4639FOLLOWS:
ORDINANCE NO. 4639
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM REPEALING
SECTIONS 15.16.001 THROUGH 15.16.080 OF TITLE
15, CHAPTER 15.16 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL
CODE AND ADOPTING THE 1984 EDITION OF THE
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, WITH AMENDMENTS
THERETO, AND AMENDING TITLE 15, CHAPTER 15.16,
BY ADDING THERETO NEW SECTIONS 15.16.001
THROUGH 15.16.110.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN AS
SECTION 1.
That Sections 15.16.001 through 15.16.080 of Title 15,
Chapter 15.16 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same are
hereby, repealed.
SECTION 2.
That Title 15, Chapter 15.16 of the Anaheim Municipal
Code be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto new
Sections 15.16.001 through 15.16.110 to read as follows:
"SECTION 15.16.001 APPROVAL OF CODE
The City Council does find and
determine, as a result of study and investigation
conducted by the City and its building officials, that
the National Electrical Code, 1984 Edition, is an
approved Code for adoption by reference within the
meaning of Section 50022.1 of the Government Code of the
State of California.
SECTION 15.16.010 ADOPTION OF NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE,
1984 EDITION
Pursuant to the provisions of
Sections 50022.1 to 50022.8, inclusive, of the
Government Code of the State of California, the City
Council of the City of Anaheim does hereby adopt, by
reference, the National Electrical Code, 1984 Edition
(hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the
"National Electrical Code"), with amendments thereto as
set forth in this chapter; at least one copy of the Code
shall be filed in the Office of the City Clerk and shall
be kept there for public inspection while the Code is in
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force. The City Clerk shall at all times maintain a
reasonable supply of copies of the Code available for
purchase by the public at a moderate price not to exceed
the actual cost thereof to the City of Anaheim.
SECTION 15.16.020 CONDUCTORS
Section 110-5 of the National
Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Conductors normally used to carry
current shall be of copper unless otherwise provided in
this Code. Where the conductor material is not
specified, the sizes given in this Code shall apply to
copper conductors. Where other materials are used, the
size shall be changed accordingly. All sections of this
National Electrical Code allowing the use of aluminum
conductors are subject to the limitation that no
aluminum conductor smaller than #6 AWG shall be used.
SECTION 15.16.030 SCOPE
Section 210-1 of the National
Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 210-1. The provisions of
this Article apply to branch circuits supplying lighting
or appliance loads or combinations of both. Where
motors or motor -operated appliances are connected to any
branch circuit that also supplies lighting or other
appliance loads, the provisions of both this Article and
Article 430 shall apply. Article 430 shall apply where
a branch circuit supplies motor loads only. Exception:
See Section 668-3(c), Exceptions No. 1 and No. 4 for
electrolytic cells.
(a) Accessory uses or other buildings, signs, etc.,
separately located on the same lot or premises
shall have connecting conductors run underground.
(Agricultural areas excepted.)
(b) Where space circuit protective devices are provided
or space for future circuit protective devices is
provided on the buss in any flush or semiflush
mounted panel, then raceways of sufficient capacity
to permit utilization of such space or spaces shall
be provided to an approved accessible location.
Such accessible location is normally defined as
follows: Where sufficient attic space is available
or underfloor space is available, a raceway shall
terminate conveniently for future use in each such
space. Where this condition does not exist or
other factors govern, then such terminations shall
be approved by the electrical inspector.
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SECTION 15.16.040 DWELLING UNIT RECEPTACLE OUTLETS
Section 210-52(f) of the National
Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
(f) Basements and Garages. For a one -family dwelling,
at least one receptacle outlet, in addition to any
provided for laundry equipment, shall be installed in
each basement and in each garage. See Section
210-8(a)(2).
SECTION 15.16.050 LIGHTING OUTLETS REQUIRED
Section 210-70(a) of the National
Electrical Code is hereby amended by amending the first
sentence thereof to read as follows:
At least one wall switch controlled lighting outlet
shall be installed to every habitable room; in hallways,
stairways, garages, and carports; and at outdoor
entrances.
SECTION 15.16.060 BRANCH CIRCUITS IN DWELLINGS
Section 210-70 of the National
Electrical Code is hereby amended by adding new
paragraph (c) thereto, to read as follows:
(c) Carports. At least one lighting outlet shall be
required in each carport. Switch -controlled lighting
outlets in carports shall be prohibited.
SECTION 15.16.070 FEEDER CONDUCTORS
Section 215 of the National
Electrical Code is hereby amended by adding new
subsection 215-10 thereto, to read as follows:
215-10. Feeder Conductors. All feeder conductors to
sub -panels shall be installed in an approved raceway.
SECTION 15.16.080 WIRING METHODS FOR 600 VOLTS
OR LESS
Section 230-43 of the National
Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
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Section 230-43. Wiring Methods for 600 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 limited
to the following methods: (1) rigid metal conduit; (2)
wireways; (3) busways; (4) auxiliary gutters or (5)
rigid nonmetallic conduit.
Approved cable tray systems shall be permitted to
support cables approved for use as service -entrance
conductors. See Article 318.
SECTION 15.16.090 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DISCONNECTS
Section 230-71(a) of the National
Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) General. Disconnection from service conductors. A
single fusible switch or automatic circuit breaker shall
be provided to disconnect all ungrounded conductors
supplying each separately metered occupancy.
SECTION 15.16.100 CONDUCTORS FOR GENERAL WIRING
Section 310 of the National
Electrical Code is hereby amended by deleting Tables
310-20, 310-20A, 310-21, 310-22, 310-23, 310-24, 310-25,
310-26, 310-27, 310-28, 310-29 and 310-30 therefrom.
SECTION 15.16.110 USES PERMITTED OR NOT PERMITTED
Section 336-3 of the National
Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
336-3. Uses Permitted or not Permitted. Nonmetallic
sheathed cable shall not be used for exposed wiring and
shall only be used for concealed wiring in one and
two-family dwellings or multi -family dwellings not
exceeding three floors above grade.
(a) TYPE NM. This type of nonmetallic sheathed cable
may be installed for concealed work in normally dry
locations. It may be installed or fished in air voids
in masonry block or tile walls where such walls are not
exposed or subject to excessive moisture or dampness.
TYPE NM cable shall not be installed where exposed to
corrosive fumes or vapors, nor shall it be embedded in
masonry or concrete, nor covered with plaster or similar
finish.
(b) TYPE NMC. Type NMC cable shall be permitted for
concealed work in dry, moist, damp or corrosive
locations, and in outside and inside walls of masonry
block or tile.
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(c) Uses not permitted for either TYPE NM or NMC.
Types NM and NMC cables shall not be used: (1) in
commercial garages, (2) in theaters and similar
locations, except as provided in ARTICLE 518, Places of
Assembly, (3) in motion picture studios, (4) in storage
battery rooms, (5) in hoist -ways, (6) in any hazardous
(classified) locations, or (7) embedded in poured
cement, concrete or aggregate."
SECTION 3. PENALTY
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to violate any provision or to fail to comply with any of the
requirements of this ordinance. Any person, firm or corporation
violating any provision of this ordinance or failing to comply
with any of its requirements shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by
imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment. Each such person, firm or corporation shall be
deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during any
portion of which any violation of any of the provisions of this
ordinance is committed, continued or permitted by such person,
firm or corporation, and shall be punishable therefor as provided
for in this ordinance.
SECTION 4. SAVINGS CLAUSE
Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal of
any other ordinance of this City shall in any manner affect the
prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations were
committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as
a waiver of any license or penalty or the penal provisions
applicable to any violation thereof. The provisions of this
ordinance, insofar as they are substantially the same as ordinance
provisions previously adopted by the City relating to the same
subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and
continuations, and not as new enactments.
SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY
The City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby declares
that should any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this
ordinance of the Code, hereby adopted, be declared for any reason
to be invalid, it is the intent of the Council that it would have
passed all other portions of this ordinance independent of the
elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared
invalid.
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SECTION 6. CERTIFICATION
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be printed once within
fifteen (15) days after its adoption in the Anaheim Bulletin, a
newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in said
City, and Thirty (30) days from and after its final passage, it
shall take effect and be in full force.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Anaheim this 10th day of September, 1985.
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF YTAHEIM
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Ordinance No. 4639 was introduced at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on the 13th day of August, 1985, and
that the same was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the 10th day of September, 1985, by the following vote of the
members thereof:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kaywood, Bay, Pickler, Overholt and Roth
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said
Ordinance No. 4639 on the 10th day of September, 1985.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal
of the City of Anaheim this 10th day of September, 1985.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, LEONORA N. SOH?,, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is the original Ordinance No. 4639 and was published once in the
Anaheim Bulletin on the 20th day of September, 1985.
CITY CLERK