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ELECTRICAL PERMIT
QTY ITEMS AMOUNT SUB-TOTAL
Meter Loop & Service
$50.00 $
Fixtures Not Listed
$5.00 each $
Water Heater-Sign
$15.00 $
Range/Cook top/Oven,
Dishwasher, Window AC
$5.00 $
Clothes Dryer-Bath Heater-
Garbage Disposal
$5.00 $
Sign Changing Display
$125.00 $
NEW Pool/Spa lights/motors/
pumps
$65.00 $
A/C Blower/Fan
$5.00 $
Sump Pump
$5.00 $
Reconnect Fee
$15.00 $
Transformer
$25.00 $
Temporary Saw Pole
$40.00 $
Receptacle, Light xtures
Switches-Smoke & Carbon Mo
Detector
$1.00 each $
Sub-Panel
$35.00 $
Electrical Fence Gate
$65.00 $
Emergency Reconnect
$110.00 $
Generator
$50.00 $
Motor: Rand Hood, Bath/
Laundry E. Fan /Sump
$10.00 $
CT/MRI/X-RAY
$65.00 $
Replace: Pool or Spa Pump
$10.00 $
Premature Work Charge
100% of Permit
$
1
Application Fee
$40.00 $40.00
TOTAL PERMIT FEE
MINIMUM FEE = $35.00 + $40.00 APPLICATION FEE
$
Public Works Department
Development Services
2017 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
SECTION 26-25.
ADOPTION.
2017 National Electrical Code
Sec. 26-25. Adoption.
The National Electrical Code described in the standard codes
schedule is adopted, ordained and incorporated into this chapter
by reference, but subject to the exceptions, amendments and
other provisions stated in this chapter or the standard codes
schedule (collectively, the "electrical ordinances"). The electrical
ordinances shall be the city's rules and regulations governing
electrical facilities and equipment.
Sec. 26-26. Permitted types of wiring.
Any type of wiring or wiring system may be used in the city if
approved by the electrical ordinances, except where specically
prohibited herein.
Sec. 26-27. Certain circuits, plugs required.
(a) Window air conditioners.
All window air conditioning units, whether to be operated on
110vac or 220vac current, shall be installed with and bonded to
a polarized plug, and Number 10 AWG wire for 220vac shall be
used in bonding said air conditioning unit to the said polarized
plug.
Sec. 26-28. Meters.
(a) Tiers.
On apartment buildings, where space limitations will not permit
placing all meters at the same height, they may be arranged in
two tiers, with the openings for the meter dials in lower tier as near
as practicable to ve feet above mean ground level and second
tier placed as near as practicable above the rst. Where space
limitations will not permit placing of meter cabinets as outlined
above, the electric public service company, subject to the approval
of the building ofcial, may determine the arrangement to be used.
All service outlets shall be located so as to permit placing the
electric public service company's service wires on the wall of the
building next to the supply.
(b) Street side meters.
The electric public service company shall never require the
placing of the meter on the front or street side of a building,
without the written consent of the owner, and where not practical
in the opinion of the building ofcial to place metering devices on
the exterior of the building, said location shall be at a point, or
points, convenient to the electric public service company's service
as determined by the building ofcial.
Sec. 26-29. Minimum size of service conduit.
Service conduit for any occupancy shall not be smaller than 1.25
inches, unless specically approved otherwise by the building
ofcial.
Sec. 26-30. Distribution system limitation.
For the purpose of this article, the distribution system of any
person furnishing electric power shall not extend to any property
which such person does not own in fee simple or control by
easement.
Sec. 26-31. Tampering with fuses, circuit
breakers.
It shall be unlawful for any person:
1. To bridge, tamper with or change from its original installation
(except upon the approval of the building ofcial, and then
only after a proper permit for alteration has been issued)
any fuse of the plug, cartridge type or link type installed in
panel boards, main switches or switchboards; (2) To alter or
change circuit breakers so that the original calibration will be
affected; or (3) To tie down or secure any circuit breaker so
that it will not function properly.
Sec. 26-32. Outside switches.
Switches and equipment installed on the outside of the building in
a recess in the outside wall and covered by a door as part of the
building structure shall be considered as being on the exterior of
the building and exposed to the weather.
Sec. 26-33. Service entrance conductors.
In any residence, apartment, apartment house, commercial
building or other building of whatsoever character now existing or
to be constructed within the city, all service entrance conductors,
including underground conductors, shall have a minimum current-
carrying capacity of 150 amperes. On buildings with existing
service, this requirement shall apply when:
1. Load is added or modied;
2. An existing service is found to be inadequate for demand;
3. An unsafe condition exists; or
4. When replacing main service panel, all-service disconnect,
service riser, or service underground lateral.
Exception: Existing dwellings with a framed area of less than
1500 square feet may have conductors with a minimum
current-carrying capacity of 125 amperes.
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