West Covina Municipal Code § 7-50 Adoption of Title 27 (Electrical Code) of Los Angeles County Code

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 2508, § 5, adopted December 6, 2022, repealed the former Art. IV, §§ 7-49, 7-49.3—7-49.5, and enacted a new Art. IV as set out herein. The former Art. IV pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Code 1960, §§ 8130, 8131; Ord. No. 1381, § 2, 6-26-78; Ord. No. 1531, § 1, 2-22-82; Ord. No. 1666, § 1, 4-22-85; Ord. No. 1771, § 1, 3-14-88; Ord. No. 1831, § 1, 12-11-89; Ord. No. 1903, § 1, 6-16-92; Ord. No. 1960, § 2, 11-21-95; Ord. No. 2033, § 2, 6-1-99; Ord. No. 2089, § 2, 10-1-02; Ord. No. 2166, § 2, 12-4-07; Ord. No. 2212, § 2, 12-21-10; Ord. No. 2252, § 2, 12-3-13; Ord. No. 2302, § 2, 11-15-16; Ord. No. 2463, § 3(p—r), 1-7-20; Ord. No. 2466, § (4)(p—r), 12-17-19.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, Title 27 (Electrical Code) of the Los Angeles County Code, as amended and in effect on January 1, 2023, adopting the 2022 California Electrical Code with amendments, together with its appendices, is hereby adopted by reference as if fully set forth herein, and conflicting ordinances are hereby repealed.

(b) One (1) complete copy of Title 27 and one (1) complete copy of the 2022 California Electrical Code will be on file and accessible to the public for inspection at the office of the building official. In the event of any conflict or ambiguity between any provision contained in such codes set forth above and any amendment thereto contained in this article or other provision of this Code, the amendment or addition shall control.

(Ord. No. 2508, § 5, 12-6-22)

Refunds and expiration of applications shall be as set forth in article II, sections 7-19 and 7-20 of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2508, § 5, 12-6-22)

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, either as owner, architect, contractor, artisan or otherwise, to do or knowingly to cause or permit to be done any electrical wiring as defined in this Code in such manner that the same shall not conform to all the provisions of this Code.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to make connection from a source of electrical energy or to supply electric service to any electric wiring devices, appliances or equipment for the installation of which a permit is required, unless such person, firm or corporation shall have obtained satisfactory evidence from the director that such wiring, devices, appliances or equipment are in all aspects in conformity with all applicable legal provisions.

Any person, firm, corporation, or business association of any kind violating any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor except that notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, any such violation constituting a misdemeanor under this article may, in the discretion of the attorney having prosecutorial functions, be charged and prosecuted as an infraction.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a city enforcement official, upon determining that a person, firm, corporation, or business association of any kind has committed a violation of this article, may in his/her discretion, issue an administrative citation to the responsible party using the procedures set forth in article X of chapter 15 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 2508, § 5, 12-6-22)