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1977-185RESOLUTION NO. 77R- 185 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM SETTING FORTH LOCAL CONDITIONS JUSTIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL ELEC- TRICAL CODE, 1975 EDITION. WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 17958.5 provides for a city to make changes or modifications in the National Elec- trical Code, 1975 Edition, as are reasonably necessary because of local conditions; and WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 17958.7 requires the City Council to make express findings of the necessity for modifications in the National Electrical Code before adopting such changes; and WHEREAS, the Chief Electrical Inspector of the City of Anaheim has recommended that the National Electrical Code, 1975 Edition, be adopted by the City with certain modifications and amendments which are required by local conditions. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the modifications to the National Electrical Code recommended by the Chief Electri- cal Inspector are hereby expressly found to be necessary on account of local conditions as follows: Section 15.16.030 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. This amendment requires aluminum conductors, where expressly permitted, to be not less than *8 AWG in size. This amendment is necessary due to product studies for the locality which show such minimum size is reasonably necessary because of local clima- tic and environmental conditions to avoid a hazard or danger to the safety of persons or property. Section 15.16.035 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. This amendment requires undergrounding of electrical connectors to accessory, buildings, uses and other specified locations. This amendment also requires raceways be installed to approved accessible loca- tions where space circuit protective devices, or space for such devices, are provided on the buss in any flush or semiflush mounted panel. This amendment is necessary because of local soil, wind and other climatic conditions. Section 15.16.040 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. This amendment requires installation of receptacle outlets not less than No. 12 AWG in size at speci- fied locations for dwelling uses and is necessary because of local residential density and local consumer patterns for the high use of residential electrical appliances. -1- Section 15.16.045 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. This amendment requires at least one wall switch controlled lighting outlet be installed in all garages and carports and is necessary because of local prevalence of carports and nonattached garages. Section 15.16.050 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. This amendment requires all feeder and subfeeder conductors be installed in an approved raceway and is necessary because of local building and environmental conditions resulting in the use of subpanels requiring installation of subfeeders and high consumption of electricity making use of raceways reasonably necessary to avoid a haz- ard or danger to the safety of persons or property. Section 15.16.055 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. This amendment prohibits installation of conven- ience receptacle or appliance receptacle on a general lighting branch circuit and is necessary because of local patterns of consumption of elec- tricity and environmental conditions which make this amendment reasonably necessary to avoid a hazard or danger to the safety of persons or prop- erty. Section 15.16.060 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. This amendment requires service entrance conductors extending along the exterior or entering buildings to be enclosed in rigid metal conduit to the first over current device, or for circuits not exceeding 600 volts to be in wireways, auxiliary gutters or as busways. This amendment is necessary because of local environmental and climatic conditions which cause rapid deterioration of other materials. Section 15.16.070 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. This amendment requires a single fusible switch or automatic circuit breaker to disconnect all ungrounded conductors supplying each sepa- rately metered occupancy. This amendment is ne- cessary because of local environmental and power consumption patterns which require a single main switch to avoid a hazard or danger to the safety of persons or property. Section 15.16.080 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. This amendment specifies alternative material, size and location for grounding electrodes where other approved electrodes are not available and eliminates the use of plate, pipe and rod electrodes as alternatives. This amendment is necessary be- cause of local soil and climatic conditions. Section 15.16.090 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. This amendment provides that in all circuits, the continuity of conductors shall not be depend ent upon device connections. This amendment is necessary because of local environment and pat- terns of electricity use and consumption which require such devices to prevent circuit overload- ing and thereby avoid a hazard or danger to the safety of persons or property. Deletion of Section 300 -15(b) of the National Elec- trical Code. This amendment deletes use of boxless devices with nonmetallic- sheathed cable and is ne- cessary because of local climatic and high wind conditions. Deletion of Article 334 of the National Electrical Code. This amendment deletes article relating to use of metal -clad cable and is necessary because of local environmental and climatic conditions. Section 15.16.100 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. This amendment limits the use of nonmettalic- sheathed cable to single family and multiple family dwellings and provides that type NM cable shall not be installed where exposed to corrosive fumes or vapors nor embedded in masonry or concrete and covered with plaster or similar finish. This amendment also provides type NMC cable shall be protected from damage by nails by a corrosion resistant steel coated cover at least 1/16 inch in thickness and 3/4 inch wide in the chase or under the final finish surface when embedded in plaster or run in shallow chase in masonry walls. This amendment is necessary because of local climatic and environmental conditions. Deletion of Section 336 -11 of the National Electrical Code. This amendment eliminates use of exposed cable wiring without boxes and is necessary because of local climatic and envi- ronmental conditions. Section 15.16.110 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. This amendment prohibits the use of electrical metal tubing underground, in concrete or where exposed directly to the weather or excessive moisture. This amendment is necessary because of the corrosive nature of the local soil and climate. Section 15.16.120 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. This amendment prohibits use of flexible metal conduit underground where exposed to water, where embedded in concrete, adobe, plaster or similar finish, or where exposed to physical damage. This amendment is necessary because of corrosive nature of local soil and climate. Section 15.16.130 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. This amendment requires all lighting outlets to be operated by a wall or door switch and is necessary because of local studies and experi- ence which indicates such switches are reason- ably necessary to avoid a hazard or danger to the safety of persons or property caused by breakage or loosening of insulated coupling of pull chain fixtures. Section 15.16.140 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. This amendment provides for separate branch cir- cuits of minimum No. 12 AWG wire for fixed appli- ances and is necessary because of local consumer patterns of high rate of use of large fixed appliances and loads on electrical circuits and such wiring is therefore necessary to avoid re- wiring or hazard or danger to the safety of persons or property. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution, together with the Ordinance adopting the National Electrical Code, 1975 Edition, as amended, be filed with the State Department of Housing and Community Development. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and signed by me this 15th day of March 1977. ATTEST: CITY CLERK OF HE CITY OF ANAHEIM FAL:JW:fm O3F THE CI OF ANAHEIM STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE ss. CITY OF ANAHEIM I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 77R -185 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the City Council of the City of Anaheim held on the 15th day of March, 1977, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kaywood, Seymour, Roth and Thom NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kott ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim approved and signed said Resolution No. 77R -185 on the 15th day of March, 1977. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Anaheim this 15th day of March, 1977. (SEAL) TnoT24oaTS 2uTp'zng 2uzuuUTa CITY CLERK OF THE CI OF ANAHEIM I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 77R-185 duly passed and adopted by the Anaheim City Council on March 15, 1977.