19661220 1966-18OI~DINANCE NO. 1966-18
AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY CODE
Section 6-~ of the City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
6-5 INSPECTIONS OF ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS PRIOR TO USE. Upon the pay-
ment of the fee required by this chapter for an electrical permit, the electrical
inspector shall make not more than two inspections of the work for which the
permit was granted. Should additional inspections be necessary, due to the
failure of the person installing such work to install the same in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter, such person shall pay an additional fee of
three dollars for each additional inspection. Any additional inspections made
by the electrical inspector for causes other than the negligence of the person
installing such work, except for the inspection of temporary service, shall be
made without charge.
.The first paragraph of Section 6-16 of the City Code is hereby amended'to read as follows~.
6-16 REQUIRED. No person shall enter into, engage in or work at the business
of installing wires, devices, appliances and equipment for carrying or using
electricity for lights, heat or power purposes, unless such person shall have
received a certificate of registration, as a journeyman or master electrician,
issued by the board of electrical examiners in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter.
Section 6-18 of the City Code is hereby amended to read as foliows: '
6-18 TERM; RENEWAL. Certificates of registration issued pursuant to this
division shall be issued for one year, commencing on January 1 of each year.
Certificates of registration shall be renewed on or before January I of each year
thereafter. Master electricians shall be required to appear in person for renewal
of their license. Anyone failing to renew his master electrician's or journeyman'
electrician's certificate of registration on or before February 1 of any year
shall be re-examined before a new certificate of registration shall be issued.
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Any master electrician's or journeyman electrician's certificate of registration
which expires while the holder thereof is in the military or naval service of the
United States shall be renewed without further examination, upon payment of the
prescribed fees, at any time within six months after such person is discharged
from the service.
Section 6-1~ of the City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
6-19 SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION. The board of electrical examiners may
revoke or suspend any certificate of registration after sending second violation
notice for failure of the holder to correct faulty work, for doing electrical work
without a permit or for other violations of the provisions of this chapter. Before
a certificate may be revoked or suspended, the holder thereof shall have notice
in writing, enumerating the charges against him, and be entitled to a hearing by
the board in not less than ten days from receipt of the notice. He shall be
given an opportunity to present oral or written testimony, and shall have the
right of cross examination. All testimony shall be given under oath. The board
shall have the power to administer oaths, issue subpoenas and compel the attendance
of witnesses. A person whose certificate of registration has been revoked shall
not be permitted to apply within one year from date of revocation. It shall be
unlawful for him to enter into, engage in or work at the business of installing
electrical wires, devices, appliances and equipment during the period for which
his certificate of registration is revoked or suspended.
Section 6-25 of the City Code is hereby repealed.
Section 6-2~ of the City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
6-29 QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS; APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATION. Applicants
for journeyman electrician's certificates must be eighteen years of age and shall
have had at least three years experience as an apprentice electrician or helper.
An applicant shall make a written application for examination.
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Section 6-72 of the City Code is hereby repealed.
Section 6-44 of the City Code is hereby repealed and the following substituted:
6-44 FEES -- ENUMERATED. Fees in such amount as specified below shall be
charged for the permits and inspections required by this Chapter. The prescribed
fees shall be paid at the time the permit is'issued and before any inspection shall
be made by the electrical inspector. Such fees shall be as follows:
a. GENERAL WIRING. Service Equipment, new or replace
200 amperes or under .................... $3.00
201 to 400 amperes ...................... 5.00
401 to 600 amperes ...................... 6.00
601 to 800 amperes ...................... 8.00
Over 800 amperes ........................ 10.00
Temporary service pending final inspection .................... $3.00
Circuits, new or extension - First Five ....................... $1.00 ea.
Each add'l ....................... $0.50 ea.
Note: Three and four-wire branch circuits not supplying a single appliance will
be considered as two or three branch circuits respectively, and will be charged
accordingly. Three-wire branch power circuits to a single piece of apparatus will
be considered as one branch circuit. No charge will be made for feeder circuits
when installed in conjunction with branch circuits, but when installed without
branch circuit wiring the charge will be the same as that for branch circuits.
When additional branch or feeder circuits are installed after the securing of a
permit, the fee for the work not covered by the original permit shall be the same
as for an original installation. The fee for extension to an existing circuit
shall be the same as for a new circuit.
b. FIXTURES. Each ten (lO) fixtures or fraction thereof ......... $1.00
Note: Lamp sockets and lamp receptacles, not an actual part of fixtures, will,
for the purpose of fixing the fee, be considered as individual fixtures.
c. HEATING AND COOKING EQUIPMENT.
Domestic: Gas burners, oil burners, stokers and similar installations,
including controls and circuit ........................................ $3.00 each
Fixed Heating Devices: Domestic cooking units and ovens, any
capacity (including circuits):
1st Unit in each kitchen .................................. $3.00
Each additional unit in same kitchen ...................... $1.00
d. ELECTRIC HEATING: $1.00 for first KW and $0.50 for each additional
KW Or fraction thereof, computed on total KW load without circuits.
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e. UNIT HEATERS, including circuits ....................... $2.00 ea.
Commercial control wiring only .................... $3.00
PERMANENTLY WIRED FIXED APPLIANCES:
Requiring separately fused circuits, including
circuits and motors up to and including 5 HP .... $3.00 ea.
Each additional ................................... $1.50
Note: Fixed appliances include air conditioners, dishwashers, disposals,
dryers, water heaters, dry cleaning machines, etc.
g. RECEPTACLE OUTLETS:
15 and 20 ampere receptacles ............... 15 for $1.OO
30 ampere capacity ................................ $1.O0 ea.
31 through 60 ampere .............................. $2.00 ea.
61 ampere and over ................................ $3.00 ea.
Note: The above charges for receptacles will be in lieu of the fees otherwise
listed for a portable device, or an electric range or dryer to be connected
thereto. The above fees do not include the charge for the circuit.
h. MOTORS AND GENERATORS: Including circuit
1/4 HP to 5 HP, inclusive ......................... $3.00 ea.
Each additional $1.50
5 HP to 20 HP ..................................... $6.00 ea.
Each additional $3.00
Over 20 HP ....................................... $12.OO ea.
Each additional $6.00
Note: Motors less than 1/4 HP shall be considered as fixtures.
i. OUTDOOR ELECTRIC SIGNS:
Single unit signs ................................. $3.00 ea.
Multiple unit signs, 1st wired unit ............... $3.00
Each additional wired unit ........ $1.OO
Note: The above fee does not include the charge for circuits. Electric signs
inside buildings will be considered the same as electrical fixtures and will be
charged as fixtures.
j. OUTLINE, DECORATIVE AND TROUGH LIGHTING:
First 50 lights or sockets ........................ $3.00
Each additional 50 or less ........................ $1.OO
Vacuum tube lighting (not sign) - ea. 500 vac .... $3.00
Note: The above fees do not include the charge for circuits.
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k. TEMPORARY USE OF CURRENT:
Temporary wiring on poles, sheds or buildings .............. $ 3.00.each
Temporary wiring for circus or carnival, not
over 200 ampere service ................................. $I0.O0
Temporary wiring for circus or carnival,
ampere service over 200 ................................. $15.00
Temporary wiring for lawn fetes, fireworks
stands, Christmas tree sales,
not over 1OO ampere service ............................. $ 5.00
Temporary wiring for Christmas decorations or
festoon wiring on streets, parking lots:
First 100 lamps or sockets with or without service ...... $ 4.00
Each additional i00 lamps or fraction ................... $ 1.O0
Temporary wiring for indoor exhibitation and the like-
3,000 square feet ....................................... $ 3.00
Each additional 1,OOO square feet ....................... $ 1.50
Temporary Circuits:
ist circuit ............................................. $ 3.00
Each additional circuit ................................. $ 1.OO
1. TRANSFORMERS AND VAULTS:
Transformers in excess of 300 volts ....................... $ 3.00
Transformer vault on or in private property ............... $ 5.00
m. MISCELLANEOUS (Not including circuit):
Radio transmitters ........................................ $ 3.00 each
Each additional 1.00
Motion picture machines, arc spot lights, recifiers
and stereoptical lamps ................................... $ 3.00 each
Each additional 1.00
Welding Machines ........................................... $ 3.00 each
X-Ray machines ............................................. $ 3.00 each
Arc lamps, vapor lamps and rectifiers or rheostats .......... $ 3.00 each
Each additional 1.00
MINIMUM PERMIT FEE ......................................... $ 3.00
n. FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS, INCLUDING CIRCUITS:
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First five striking stations or fraction thereof ........... $ 5.00
Each striking station over five ........................... $ l.OO
Fire alarm bells shall be considered the same as fixtures.
FeepeF inspection for mgre than one inspection after
a violation notice ........................................ $ 3.00
Fee per inspection made necessary by failure to be
ready for inspection when requested ........ ~ .............. $ 3.00
Section 6-~ of the City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
6-59 MINIMUM AMPERAGE. .All services shall be a minimum of one hundred and
fifty amperes, except services for special use, to be approved by the electrical
inspector.
Section 6-62.1 is hereby added to the City Code to read as follows:
6-62.1 In residential multiple occupancy buildings
each occupant shall be capable of disconnecting his individual occupancy without
disconnecting any other occupant. This shall be accomplished by either a
disconnect at the head of the sub-feeder or by installing in the individual sub
panel a main pullout or breaker.
Section 6-62.2 is hereby added to the City Code to read as follows:
6-62.2 Non-metallic sheathed cable shall not be permitted in commercial or
industrial buildings within the City of Fairfax.
Section 6-62.3 is hereby added to the City Code to read as follows:
6-62.3 Lighting and appliance branch circuit panelboards shall have the use
of each circuit marked and accessible on the inside cover of the panelboard.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect on and
after December 20, 1966 .
ADOPTED:
ATTEST:
December 20, 1966.
APPROVED:
Mayor