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4275FOLLOWS: ORDINANCE NO. 4275 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM REPEAL- ING SECTIONS 15.16.001 THROUGH 15.16.150 OF TITLE 15, CHAPTER 15.16 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNI- CIPAL CODE AND ADOPTING THE 1981 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 15.16.080. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN AS SECTION 1. That Sections 15.16.001 through 15.16.140 of Title 15, Chapter 15.16 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same are hereby, repealed.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 15.16.080 to read as follows: "CHAPTER 15.16 ELECTRICAL CODE 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, 1981 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, 1981 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 r Code, 1981 Edition, with amendments thereto; that three copies 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 enforced, all of which copies shall be certified to be true copies by the City Clerk. 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. -1- 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 con- ductors. 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 alum- inum 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 under- ground. (Agricultural areas excepted.) (b) Where space circuit protective devices are pro- vided or space for future circuit protective devices is provided on the buss in any flush or semiflush mounted panel, then raceways of suffi- cient 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 enforcing authority. -2- 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. At least one receptacle outlet shall be installed in each basement, garage, carport. Garages or carports accessory to dwell- ing units shall be wired with a minimum of one receptacle per each two auto stalls or fractions thereof. Exception: In hotel, motel and multiple occupancies, garage and carport receptacles may be omitted. 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 WIRING METHODS FOR 600 VOLTS OR LESS Section 230-43 of the National Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 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 sup- port cables approved for use as service -entrance conduc- tors. See Article 318. SECTION 15.16.070 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DISCONNECTS Section 230-71(a) of the National Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows: (a) Disconnection from service conductors. A single fusible switch or automatic circuit breaker shall be provided to disconnect all ungrounded conduc- tors supplying each separately metered occupancy. -3- SECTION 15.16.080 Section 336-3 of t hereby amended by thereof to read as NONMETALLIC -SHEATHED CABLE he National Electrical Code is amending the first paragraph follows: Section 336-3. Uses Permitted or not Permitted. Non- metallic 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 (apartment houses) not exceeding three floors above grade." SECTION 3. P ENALT Y It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to violate any provision or to fail to comply with any of the re- quirements 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 misde- meanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprison- ment. 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. SEVERABILITY The City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this chap- ter 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 chapter independent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared invalid. SECTION 5. SAVINGS CLAUSE Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal or amendment hereby 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 provi- sions of this ordinance, insofar as they are substantially the same as ordinance provisions previously adopted by the City relat- ing to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments. "m SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this or- dinance 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, printed, 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 800 day...Qf December, 1981. ATTEST: r_'Z��a i6&eee� CITY LERK OF TH CITY OF ANAHEIM JLW:fm M0 rd 01 STATE OP CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF ANAA-21M certif_� that the, f6reg6ing braifiai�c(iNod' 4275 -was- ntroduo hereby, LINDA D% R4BBRT8,, C -it C1ie-rk of �tfie Cit of Anaheim ed`- at.-�i regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on the 6th day of October, 1981, and that the same was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 8th day of December, 1981, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Overholt, Kaywood, Bay, Roth and Seymour NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Ordinance No. 4275 on the 8th day of December, 1981. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 8th day of December, 1981. CITY CLERK OF THE nTY OF ANAHEIM (SEAL) I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original Ordinance No. 4275 and was published once in the Anaheim Bulletin on the 18th day of December, 1981. y' , �) �c; � /� - "o —, CITY'CLERK