Tehama County Municipal Code Ch. 15.20 Electrical Code

This chapter shall be known as the "Tehama County electrical code."

(Ord. 1708 § 2(part), 1999)

The purpose of this code is to provide minimum requirements and standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, installation, quality of materials, location, operation, and maintenance or use of electrical systems and equipment within this jurisdiction.

(Ord. 1708 § 2(part), 1999)

The 2022 California Electrical Code, Title 24, Part 3, of the California Code of Regulations, a portion of the California Building Standards Code, as defined in the California Health and Safety Code Section 18901 et seq., (hereinafter referred to as the "state code") and any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, incorporating the National Electrical Code, 2022 Edition, as referenced in and adopted pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Sections 17922 and 18935, (hereinafter referred to as the "NEC"), and the Informative Annex Chapters A, B, C, D, F, G, and I are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference herein. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter and Chapter 15.02 of the Tehama County Code, all electrical associated with construction, alteration, moving, demolition, repair and use of any building or structure within the county jurisdiction shall be made in compliance with the state code and any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, including the NEC.

There is one copy of said code on file in the office of the building official for use and examination by the public.

(Ord. 1894 § 9, 2008)

(Ord. No. 2086, § 8, 2-4-2020; Ord. No. 2127, § 8, 12-20-2022)