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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 3081 ORDINANCE NO. 2 3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA REGULATING THE INSTALLATION, ARRANGEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, USE 4 AND OPERATION OF ELECTRIC WIRING, CONVECTIONS, FIXTURES AND OTHER 5 ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES IId BUILD II•IGS AND OTHER. STRUCTURES WITHIN THE CITY OF AZUSA, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FCR VIOLATIONS THEREOF; 6 AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. _ AND ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE'vYITI . 7 The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as 8 follows:- 9 Section 1. ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR - QUALIFICATIONS. 10 There is hereby created and established the office 11 of Electrical Inspector of the City of Azusa. The person chosen to fill such office shall be of good moral character 12 and shall be well versed in approved methods of electrical construction for safety to life and property, with the Statutes of the State of California relating to electrical 13 work, the ordinances of the City of Azusa relative thereto, 14 the electrical rules and regulations issued under authority of the statutes governing industrial installations, and the 15 National Electrical Code approved by the American Standards Association. 16 It shall be unlawful for said Electrical Inspector to 17 ongage.in the business of the sale, installation or mainten- ance of electric wiring, electric devices or electric mater - 18 ials, either directly or indirectly, and he shall have no financial interest in any concern engaged in such business within the territorial boundaries of the City of Azusa at 19 any time while holding said office. Any violation of the provisions of this paragraph by said Electrical Inspector 20 shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, be sufficient cause for his removal from office. 21 22 Section 2. DEFINITIONS. 23 (A) "Electrical wiring" or "Electric wiring" shall mean the installation or the alteration of any material, 24 fixture, device, appliance or equipment in or on any build- ing, structure or premises, used or designed or intended to 25 be used to generate, transmit, transform or utilize elec- tric energy. 26 (B) "Registered contractor", Any person, firm or 27 corporation entering into any contract to install any elec- trical wiring for another, shall be deemed to be an elec- 28 trical contractor and shall register as such with the Electrical Inspector. 29 (C) The term "maintenance electrician" shall mean 30 any electrician regularly employed in accordance rrith the provisions of Section 4 of this ordinance. sl (D) The term "special owner's permit" shall mean 32 a permit issued under the provisions of subsection B of Section 3 of this ordinance. - 1 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (E) ordinance, designation ection 3. %. 1 The term "occupancy group" as shall mean an occupancy group as defined by Ordinance No. APPLICATIONS AND PERMITS. used in this of the same A. No alteration or addition shall be made in any existing electrical wiring, nor shall any such wiring for the placing or installation of any electric light, power or heating device, or any apparatus which generates, transmits, transforms or utilizes electricity, nor shall any alteration be made in any electrical wiring system after final inspection thereof, without first notifying the Electrical Inspector and securing a permit therefor, excepting minor repair work, such as "repairing flush and snap switches, replacing fuses, changing lamp sockets and receptables, taping bare joints, repairing drop cords and the like. Applications for such permits, describing such work, shall be made in writing by or on behalf of the per- son, firm or corporation about to install the same and such permit when issued shall be issued in the name of such applicant. Each such application shall,be made by a registered contractor or maintenance electrician; or in the case of an owner or lessee, such application must be for a special owner's permit. No permit shall be issued unless applica- tion therefor is made as provided for herein. Each such application shall state the location by street and house number, where possible, otherwise by ld:, block and tract number where such work is to be done; any permit issued shall be valid only for the location described in such application and unless the work covered by such permit is commenced within thirty (30) days after the issuance thereof, such permit shall become null and void. Each such application shall be accompanied by drawings or blue prints as required by said Electrical Inspector. B. Special Owner's Permit. Said Electrical In- spector may issue to an individual a special owner's per- mit authorizing said individual to install, alter, change or repair electrical equipment or electrical wiring in, on or about any building or structure -of which such in- dividual is the owner or lessee, but not elsewhere; pro- vided, however, that no electrical work authorized under any such special owner's permit shall be done, nor shall the owner or lessee holding any such permit allow any such work to be done, except personally by such owner or lessee to whom such permit shall have been issued or by a member of the immediate family of such owner or lessee; and if this or any other provision of this ordinance shall be violated by the holder of such special owner's permit, in addition to any other penalty provided therefor, such permit shall be subject to immediate cancellation by said Electrical Inspector and the holder thereof shall be liable to the penalty hereinafter provided for violation of this ordinance. - 2 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Section 4. MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIANS. Any person, firm or corporation regularly employing one or more electricians for the purpose of in- stallation, alteration, maintenance or repair on his or its own premisos, shall make monthly reports covering all installations, additions or alterations and shall pay for each thereof the permit fees provided for in this ordin- ance.. All such work shall be installed and done in ac- cordance with the provisions of this ordinance, and such work shall be subject to inspection by said Electrical Inspector to the same extent as all other similar work for which such inspection is provided. ection 5. PUBLIC UTILITIES EXEMPTED. The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to any electrical work performed by any elec- trical corporation, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, railroad corporation or street railroad corporation on or with any electrical equipment owned or controlled and operated or used by, and for the ex- clusive bare fit of, such corporation in the conduct of its business as a public utility, or to any other work which any such corporation may be entitled by law to per- form without payment of any local tax; but all provisions of this ordinance shall apply insofar as they may con- sistently with the above be applicable to all other electrical work performed by any such corporation. The terms "electrical corporation", "Telephone corporation", %elegraph corporation","rail- road corporation" are herein used as said terms are respectively defined in the Public Utility Act of the State of California;.and such permits shall also be deemed to include similar utilities which are muni- cipally or governmentally owned and operated. Section 6. INSPECTION. A. Upon the completion of the electri- cal wiring in or on any building or structure of any nature, or tent, or premises, except as otherwise exempted in this ordinance, the person, firm or corporation in- stalling the same shall notify the Electrical Inspector, who shall inspect such installation, and if it is found by him to be fully in compliance with the provisions of this ordinance, he shall issue, as provided for herein, the certificate of inspection or approval tag authoriz- ing connection to the electrical service and the energizing of the installation. - 3 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 B. Permission to Cover work. It shall be unlawful for any person to lath over, seal, cover or conceal any electrical wiring or other electrical equipment, for the installation of which a permit is provided for herein, until such electrical equipment shall have been inspected and approved by said Electrical In- spector. Said Electrical Inspector shall have the power to remove, or to require the removal of, any obstruction which prevents proper inspection of any electrical equip- ment. C. All defects shall be corrected within ten days after inspection and notification, or within such other reasonable time as is permitted by said Electrical Inspector. D. Connection. It shall be unlawful to ener- gize or cause or permit to be energized any electrical wiring coming under the provisions of this ordinance, until such electrical wiring shall have been inspected and approved by said Electrical Inspector. Provided, however, that said Electrical Inspector may give.%written temporary permission to furnish electric current 'to, or the use of electric current through, any electrical wir- ing for a length of time not exceeding thirty days, if it appears to said Electrical Inspector that such elec- trical wiring may be used safely for such purpose, and that there exists an urgent necessity for such use. E. The provisions of this ordinance shall cover, govern and control the installation, alteration or repair of any electrical wiring, connections, fixtures, sockets, appliances, apparatus, machinery or other electrical de- vice, in any building being constructed within said in- corporated territory by the City of Azusa or any depart- ment or officer thereof, or by any school district or any quasi -public or political corporation or governmental agency or body, except as to such electrical wiring as is specifically exempt under the provisions of Section 5 hereof. Section 7. RIGHT OF ACCESS. Said Electrical Inspector shall have the right during 'reasonable hours to enter any building in the discharge of his official duties, or for the purpose of making any inspection or test of the installation of any electrical wiring, electric device or electrical material contained therein, except as otherwise provided in Section 8 of this ordinance. Section 8. RE -INSPECTION. Said Electrical Inspector isl'horeby authorized and empowered to make, at such times and as often as in his discretion it may seem necessary, a thorough re -in- spection of the installation in or on any building, structure or premises of all electrical airing, electric device and electrical material now installed or that may hereafter be installed viithin the incorporated territory of said City and ..hen the installation of any such wiring, - d - K 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 device or material is found to be in a dangerous or unsafe condition the person, firm, corporation or governmental agency owning, using or operating the same shall be notified in wtiting and shall make the necessary repairs or changes required to place such wiring, device or material in a safe condition and to have such work completed within a period of ten days after such notice, or within such other reason- able period specified by said Electrical Inspector in said notice and shall pay such fees as are required by the provisions of this ordinance. Said Electrical Inspector is hereby empowered to disconnect or to order the discontinu- ance of electrical service to such wiring. device or material so found to be defectively installed until the installation of such wiring device orma terial has been made safe as directed by said Electrical Inspector, and any person, firm or corporation or political subdivision or governmental agency ordered to discontinue such electrical service shall do so within twenty-four hours after the receipt of such notice and shall not reconnect such service or allow the same to be reconnected until notified so to do by said Electrical Ins_,ector. Provided however, that no ro-inspection shall be made in any dwelling house, while the same is occupied as a dwelling house, without the consent of the occupant thereof. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to hinder or prevent, or to cause or permit to be hin- dered or prevented, said Electrical Inspector or his duly authorized representative from making any elec- trical inspection provided for in this ordinance. Said Electrical Inspector shall make inspections approximately once each month of each theatre and motion picture theatre Tithin the incor- porated territory of said City and if the electrical �. equipment is in a safe operating condition shall issue to the owner thereof a written notice of approval. No theatre or motion picture theatre shall be operated for a period of mere than ten days without such apiroval notice. ection 9. FEES. - 5 - Ic Each person, firm, corporation, poli- tical subdivision or governmental agency to whom a permit for doing electrical work rias been granted shkll pay to said Electrical Inspector at the time such per- mit is granted the following fees, to -wit: - 1 ye For issuing permits, each .....................$ .75 For sockets or outlets at which current is used or controlled which are installed at a distance not exceeding 18 inches from each other, each.....................a 022 For sockets or outlets at which current is used or controlled which are installed at a distance exceeding 18 inches from each other, each ............................... .05 - 5 - Ic 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Par each radio outlet .........................W For each permanent radio antennae ............. For each motor of not more than 2 h.p......... For each motor of not more than 2 h.p. but more than z h.p......... ............. For each motor of not more than ...5 h.p, but more than 2 hop......... •... For each motor of not more than 15 hop. but more than 5 h.p...+....................... For each motor of, not more than 1;0 h.p., but more than 15 hop .......................... For each motor of not more than 200 hop. but more than 50 h. p......• ............... For each motor of more than 200 h.p......... For each generator, each K.V.A. capacity shall be considered as one hop. in a motor. For each motor -generator set the fee charged shall be 50% greater than for the motor alone. For each temporary motor, the same fee as for moving. For each moving of motors and/or generators upon which a final certificate has formerly been issued by said Electrical Inspector, a fee of 75% of the former fee shall be charged. For each ';w rcury are lamp and equipment........ For each projection machine, dissolver, etc.... For each range or heater installation...... ......... For working lights in buildings in course of construction or undergoing repairs or where temporary lighting is to be used: - 100 lamps or less ...... ................ 101 lamps and not over 800 .............. 301 lamps and not over 600 .............. 601 lamps and not over 1000 ............. 1001 lamps and over, each lamp........... For electric sign, 10 lamps or less........... For electric sign, 11 lamps and not over 25 lamps ............. ....................... For electric sign, 26 lamps and over, each lamp.. .. ....•..... For electric sign,luminous gas type, with 1 to 4 transformers ....................... For electric sign, luminous gas type, with five or more transformers, per transfor- mer.. ... ............................ For electric welder, per K.V.A................ For each mercury arc rectifier and synchronous converter, per K.W........................ For each extra inspection made necessary by defective workmanship or materials......:. For the inspection of any electrical equip- ment for which no fee is herein prescribed there shall be charged a fee per hour of.. No permit.shall be issued to any person, firm, corporation or political sub-&i.vision unless all fees due are paid in full. -6- .05 .O5 .25 . 50 .75 1.25 1.75 2.50 5.00 1.00 1.00 .25 .50 .75 1.00 2.00 .002 .25 .50 .02 1.00 .25 .25 .25 1.00 2.00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Section 10. GENERAL C(DNSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS, A. Except as provided otherwise herein, all installations whereby electrical energy is to be dissipated or utilized, shall be in strict conformity ti=rith approved methods of construction for safety to life and property. Conformity of such installations with the statutes of the State of California, the rules and regulations of the Department of Industrial".Rela- tions of the State of California, and the regulations laid down in the National Electrical Code as approved by the American Standards Association shall be prima facie evidence that such installations comply with the requirements of this ordinance. B. Except as provided otherwise herein, all electrical materials, devices and appliances used or installed, shall be in strict conformity with the approved methods of construction for safety to life and property, and conformity of electrical materials, devices and applicances with the standards of the Undervaiters' Laboratories, Inc., shall be prima facie evidence that such electrical materials, devices and appliances comply with the requirements of this ordinance. Three copies of each of the herein- before specified documents are on file at the office of said City Clerk and are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this ordinance in accor- dance with the laws of the State of California. Section 11. INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS. A. All wiring regulated by this ordinance, installed in Occupancy Groups A to H. inclusive, shall be in rigid metal protected installations; provided, however, that in inaccessible attics, any system of wiring approved for such type of installation by the National Electrical Code may be installed. B. Previously used material shall not be refused in any work without the written approval ob- tained in advance from the Electrical Inspector. Section 12. ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS. Additions or extensions to, and alterations and renewals of existing installations shall be made in compliance with the provisions of this ordinance, In locations where metal covered electrical wiring is required, but the existing installation was of some other approved type of wiring, the original type of installa- tion may be used on work representing less than 50% of a circuit or circuits. Complete or approximately com- plete circuits shall be of the type required by this ordinance. - 7 - i I Section 13, OUTSIDE WORK. 2 No open wiring requiring more than one set of knobs or insulators to each service shall be installed 3 on outside of building except as permitted elsewhere herein. Knobs or insulators shall be of the solid 4 type, and nails or spikes shall not be considered as adequate support for such knobs or insulators. 5 6 Section 14, SERVICES. 7 A. Two and Three Wire Services.' All single phase lighting loads of less than 3300 watts shall be 8 served by three wires. Where an installation has 9 been wired and arranged for three wire service no two wire energy supply or two wire service shall be connected thereto without the written approval ob- 10 tained in advance from said Electrical Inspector. 11 B. Service Demand Factor. In determining the' sizes of service feeder, sub -feeders, etc., these 12 shall be computed in accordance with Section 16, 13 paragraph H of this Code. 14 C. Method of installation. Every service shall be installed in conduit and all service conduit and 15 fittings installed on exterior of any building shall be made weatherproof. The outer end of service con - 16 duit shall not project more than 18 inches beyond the last point of support and where the conduit enters a 17 wall or meter box, it shall be so installed that water will not enter around it. The inner end of the service 18 conduit shall enter and be secured to the service switchcase or metal gutter connected thereto, except that where the switch is installed on a switchboard, 19 having exposed busbard on the back.. the concfiut may ter- minate at the back of the board. 20 D. Condtc tors in Servide Conduits. No other 21 conductors shall be placed in the service conduit, box or other fitting with the service wires unless 22 separated therefrom by an approved and permanent means forming a permanent compartment. This shall not apply. 23 to the service switch box. 24 1 E. Paralleling Service Conductors. No service conductors shall be paralleled except under unusual 25 conditions when said Electrical Inspector may give per- mission in advance in writing. When such permission 26 is granted the conductors paralleled in each phase or polarity shall have as near the same resistance and 27 conductivity as is possible and shall terminate in the same lug or bus. 28 F. METER HEIGHT. Meters shall be weatherproof 29 type or probected from the weather and wherever prac- tical shall be installed at not less than three feet 30 nor more than eight feet above the ground or working level. 31 - 32 11 - 8 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 G. METER LOCATION. Yo'herever reasonably prac- tical, meters shall be on the exterior of an outside wall or in a built-in cabinet in such wall so arrang- ed that the door will close itself. In no case shall meters be installed over windows, doors, laundry trays or similar locations. Section 15. VOLTAGE DROP. Every system of wiring for light and heat installations shall be so installed as not to exceed 3% drop over all and power installations not to exceed 5% drop over all. Section 16. OUTLET WATTAGES. A. For determining the total lighting load and the minimum number of lighting circuits in single and multi -family dwellings each room shall be rated as follows: - Reception Hall 150 watts Library 150 :vatts Living Room 200 watts Dining Room 200 watts Parlor 200 watts In rooms having a floor area in excess of 200 square feet the above.shall be increased to one watt per square foot of floor space. Ceiling Outlets, Breakfast Room, 75 watts each. Ceiling Outlets, Kitchay 75 vratts each. Ceiling Outlets, Bed Room, 75 watts each. Ceiling Outlets, Breakfast Nook, 75 watts each. All other lighting outlets except as provided herein, 50 watts each. Where there is more than one ceiling outlet in one room each outlet shall be rated 4 the rating given above. Where there are only bracket ottlets in a room, each shall be rated at not less than 50 watts and their total not less than the rating for that room. B. In calculating sizes of feeders, sub -feeders, etc., the. first two -wire branch circuit shall be con- sidered as requiring 1500 watts and the first three -wire branch circuit as requiring 2500 watts; each additional two -wire branch circuit shall be considered as requir- ing 1000 watts and each additional three -wire circuit as requiring 2000 watts. - 9 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 S, 6 C. On a two -wire circuit and on each side of a three -wire ,circuit the total connected load shall not exceed 1,000 watts excopt as other- wise provided herein. D. For the supply of current to con- venience outlets a separate circuit of not less than No. 12 A. Yd. gauge wire shall be installed, Not more than eight convenience outlets may be in- stalled on any such taro -wire circuit or on either side of a three -wire circuit. Each double con- venience outlet shall be rated as one outlet. E. At least one convenience outlet should be installed in the living room, dining room, breakfast room or breakfast nook, kitchen, screen porch, laundry, bath and den, and near each ironing board. Where there,is no convenience outlet installed in any of the herein mentioned rooms each lighting outlet in that room shall be rated at 500 watts. F. Convenience outlets shall not be installed in ironing cabinets. G. Wattage rating for Stores. 1. Stores shall be wired as requiring a minimum of tyro watts per square foot or floor area in sales rooms, display rooms, offices, working rooms, etc., and each ceiling outlet shall be considered as re- quiring not less than 300 watts. 2. Store rooms, stock rooms, toilets, dressing rooms, passage ways, halls, etc., shall be wired as requiring a minimum of three -tenths watts per square foot. 3. Show wondows shall be wired for not less than 20 watts per square foot floor area of such window, provided, however, that the wattage requirements need not be more than 200 watts per lineal foot and that the minimum amount shall be 50 watts per lineal foot measured horizontally along the base of the show windo•,r. 4. Unless a complete sign circuit is installed at the time of the original installation stores shall be provided, in addition to the above, with circuit capacity at the panel board, for signs and other exterior lighting and z" conduit or larger from the panel board to an accessible point. 5. Outlets located above or below mezzanine floors having a *idth not to exceed 12 feet shall be wired for not less than one watt per square foot. Mezza- nine floors wider than 12 feet shall be wired for not less than two watts per square foot. - 10 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 tion 17. WIRING DETAILS. A. Cutouts shall be installed in ap- proved cabinets, panel boards, etc., in such manner that no live parts are exposed to accidental con- tact. -:Provided, however, that this shall not apply to cutouts installed on switchboards under competent supervision. B. No wood moulding or cleat work shall.be installed. C. In partitions with studs less than two and one-half inches in width, wires shall be incasedin,armored cable, flexible non-metallic tubing, or approved ducts. D. Four inch boxes shall be used for all work with the following exception: the use of three-inch boxes will be approved for open surface work, knob and tube work, decorative lighting and in locations where space is limited and the use of a four inch box is impracticable. Not mar e than the following number of wires shall pass into or out of an outlet or pull box and each wire (with or without splice) passing through such box shall be considered as two wires: - size Shape 14 12 10 8 12" x 3-" Octagonal 8 7 5 1-" x 4" Octagonal 9 8 6 5 5 Pio. 14 & 4 No. 12 ly" x 4" Round 9 8 6 5 5 No. 14 k 4 No. 12 1y" x 4" Square 12 12 10 8 8 No. 14 & 4 N8. 10 1y" x 4" 11-16" Square 16 .16 13 10 13 No. 12 & 4 No. 10 2$" x 4" 11-16" Square 20 20 17 14 12 No. 12 & 8 Ido. 10. E. In any box and any combination of sizes not mentioned, two cubic inches shall be pro- vided for each No. 12 or smaller wire, and propor- tionately more for larger sizes of wire in the same ratio as the area of the cross section of wiro and insulation of such larger size wire bears to the area of the cross section of wire and insulation of No. 12 vrire. Should it be desired to increase the number of wires allowed to a box by the use of an extension ring, three cubic inches shall be provided for each No. 12 wire or smaller and proportionately more for larger sizes of wire in the same ratio as the area of the cross section of wire and insulation of such larger sized wir e bears to the area of the cross section of wire and insulation of No. 12 wire and one or more of the conduits shall be brought into the extension ring. F. In general, outlet and pull boxes shall be of such size as to accommodate with ease all wires and devices installed therein. I 1 G. In closets, the lighting outlet shall be placed on the wall over the door, or may 2 be located on the ceiling if operated by a wall switch or door switch. 3 H. Unless statements are filed in 4 writing from the owner or authorized agent stating capacity of range, each range will be figured at 5 not less than 7 K.17. 6 1. Where two or more feeder or sub - feeder switches are grouped, each switch shall be 7 permanently marked, indicating what it controls. 8 Section 18. FIXTURE DETAILS. A. Grounded Locations. 10 Each outlet for fixtures located 11 within reach five feet horizontally or eight feet vertically of conducting floors or other wall 12 switches, by ceiling pull switches vrith insulated chain or chord, or by pendent switches constructed 13 of porcelain or other suitable insulating material. All insulators in chain pulls shall be placed not 14 more than one inch from socket or fixture. Key sockets and brass shell pendant switches will be 15 permitted in such locations if the shells are per - 16 manently and effectively grounded. Miall switches within five feet of 17 conducting surfaces shall have an insulating plate or cover or shall be permanently and effectively 18 grounded. 19 B. Fixtures and Facture Supports. 20 Each outlet for fixture shall be provided with a fixture stud or equivalent approved 21 device, fastened to the box by means of stove bolts or other approved method; except ceiling outlets in 22 the kitchai, bath, and screen porch, and all bracket lights. 23 All fixtures shall be provided with 24 slip canopies, except those to be used in connection with ceiling pans, plaster rings and similar devices, 25 where it is manifestly impracticable to do so. Fix- ture supports shall in all cases be of adequate 26 mechanical strength and security. All fixtures shall be supported from the outlet box studs or equivalent 27 fittings or by metal straps fastened to the studs or lugs in the boxes except in old work (fished in 28 jobs) where brackets may be supported by suitable :rood screws screwed into lath or by metal straps 29 screwed to lath with fixtures attached to straps by machine screws or supported by wooden base blocks, 30 at least 4 inch thick, securely screwed to lath. Where the fixture is a special type which cannot 31 be supported except by wood screws they may be used if permission is obtained in advance in writing. 32 ?'there straps are used, fixtures shall be fastened to them by machine screws, stove bolts, or other approv- ed method. - 12 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 .0 0` Drop Cord. Drop cord, unless of an approved portable type, shall be used only where it hangs free in the air, shall not be used for the support of more than one socket with its reflector equipment and shall not be used for the support of sockets fitted with enclosing globes or bowls. Section 19. HEATERS. A. Portable heating appliances-shallnot be used on any circuits operating at more than 300 volts between conductors. Heating appliances which have bare elements or other bare current carrying parts exposed to accidental contact shall not be ussd on any circuit.operating at more than 150 volts to ground. Heatin g appliances which are fixed as to location and have no bare elements or other bare current carrying parts exposed to accidental contact may be used on circuits of not more than 600 volts between conductors. Any heating appliance rated at more than 2,000 watts shall be wired for 220 volts and where the voltage to ground exceeds 150 volts the wires to such heating appliances shall be installed in metal conduit. If such heating appliance is portable the receptacle shall be of suitable capacity. B. Two or more fixed air heating.appli- ances requiring not more than 35 amperes per conductor may be installed on each three -wire 110-220 volt heat- er circuit, or on each three prase 220 volt heater circuit providing the tap from such circuit to the heating appliance shall in no case be less than No. 12 A.17. gauge wire and not over 18 inches in length, all ungrounded conductors shall be svritchad at each heating appliance. C. Demand Factor For'Heaters. Space heaters in single or multi -family dwellings:- PTo. % Demand ldo. % Demand 1-4 100 14 73 5 96 15 72 6 92 16-17 71 7 89 18-19 70 8 86 20-21 69 9 83 22-23 68 10 80 24-25 67 11 78 26-27 66 12 76 28 up 65. 13 74 - 13 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Section 20. EMERGENCY CIRCUITS. Emergency lighting circuits shall be provided for all theatres, churches, schools, hospi- tals, sanitariums, lodge halls, auditoriums, dance halls, and other places where people congregate and also :there it is necessary to have emergency light, as in hotel halls, apartment house halls, and at emergency exits in office buildings. In all build- ings equipped with fire escapes, there shall be a light on the wall above each entrance to the fire escape. A sufficient number of outlets shall be provided to light properly all halls, corridors, al- leyways, stairways and fire escapes and other por- tions of the building to which the public has access. These lights shall be controlled from a convenient and central location and shall be so arranged that they cannot be operated by unauthorized persons, Feeders for emergency lighting shall be designed to carry 100% of the connected load. At each exit shall be placed an approved exit sign which shall have "EXIT" in green letters, or on a green back- ground. Such letters shall be not less than 5 inches in height. Section 21. X-RAY AND HIGH FREQUENCY APPARATUS- LONf VOLTAGE CIRCUITS. A. Wiring. Feeders shall have at least the capacity of No. 6 wire. Switch Required. A standard safety type switch or circuit breaker shall be installed in the low -voltage circuit to each machine. Each switch shall be located within sight of the machine it controls. B. Ventilation. Adequate ventilation shall be provided in X -Ray rooms where anesthetics are administered. Section 22. RADIO INSTALLATIONS. A. When a mast is used for the sup- port of the aerial conduators, it -shall be constructed of suitable material and shall have strength adequate for the stresses to which it will be subjected. B. Each mast except those which are self supporting, used for the support of aerial con- ductors shall be guyed in a strong and durable man- ner. The minimum size guy wire which may be used for this purpose shall be No. 12 A.W. Gauge. Guy wires shall be constructed of a metal which will not corrode excessively under the prevailing atmospheric conditions. There shall be inserted in each guy wire at least one standard strain insulator of a suitable type. Porcelain cleats, such as those used in house wiring, will not be approved for this purpose. - 14 - v 0 1 C. The number and strength of the guy wires required will, of course, be governed by 2 the height of the mast, the length and weight of the aerial conductors, the force of the :^winds, and 3 the nature of the surface over which the aerial 4 conductors are suspended. Except when written permission has 5 been granted in advance by said Electrical Inspector 6 the aerial shall not be suspended over light, power or signal wires, nor where the height and location of the mast is such that in the event it s2iould fall 7 it might come in contact with such light, power or signal wires, nor where it might fall across a 8 railroad or public highway. 9 D. Said Electrical Inspector may es- tablish methods to be followed in any particular 10 case. 11 12 Section 23. RECORDS OF PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS. 13 Said Electrical Inspector shall keep complete records of all permits issued and insP.ections made and other official work performed 14 under the provisions of this ordinance. 15 16 Section 26. PAYMENTS TO CITY TREASURER. `—� — 17 Said Electrical Inspector shall pay all moneys collected by him, pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance, into the city treasury 18 +K daily, and such moneys shall be deposited to the credit of the General Fund. 19 20 Section 25. NON -CONFORMING USES OF APPARATUS AND 7U TURES. 21 It shall be unlawful for any per - 22 son, firm or corporation to use or knowinglk to permit or cause to be used, any electrical apparatus or fix - 23 tures when said apparatus or fixtures or the installa- tion of same does not conform to all the requirements 24 of this ordinance. 25 Section 26. PENALTIES. 26 Any person, firm or corporation 27 violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction 28 thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars (1500.00) or by imprison - 29 ment in the County Jail for a period of not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and im- 30 prisonment. Each person, firm, or corporation vio- lating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall 31 be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day or portion thereof during which such violation con - 32 tinues and shall be punishable therefor as herein provided. 15 - '.. , 1 2 3 4 5 61 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 82 ,0 0 Section 27. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in the Azusa Herald k Pomo- tropic, a weekly newspaper published and cir- culated in said City of Azusa and thereupon and thereafter the same shall take effect and be in force. I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 2nd day of April, 1934, by the following note of the Council to - wit: - AYES: „�rr,.,,.,o.%Ir,,....•./'2[!t, 77'1ao�i.�vw yxn^-, %ho�+G�-�-i NOES: h � ABSENT: APPROVED THIS .i City Clerk of— the Cit of Azusa DAY OF APRIL, 1934.