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Chapter 8 — BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES›Article V — ELECTRICAL CODE

Santa Ana Municipal Code § 8-961 Reserved

Santa Ana Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Santa Ana

Cite as: Santa Ana Municipal Code § 8-961 · Text as of 2026-10-04

Secs. 8-800—8-802. - Reserved.

Sec. 8-803. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-803 in its entirety. Former § 8-803 amended Section 90-1(a) of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978.

Exceptions & meaning →

Sec. 8-804. - Reserved.

Sec. 8-805. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1811, § 17, adopted Nov. 18, 1985, repealed § 8-805, which amended Section 90-2(a) of the electrical code. Former § 8-805 was derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978.

Exceptions & meaning →

Secs. 8-806—8-814. - Reserved.

Sec. 8-815. - Conductors (Section 110.5).

Section 110.5 of the California Electrical Code is amended by adding a sentence to read as follows:

All sections of this California Electrical Code allowing the use of aluminum conductors are subject to the limitation that no aluminum conductor smaller than No. 4 AWG shall be used.

(Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, 6-27-78; Ord. No. NS-2273, § 37, 12-18-95; Ord. No. NS-2522, §§ 59, 60, 2-3-03; Ord. No. NS-2760, § 43, 12-3-07; Ord. No. NS-2810, § 42, 11-15-10)

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Secs. 8-816—8-820. - Reserved.

Sec. 8-821. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-821 in its entirety. Former § 8-821 amended Section 210-1 of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978.

Exceptions & meaning →

Sec. 8-822. - Reserved.

Sec. 8-823. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-823 in its entirety. Former § 8-823 amended Section 210-19(c) of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978.

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Secs. 8-824—8-827. - Reserved

Sec. 8-828. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-828 in its entirety. Former § 8-828 amended Section 210-52(f) of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978; Ord. No. NS-1579, § 3, adopted Apr. 20, 1981; and Ord. No. NS-1811, § 18, adopted Nov. 18, 1985.

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Sec. 8-829. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-829 in its entirety. Former § 8-829 amended Section 210-70(a) of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978; Ord. No. NS-1579, § 4, adopted Apr. 20, 1981; and Ord. No. NS-1811, § 19, adopted Nov. 18, 1985.

Exceptions & meaning →

Sec. 8-830. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-830 in its entirety. Former § 8-830 amended Section 210-70 of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1903, § 5, adopted June 1, 1987.

Exceptions & meaning →

Secs. 8-831—8-837. - Reserved

Sec. 8-838. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-838 in its entirety. Former § 8-838 amended Section 215-2(a) of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1811, § 20, adopted Nov. 18, 1985.

Exceptions & meaning →

Sec. 8-839. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-839 in its entirety. Former § 8-839 amended Article 215 of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978.

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Secs. 8-840—8-842. - Reserved

Sec. 8-843. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-843 in its entirety. Former § 8-843 amended Section 220-4 of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978; Ord. No. NS-1579, § 4, adopted Apr. 20, 1981; and Ord. No. NS-1903, § 6, adopted June 1, 1987.

Exceptions & meaning →

Secs. 8-844—8-853. - Reserved

Sec. 8-854. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-854 in its entirety. Former § 8-854 amended Section 230-43 of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978, and Ord. No. NS-1903, § 7, adopted June 1, 1987.

Exceptions & meaning →

Sec. 8-855. - Reserved

Sec. 8-856. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-856 in its entirety. Former § 8-856 amended Section 230-71 of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978.

Exceptions & meaning →

Secs. 8-857—8-861. - Reserved

Sec. 8-862. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-862 in its entirety. Former § 8-862 amended Section 250-81 of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1811, § 21, adopted Nov. 18, 1985, and Ord. No. NS-1903, § 8, adopted June 1, 1987.

Exceptions & meaning →

Sec. 8-863. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-863 in its entirety. Former § 8-863 amended Section 250-83 of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978, and Ord. No. NS-1811, § 22, adopted Nov. 18, 1985.

Exceptions & meaning →

Secs. 8-864—8-866. - Reserved

Sec. 8-867. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-867 in its entirety. Former § 8-867 amended Section 250-115 of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978.

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Secs. 8-868—8-911. - Reserved

Sec. 8-912. - Wiring Methods.

Section 230.43 of the California Electrical Code is amended to read as follows:

230.43 Wiring Methods for 1000 Volts, Nominal, or Less. Service entrance conductors shall be installed in accordance with the applicable requirements of this Code covering the type of wiring method used and shall be limited to the following methods:

(1) Open wiring on insulators

(2) Type IGS cable

(3) Rigid metal conduit (RMC)

(4) Intermediate metal conduit (IMC)

(5) Wireways

(6) Busways

(7) Auxiliary gutters

(8) Rigid polyvinyl chloride conduit (PVC)

(9) Cablebus

(10) High density polyethylene conduit (HDPE)

(11) Nonmetallic underground conduit with conductors (NUCC)

(12) Reinforced thermosetting resin conduit (RTRC)

(Ord. No. NS-2905, § 11, 12-6-16)

Exceptions & meaning →

Sec. 8-913. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-913 in its entirety. Former § 8-913 amended Section 300-13(b) of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978.

Exceptions & meaning →

Secs. 8-914, 8-915. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed §§ 8-914 and 8-915 in their entirety. Former §§ 8-914 and 8-915 deleted Sections 333-1—333-12 and 334-1—334-24 of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1811, §§ 23, 24, adopted Nov. 18, 1985.

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Secs. 8-916—8-932. - Reserved.

Sec. 8-933. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Section 8-933, amending Chapter 3 of the electrical code by deleting Article 334, was repealed by Ord. No. NS-1579, § 6. adopted April 20, 1981. Said section was derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978.

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Secs. 8-934—8-940. - Reserved.

Sec. 8-941. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2273, § 38, adopted Dec. 18, 1995, repealed § 8-941, which pertained to uses permitted, electrical code Section 336-3, and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978, and Ord. No. NS-2153, § 5, adopted Jan. 6, 1992.

Exceptions & meaning →

Sec. 8-942. - California Electrical Code (Section 334.12).

Section 334.12 of the California Electrical Code is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 334.12. Uses Not Permitted.

(A) Types NM, NMC and NMS. Types NM, NMC and NMS cables shall not be permitted as follows:

  1. In any multifamily dwelling or other structure not specifically permitted in 334.10(1), (2), and (3).

  2. Exposed in dropped or suspended ceilings in other than one- and two-family and multifamily dwellings

  3. As service-entrance cable

  4. In any nonresidential building or structure

  5. In theatres and similar locations

  6. In motion picture studios

  7. In storage battery rooms

  8. In hoist ways or on elevators or escalators

  9. Embedded in poured cement, concrete, or aggregate.

  10. In hazardous (classified) locations, except where specifically permitted by other articles in this Code.

(B) Types NM and NMS. Types NM and NMS cables shall not be installed in the following:

  1. Where exposed to corrosive fumes or vapors

  2. Where embedded in masonry, concrete, adobe, fill, or plaster

  3. In a shallow chase in masonry, concrete, or adobe and covered with plaster, adobe, or similar finish

  4. In wet or damp locations

(Ord. No. NS-2153, § 6, 1-6-92; Ord. No. NS-2522, § 61, 2-3-03; Ord. No. NS-2760, § 45, 12-3-07; Ord. No. NS-2810, § 44, 11-15-10; Ord. No. NS-2851, §§ 32, 33, 11-18-13; Ord. No. NS-2905, § 10, 12-6-16; Ord. No. NS-2981, § 9, 12-17-19)

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2981, § 9, adopted December 17, 2019, renamed § 8-942 from "uses not permitted (section 334.12)" to "California Electrical Code (section 334.12)."

Exceptions & meaning →

Sec. 8-943. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-943 in its entirety. Former § 8-943 deleted Section 336-10 of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978, and Ord. No. NS-1903, § 9, adopted June 1, 1987.

Exceptions & meaning →

Sec. 8-944. - Reserved.

Sec. 8-945. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-1579, § 6, enacted April 20, 1981, repealed § 8-945, amending Article 336 of the electrical code by deleting therefrom Section 336-11. Said section was derived from Ord. No. NS 1416, § 5, enacted June 27, 1978.

Exceptions & meaning →

Secs. 8-946—8-960. - Reserved.

Sec. 8-961. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-961 in its entirety. Former § 8-961 amended Section 348-1 of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978, and Ord. No. NS-1903, § 10, adopted June 1, 1987.

Exceptions & meaning →

Secs. 8-962—8-971. - Reserved.

Sec. 8-972. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-972 in its entirety. Former § 8-972 amended Section 350-2 of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978, and Ord. No. NS-1903, § 11, adopted June 11, 1987.

Exceptions & meaning →

Sec. 8-973. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-973 in its entirety. Former § 8-973 amended Section 370-19 of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1903, § 12, adopted June 1, 1987.

Exceptions & meaning →

Secs. 8-974—8-1017. - Reserved.

Sec. 8-1018. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-1018 in its entirety. Former § 8-1018 amended Section 410-8 of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978.

Exceptions & meaning →

Secs. 8-1019—8-1024. - Reserved.

Sec. 8-1025. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-1025 in its entirety. Former § 8-1025 amended Section 422-5 of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978, and Ord. No. NS-1579, § 5, adopted Apr. 20, 1981.

Exceptions & meaning →

Secs. 8-1026—8-1079. - Reserved.

Sec. 8-1080. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2153, § 7, adopted Jan. 6, 1992, repealed § 8-1080 in its entirety. Former § 8-1080 amended Section 600-1 of the electrical code and derived from Ord. No. NS-1416, § 5, adopted June 27, 1978.

Exceptions & meaning →

Secs. 8-1081—8-1155. - Reserved.

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