permit has been obtained;

(2) Range and appliance circuit receptacles, etc. are in place;

(3) Panel cover trims are in place on all service and distribution panels; and

(4) Fuses or breakers are installed only on needed circuits, are in place.

CHAPTER 76-8 PERMITS

Article 76-8.2 General

76-8.202 Required. No person shall install electrical equipment regulated by this division without having a separate valid unstopped permit therefor for each affected building, structure, or premises except as otherwise allowed in this chapter.

76-8.204 Inspector Issues. The electrical inspector shall issue permits only pursuant to this chapter.

76-8.206 Permit Only to Contractor or Owner.

(a) A permit shall be issued only to a person holding a valid, unexpired, unrevoked California electrical contractor's license except as otherwise provided in this section.

(b) A permit may be issued for work in a one family dwelling unit used exclusively for living purposes, including the usual accessory buildings and quarters, if the permittee is the bona fide owner of the structures occupied by or designed to be occupied by the owner; in which case the owner himself shall perform all work under the permit.

Article 76-8.4 Application for Permit

76-8.402 Application. Every applicant for a permit shall apply the forms furnished by the electrical inspector.

76-8.404 Required Information. Every application shall contain the address, a use, occupancy, or purpose of the building structure or premises where the proposed electrical work is to be done, the names and addresses of the owner and of the electrical contractor if any, a complete description of the proposed work, and other information that the electrical inspector may consider necessary.

76-8.406 Issuance. If on examination and investigation, the electrical inspection finds that the proposed work will conform to this division and that all fees have been paid, he shall issue a permit to the applicant.

76-8.408 Late Application, Penalty, Emergencies.

(a) Every person who begins electrical work without first applying for and obtaining the permit(s) required therefor, shall so apply as soon as practicable. If he unreasonably delays in applying, he shall pay a triple permit fee(s) and remains subject to other penalties and enforcement procedures of this code.

(b) Emergencies. The triple fee(s) shall not be imposed when the principal electrical inspector is satisfied that the work was urgently necessary and that prior application was not practicable.

76-8.410 Annual Permits.

(a) Allowed. Instead of a separate permit for each building, structure, premises, installation or alteration, an annual permit may be issued to any person regularly employing one or more electricians for electrical work on premises owned or occupied by the applicant for the permit.

(b) Form. The application shell be made on forms furnished by the electrical inspector. All annual permits expire at the end of the calendar year in which issued.

(c) Reports. In the first fifteen days of each calendar month, the permittee shall report to the electrical inspector on all electrical work done under the annual permit during the preceding month.

CHAPTER 76-10 FEES

Article 76-10.2 General

76-10.202 Fee Required. No permit for electrical work is valid unless the fee(s) therefor has been paid or provided for as required in this division. Fees are due, and shall be paid or provided for by the applicant, before any electrical work (requiring a permit hereunder) is started and the permit therefore issued.

76-10.204 Cash Payment. Unless the applicant chooses the alternative bond method in Section 76-10.206, he shall pay to and/or deposit with the electrical inspector for each permit when issued, the sum the inspector estimates is required to cover the fee(s) for the electrical work to be done.

76-10.206 Deposit or Bond.

(a) Bond Alternative. Instead of advance payment of individual fees, an applicant may (except when paying only unit fees) furnish a bond of two thousand dollars to cover permit fees accrued and unpaid. The bond shell be renewed periodically before expiration, as needed. At the beginning of each month the inspector shall calculate the amount of the permit fees for inspections completed and send a billing thereof or to the permittee. If the permittee fails to pay the amount within thirty days after invoice, the bond is forfeited and the fees arc in default. If the permittee does work during any one month in excess of two thousand dollars, or requiring the issuance of over one hundred fifty permits, he shall, within five days of notice thereof:

(1) Pay the total amount billed; or

(2) Secure an additional bond sufficient to cover all work done but with a minimum additional face amount of one thousand dollars effective immediately and continuing for the life of the original two thousand dollar bond and having the same expiration date.

(b) Enforcement. If the permittee fails to pay the amount billed, unpaid fees are then immediately in default and permits issued thereon are void, and from then on he shall be issued permits only on an individual and cash basis, and all active applications in his current deposit shall be converted to the individual basis.

76-10.208 Estimating Deposits.

(a) Applicant Estimates. The application shall furnish, to the inspector, applicant's work unit breakdown and estimate of fee deposit amount plus $5.00 based thereon for the following types of electrical work:

(1) Commercial or industrial;

(2) Signs; and

(3) Miscellaneous electrical work for retail businesses, offices, residences and for alterations not requiring building permits.

(b) Inspector Estimates. The inspector shall estimate fee deposit amounts plus $5.00 for the following types of electrical work:

(1) Retail buildings, offices, residences, one, two, and multi-family dwelling units, hotels, motels, mobile trailers, boat harbors, boat docks and marinas, and

(2) Alterations and additions.

76-10.210 Minimum Deposit and Fee.

(a) The minimum deposit in any case is twenty dollars ..... $20.

(b) Alterations and Additions. The minimum fee including filing fee) for any permit for alterations and/or additions or for any one installation of wiring, or appliance is six dollars ..... $ 6.

76-10.212 Refunds. After final inspection and approval of electrical work, inspector shall refund to the permittee any balance of the deposit or advance payment over the required fee(s) as finally calculated.

76-10.214 Uncompleted Work, Old Work Fees. If electrical work is left incomplete, the inspector shall bill the permittee, or other person responsible therefor, for the fees for the work actually done. The person completing the work shall obtain a new permit.

Article 76-10.4 Unit Fees

76-10.402 New Dwellings. Each electrical permit for a new one or two-family dwelling unit or a multi-family dwelling unit, not including provisions listed in Section 76-10.416, the permit fee is a six dollar filing fee plus one dollar and fifty cents per one hundred square feet or fraction thereof including ..... $ 6.

carports or garages ..... $ 1.50

76-10.404 Swimming Pool. The fees (including the six dollar fee) for swimming pools but excluding installation of yard lighting or change of electrical service) are ten dollars for the electrical grounding, bonding, and connection of underwater lighting units, and a twelve dollar unit fee for electrical wiring connections of underwater lighting units, meters, panels branch and feeder circuits ..... $10.

connected to an existing wiring system ..... $12.

76-10.406 Storable Swimming Pools, Hot Tubs and Decorative Fountains. The fee (including the six dollar filing fee but excluding installation of yard lighting or change of electrical service) is a sixteen dollar unit fee for electrical connections of motors, panels, branch and feeder circuits connected to an existing wiring system for above and below grade storable swimming pools, therapeutic hot tubs, decorative fountains, construction of wood, plastic, fiberglass, metal or similar materials ..... $16.

76-10.408 Temporary Power Poles. The fee for a temporary power or construction use only, is a unit fee of six dollars including filing fee. Permanent Power Pole services are classed as other permanent services under Sections 76-10.604(c)(10) and 76-10.606(b)(2). ..... $ 6.

76-10.410 Restore Service. The fee for a permit to restore electric utility service (shut off because of vacancy, fire or official act) is a unit fee of twelve dollars (including electrical, heating and plumbing inspections and minor repairs, but excluding fees for required major corrections per Sections 76-10.604 and 76-10.606) ..... $12.

76-10.412 Air Conditioning. The fee (including the six dollar filing fee) for the electrical and mechanical inspections for an addition of a Central A/C cooling and/or heating system, to an existing dwelling is a unit fee of eighteen dollars for each dwelling unit, connected to an existing electrical system, including a change of the electrical service ..... $18.

76-10.414 Investigation with Report. Every investigation requiring a report is chargeable as a unit fee of forty-five dollars (FHA—VA) ..... $45.

76-10.416 Low Voltage; Protective, Security, Signal and Communication Circuits. The unit fee for a permit for proprietary remote control, signaling, power limited, fire protective system, security system, communication and sound circuits including circuits less than fifty volts installed in commercial, industrial locations or multi-family dwelling units including filing fees for 1 to 15 units ..... $18.

additional units over 15 - each unit ..... $ .30

76-10.418 Mobilehome and Trailer Parks. The fee for a permit for installation of electrical power and/or lighting system construction, remodeling, maintenance, repair or other activities shall be as scheduled in California Administrative Code (CAC) Title 25, Chapter 5. Items not included in the CAC schedule shall be as required in Articles 76-10.4 and 76-10.6.

76-10.420 Solar Heating and/or Cooling System Installations. The unit fee for one and two-family dwelling units (including the six dollar filing fee and change of electrical service) for the electrical and mechanical inspections required are eighteen dollars for each dwelling, for electrical connections of motors, panels, branch and feeder circuits, transformers, low voltage circuits energized from a new or existing wiring system ..... $18.

76-10.422 Dwelling Unit Landscape Lawn Watering Systems. The unit fee (including the six dollar filing fee) for the electrical and mechanical inspections of a lawn sprinkler system for a detached one or two-family dwelling (duplex) is a unit fee for each dwelling unit of twelve dollars with electrical circuits connected to an existing system (but excluding any change of electrical service) ..... $12.

76-10.424 Temporary Open Air Sales Lots and Decorative Lighting. Installation of electrical wiring required for electric service equipment, festoon and flood lighting outlets, switches, photo-cell control, time clocks, receptacles, branch circuits, etc., for temporary open air sales lots and/or decorative lighting is a unit fee of twenty-five dollars including the six dollar filing fee. Electric power for such uses shall be for a period to not exceed ninety days) ..... $25.

76-10.426 Electric Signs and Outline Lighting. Inspection of electric wiring and equipment associated with illuminated advertising or identification signs end outline lighting located at one address or subdivided space for the same tenant or owner shall be a unit fee of fifteen dollars (including the six dollar filing fee) for the first illuminated sign ..... $15.

and five dollars for each additional illuminated sign ..... $5.

76-10.428 Addition and Alteration to Dwelling Units. The fee (including the six dollar filing fee) for electrical inspection in conjunction with a building permit for an addition to an existing dwelling unit is a unit fee of fifteen dollars for the first twenty-five thousand dollars of valuation, plus eighteen cents for each one hundred dollars of the value over the first twenty-five thousand dollars for each dwelling unit as follows:

(a) Value up to $25,000 ..... $15.

(b) Each $100 or major fraction thereof is an additional ..... $ .18

Article 76-10.6 Fee Schedule

76-10.602 General. In addition to the other general and special fees, penalties, deposits, and bonds, provided for in this division, and unless otherwise specially provided, the following fees shall be charged and paid for the indicated items of electrical work.

76-10.604 Commercial or Industrial. Fees for commercial or industrial work (including retail stores, offices, motels, mobile trailers, boat harbors, boat docks and marinas) are as follows:

(a) Filing Fee. The filing fee for a permit is ..... $6.

(b) Alterations. Fees for inspection of alterations in existing wiring, panels, and/or services shall be computed on the same basis as for new work.

(1) Branch circuit or feeder ..... $1.

(2) Outlet:

(A) Attached light fixtures ..... .25

(B) Plug receptacle or convenience outlet under 1250 watts ..... .25

(D) Wall switch or similar for control of lighting or devices under 1250 watts ..... .25

(E) Under 1250 watts, for lighting, heating power signaling, attaching bell transformer, or for other purpose for which no other fees are herein specifically provided ..... .25

(F) Multiples, including attached receptacles, where installed not more than twenty-four inches apart, where more than 20 such outlets are involved, except signs:

Minimum charge ..... 5.00

For such installation, plus up to 50 lights ..... 2.00

Over 50 lights, each ..... .05

(3) Fixtures:

Basic fee on first 12 fixtures ..... 2.00

Each additional fixture ..... .25

Additional filing fee when installation is by another person than installer of rough wiring ..... 6.00

(4) Rough Wiring for appliances (plus connection fee per Item 9):

Heater-bathroom, air ..... .30

Range ..... 1.00

Built-in range ..... 1.00

Built-in oven ..... 1.00

Dryer ..... 1.50

Water heater ..... 1.00

Fan ceiling exhaust ..... .50

Furnace, forced warm air fan ..... .50

Garbage disposal ..... 1.00

Dishwasher ..... 1.00

(5) Rough wiring for KW/Power rated devices:

Appliances and all commercial and heavy duty heating

installation rated in KVA or KW:

per KVA or KW ..... .30

(6) Rough wiring for power-rated devices:

Appliances and all commercial and heavy duty motor

installations rated in HP: per HP ..... .30

(Up to $40. maximum, plus fee per Item (9)) ..... 40.00

(7) Rough wiring for generators, transformers, rectifiers, and similar apparatus and machines, including controls: per KVA ..... .30

(Up to $40. maximum charge for any one unit plus fee per Item(9)) ..... 40.00

(8) Rough wiring for motor generator sets, balancer sets, dynamometers, and converters, including controls, 150 percent of motor fees per Item (6).

(9) Reconnection of replacement of existing apparatus of appliances (not relocated) listed in Items (4) through (8): one half of listed fees plus filing fee.

(10) Services: Change of Service ..... 2.00

(A) Meter 1.00

(B) Service Equipment (new or change: $40. maximum for any one service):

Over 600 volts:

First 200 KVA ..... 10.00

Over 200 KVA ..... 40.00

600 Volts or less:

First 100 ampere capacity ..... 1.00

Each additional 100 ampere capacity ..... 1.00

(11) Motion picture machine, including operating motor ..... 1.50

(12) Radio transmitters, per watt of station rating (up to $15 maximum) ..... .05

(13) Elevators, electric, including power wiring and controls ..... 15.00

(14) Tube lighting for illumination, for each 100 watts of capacity ..... .25

(15) Signs:

(A) Connection to building supply wiring (including control) ..... 2.00

(B) Transformers-outline lighting per transformer ..... .50

All over first 20 lamps, per lamp ..... .05

All over first 2 transformers, per transformer ..... .50

(D) Painted sign illuminated by bracket reflector lamps, each ..... 1.50

(E) Flasher or automatic control device ..... 1.00

(16) Miscellaneous machinery or apparatus, where or KVA or KW or HP rating is not possible, and for special inspections or testings per man-hour or fraction spent in inspection including:

(A) Swimming Pool Continuity and Ground Resistance Testing

(B) Ground Fault Interrupter Testing Including filing fee (per hour) ..... 22.00

(Note: a $50 deposit required prior to inspection or testing)

(17) Maintenance electricians; for each annual maintenance electrician permit issued (in addition to all other fees herein provided, which shall be paid when any work done under annual permit is inspected) ..... 10.00

(18) Bus duct, per lineal foot ..... .10

(19) Services (plus $2 for each change of service) ..... 2.00

(A) Meter ..... 1.00

(B) Service equipment (new or change; $40 maximum)

Over 600 Volts:

First 200 KVA ..... 15.00

Over 200 KVA ..... 35.00

600 Volts or Less:

First 100 ampere capacity ..... 1.00

Each additional 100 ampere capacity ..... 1.00

76-10.606 Dwelling Units (One, Two and Multi-family).

(a) Filing Fee. The filing fee for a permit for electrical alteration work relating to dwelling units ..... 6.00

(b) Additionally, the following fees apply to each item of work unless otherwise indicated:

(1) Circuit, each installed ..... 1.25

(2) Services (plus $2 for each change of service) ..... 2.00

(A) Meter ..... 1.00

(B) Service equipment (new or change: $40 maximum) 600 Volts or Less:

First 100 ampere capacity ..... 1.00

Each additional 100 ampere capacity ..... 1.00

(3) Where rough wiring, fixtures, and appliances are installed by one electrical contractor, a separate fixture fee will be charged and computed as follows:

Charges are listed in subsections (a) and (b)(1), plus basic fixture fee which includes the first twelve fixtures ..... 2.00

Each additional fixture ..... .25

(4) Where fixtures are installed by others:

Filing fee ..... 6.00

First twelve fixtures ..... 2.00

Each additional fixture ..... .25

(5) Miscellaneous machinery or apparatus, where KVA or KW or HP rating is not possible, and for special inspections or testings per man-hour or fraction spent in inspection including:

(A) Swimming Pool Continuity and Ground Resistance Testing ..... 22.00

(B) Ground Fault Interrupter Testing Including filing fee (per hour) ..... 22.00

(Note: A $50 deposit required prior to inspection or testing.)

76-10.608 TV Antenna Systems.The filing fee for a permit for television antenna systems is as follows:

(1) Commercial or community system, including multi-family dwelling units or condominiums ($2 minimum):

(A) Main trunk feeder ..... 2.00

(B) Branch house, or single occupancy served ..... .25

(D) Booster power supply ..... .25

(E) TV outlet ..... .20

(2) One-family dwelling unit complete system on the same property:

(A) Minimum fee includes all outlets ..... 1.50

(B) Boosters for remote towers ..... .25

(3) Tower over forty feet in height from base requires building permit.

76-10.610 Landscape Lawn watering system. A permit for the installation of electrically controlled automatic lawn sprinkler systems including AC and DC circuits of less than one hundred ten volts energized from a new or existing electrical system, with fees as follows:

(1) Commercial, industrial, multi-family, dwelling units, parkways, golf course, etc., filing fee ..... 6.00

(2) Electrical Service - each ..... 1.00

(3) Electric Meter - each ..... 1.00

(4) Branch and Feeder circuits - each ..... 1.25

(5) Control Station solenoid zone circuits - each ..... 1.25

CHAPTER 76-12 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE

Article 76-12.2 Adoption and Application

76-12.202 Adoption.

(a) The 1978 edition of the national electrical code (published by the national fire protection association) with the changes, additions, and deletions set forth in article 76-12.4 below, is hereby adopted by this reference as though fully set forth herein.

(b) Three copies of the 1978 National Electrical Code as amended are on file in the office of the clerk of the board, and the other requirements of Government Code Section 50022.6 have been and shall be complied with.

76-12.204 Application. The requirements of the 1978 National Electrical Code (as modified in Article 76-12.4) apply to all things regulated by this division in addition to this division's other requirements.

Article 76-12.4 Modifications

76-12.042 General Terminology. The 1978 National Electrical Code, as adopted by Section 76-12.202, is applicable as modified in this article. Article and section numbers used are those of the National Electrical Code; "NEC" refers to the National Electrical Code, and "NFPA" refers to the National Fire Protection Association.

76-12.404 1978 National Electrical Code Modifications. The 1978 National Electrical Code shall be modified as follows:

"Article 210 Branch Circuits

210-8 Ground-Fault Circuit Protection.

(a) Dwelling Units. (Addition) Exception No. 1: Ground fault circuit interrupters need not be provided on receptacles located in a garage, provided such outlets are single receptacles, located directly adjacent to the appliance, installed to serve specific fixed or stationary appliances and not intended for hand held portable appliances or tools.

(b) Construction Sites (Deletion) Exception No. 2: Not in effect.

"210-19 Minimum Ampacity and Size.

(b) Household Ranges and Cooking Appliances (Amendment) Branch-circuit conductors supplying household ranges, wall-mounted ovens, counter-mounted cooking units, and other household cooking appliances shall have an ampacity not less than the maximum load to be served. The minimum ampacity of branch circuit conductors shall not be less than 50 amperes for free-standing electric ranges, 40 amperes for single and double wall-mounted ovens or counter-mounted cooking units.

(c) Household Electric Clothes Dryers. (Addition) The minimum ampacity of conductors supplying electric clothes dryers shall be not less than 40 amperes at 60°C conductor temperature rating.

(d) Conductor Ampacities (Addition) Conductor ampacities rated at 100 ampere and less shall be sized using the 60°C (140°F) temperature column (table 310—16) for circuits supplying clothes dryers, air conditioners and central electric furnaces, located in dwelling occupancies.

"210-25 Receptacle Outlets Required.

(b) Dwelling Unit (Addition) Counter top spaces installed in rooms other than kitchen and dining areas, receptacle outlets shall be installed at each counter space as required and approved for the use of hand held appliances. For a one-family dwelling, at least one receptacle outlet shall be installed outdoors located in the patio area.

"210-26 Lighting Outlets Required. (Amendment and Addition)

Lighting Outlets shall be installed where specified in (a) and (c) below.

(a) Dwelling Unit(s). At least one wall switch controlled lighting outlet shall be installed in every habitable room; in bathrooms, hallways, stairways, attached garages, at each outdoor entrance, and adjacent to mechanical equipment requiring servicing. At least one lighting outlet shall be installed in an attic, underfloor space, utility room and basement only where these spaces are used for storage. Exception No. 1: In habitable rooms, other than kitchens, one or more duplex receptacles controlled by a wall switch, one half switched, the other half energized at all times, shall be permitted in lieu of lighting fixture outlets.

(c) Industrial and Commercial Occupancies. (Addition) Outdoor lighting outlets for illumination shall be installed at entrances to buildings intended for industrial or commercial occupancies.

"Article 230 Services

"230-28 Service Masts as Supports (Addition)

The outer or upper end of the overhead service conduit shall not overhang or project horizontally mere than eighteen inches (18″) beyond the last point at which the conduit is supported and fastened.

In cases where it is necessary to obtain the required height for support of the service drops by extending the service conduit above the roof of a building, only rigid ferrous metal conduit shall be used for this purpose and shall not be smaller than one and one-fourth inches (1 ¼″) trade size, nor extended more than thirty inches (30″) beyond the last support. Non-ferrous metal conduit shall not be smaller than two inches (2″) trade size.

The service head shall be located on that portion of the building served which is facing the serving line or not more than eighteen inches (18″) back of that wall.

"230-43 Wiring Methods for 600 Volts or Less (Above ground services).

(Amendment)

Service entrance conductors extending along the exterior, entering or within buildings or structures shall be installed in rigid metal conduit, intermediate metal conduit, cablebus or as busways.

"230-98 Available Short-Circuit Current (Addition)

Prior to issuance of an electrical permit to install electrical service equipment for multi-family dwellings, commercial and industrial occupancies the owner, engineer or contractor shall present short circuit values available at the service equipment supply terminals verified in writing by the Serving Agency.

"Article 250 - Grounding

"250-60 Frames of Ranges and Clothes Dryers (Deletion)

Not in effect.

"250-61 Use of Grounded Circuit Conductor for Grounding Equipment.

Exception No. 1: (Deletion) Not in effect.

"250-112 To Grounding Electrode (Addition)

The point of attachment shall be accessible in an approved location. (Water Heater, Exterior hose bib, etc.)

"Article 336 Non-Metallic - Sheathed Cable

"336-3(c) Uses not permitted for either type NM or NMC (Addition)

(9)Feeder or branch circuit wiring in commercial and industrial occupancies unless concealed by the permanent finish of the buildings in wood frame construction.

"Article 370 Outlet, Switch and Junction Boxes

"370-7 Conductors entering boxes or fittings (Addition)

(e) Fire separation wood stud walls between "I" (R-3) and "J" (M-1) occupancies.

(1) Outlet boxes installed in these walls shall be metal, non-metallic (rigid pressed fiberglass type) or approved equal boxes. Gypsum board shall be installed to fire protect both sides of wood stud walls.

(2) Outlet boxes shall be staggered at least one stud space with a fire block over each outlet with 2″ minimum sized wood.

(3) Outlet openings shall not exceed sixteen (16) square inches in size and be effectively sealed.

"Article 384 Switchboards and Panelboards

"384-16 Overcurrent Protection (Addition)

(a) The maximum loading of a 125 ampere bused main panelboard without a main service disconnect, the combined circuit ampacity shall not exceed 130 amperes with not more than two main circuit breakers or sets of fuses.

"Article 422 Appliances.

"422-8 Flexible Cords

Flexible cord shall be permitted: (1) for connection of appliances to facilitate their frequent interchange or to prevent the transmission of noise or vibration; or (2) to facilitate the removal or disconnection of appliances, that are fastened in place, for maintenance or repair, much as clothes dryers, garage door openers, food blenders, and central vacuum systems intended for dwelling unit use (refer to 422-22 (a), (c), and (d).

"Article 430 Motor Circuits, Controllers.

"430-31 General (Addition)

Any motor automatically started and stopped, rated over one eighth horsepower, shall be protected with external running overload, over current relay devices or time delay fuses in each ungrounded conductor.

"Article 700 - Emergency Systems

"76-12.406 NEC § 700-1. "Scope" is amended to read: The provisions of this article apply to the installation, operation and maintenance of circuits, systems and equipment intended to supply illumination and power in the event of failure of the normal supply, or in the event of accident to elements of a system supplying power and illumination essential for safety to life and property, where such systems or circuits are legally required by county, state, federal or other codes, or by any other governmental agency having jurisdiction.

"Except there this or other codes establish a higher requirement, a separate circuit or circuits, wired as required by (NEC) Article 700, shall be provided for the emergency lighting and power as specified in NFPA Life Safety Code No. 101-1973 and the Uniform Building Code 1973 Edition."