Rancho Cordova Municipal Code Ch. 16.28 Electrical Code

This chapter shall be known and cited as the Rancho Cordova electrical code. The purpose of the Rancho Cordova electrical code is to provide minimum electrical system standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property, and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, installation, and quality of materials.

(Ord. 17-2025, 11/17/2025)

The 2025 California Electrical Code (excluding all Appendices), Part 3, Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations (hereinafter referred to as the "State Code"), incorporating the National Electrical Code, 2023 Edition (excluding all Appendices), published by the National Fire Protection Association, and any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference herein. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter and Chapter 16.02 RCMC, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the City of Rancho Cordova.

(Ord. 17-2025, 11/17/2025)

Notwithstanding the provisions of RCMC § 16.28.030, the State Code is amended as follows:

A. Article 230.28(C) and (D) are added to read as follows:

230.28(C) Service entrance or load centers located in walls or partitions. When overhead service entrance conductors are installed in walls or partitions, they shall be enclosed in Rigid Metallic Conduit (RMC) or Intermediate Metallic Conduit of 1 1/2 inch minimum trade size.

230.28(D) Service entrance method of attachment. No new or replacement overhead service drop shall be attached to the structure. The service mast shall be used as the support and shall be of minimum 1 1/2" Rigid Metallic Conduit (RMC) or Intermediate Metallic Conduit (IMC).

B. Article 230.70(D) is added to read as follows:

230.70(D) Ten foot limit for service raceway. Service entrance conductors shall not extend inside any building for more than ten feet to reach the disconnect or overcurrent protection device except when under a concrete floor. Special permission of SMUD and the Authority Having Jurisdiction must be obtained to increase this distance. (Reference SMUD Regulations).

C. Article 300.5(L) is added to read as follows:

300.5(L) Depth requirement. All underground service entrance raceways shall be buried a minimum of 30 inches below grade (35" near the SMUD service box) unless located below a concrete building slab, in which case, the depth may be reduced to 12 inches below grade. (Reference SMUD Regulations).

(Ord. 17-2025, 11/17/2025)