HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 544 ORDINANCE NO. 544
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AZUSA AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 529 AND THE
BUILDING CODE AND RLRCTRICAL CODE ADOPTED
THEREBY.
The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 529, passed and approved the
21st day of January, 1957, is hereby amended by the addition thereto
of seven new sections numbered 2.3 through 2.9, and reading respec-
tively as follows :
SECTION 2.3. Section 303(a), Table No. 3-A of said
Building Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"TABLE NO. 3-A BUILDING PERMIT FEES
TOTAL VALUATION YEE
Less than $20.00 No Fee
$20.00 to and including $100.00 . 1.00
More than $100.00 to and including $400.00 2.00
More than $1F00.00 to and including $700.00 4.00
More than $700.00 to and including $1000.00 6.00
Each additional $1000.00 or fraction,
to and including $25,000.00 2.50
Each additional $1000.00 or fraction,
to and including $50,000.00 2.00
Each additional $1000.00 or fraction,
to and including $100,000.00 1.00
Each additional $1000.00 or fraction,
exceeding $100,000.00 .50"
SECTION 2.4. The last paragraph of Section 305(b) of
said Building Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Before commencing his duties, the Special Inspector shall be
examined and shall obtain a Certificate of Registration from
the Building Official. Applications shall be made in writing
and shall be accompanied by a fee of ten dollars. A separate
application and a separate fee shall be required for each
type of work. Certificates of Registration for Special
Inspectors shall be valid for one year or fraction thereof,
shall expire June 30, and must be renewed annually by payment
of a renewal fee of two dollars."
SECTION 2.5. Section 1.4 of said Electrical Code is
hereby amended by adding the following paragraph at the end
thereof:
"Whenever the term ;Chief Electrical Inspector; is used in
this section of this ordinance, such term shall be construed
to mean ;Supervising Electrical Engineer; of the Division of
Building and Safety of the Department of County Engineer."
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SECTION 2.6. Section 3 of said Electrical Code is
hereby amended by adding subsection (e) thereto, to read:
"(e) Cancellation of Permit. If no portion of the work or
construction covered by a permit issued by the Chief Elec-
trical Inspector under the provisions of this code has been
commenced, the person to whom such permit has been issued
may deliver such permit to the Chief Electrical Inspector
with a request that such permit be canceled. The Chief
Electrical Inspector shall thereupon stamp or write upon the
face of such permit the words, !Canceled at the request of
the permittee! . Thereupon such permit shall be null and
void and of no effect. "
SECTION 2.7. Section 3.5 of said Electrical Code is
hereby repealed.
SECTION 2.8. Section 9 of said Electrical Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 9. Any person desiring an electrical permit shall
at the time of filing an application therefor pay to the
Chief Electrical Inspector a fee as required in this section.
For issuing permits, each $1.00
For issuing maintenance permits, each 2.00
For services 600 volts or less, each 1.00
For services more than 600 volts, each 5.00
Where fixtures or sockets are included in the original
permit for wiring outlets, an additional fee of 1.00
Outlets in addition to outlets included in the origin-
al permit, equipment in addition to equipment of the
same kind included in the original permit, and fix-
tures in addition to fixtures included in the original
fixture permit, a supplementary permit fee of .50
For wiring outlets at which current is used or con-
trolled except services, sub-feeders and meter out-
lets, each .10
For fixtures, sockets or other lamp holding device
located more than eighteen inches (18") apart, each .10
For sockets or receptacles located less than eighteen
inches (18") apart, including wiring for same, each .05
For each motor of not more than 1/2 h.p .25
For each motor of more than 1/2 h.p., but not more
than 2 h.p .50
For each motor of more than 2 h.p., but not more than
5 h.p 1.00
For each motor of more than 5 h.p., but not more than
15 h.p 1.50
For each motor of more than 15 h.p., but not more than
50 h.p 2.50
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For each motor of more than 50 h.p., but not more than
200 h.p 5.00
For each motor of more than 200 h.p., but not more
than 500 h.p 10.00
For each motor of more than 500 h.p., but not more
than 1000 h.p 15.00
For each motor of more than 1000 h.p 20.00
For each generator, transformer or welder, each K.V.A
capacity shall be considered as one h.p. in a motor.
For each motor-generator set or frequency changer, the
fee charged shall be 100% greater than for the motor
alone.
For each mercury arc lamp and equipment .50
For each projection machine, dissolver, etc 1.50
For each range, water heater or clothes dryer instal-
lation .50
For each stationary cooking unit, oven, space heater,
garbage disposer, dishwasher, automatic washer .25
For all other heat installations, resistance or infra-
red, etc., per K.W .10
For working lights in buildings in course of construc-
tion or undergoing repairs, or where temporary light-
ing is to be used:
500 lamps or less 1.00
501 lamps and not over 1000 2.00
1001 damps and over 3.00
For each electric sign, 10 lamps or less .50
For each electric sign, 11 lamps and not over 25 .75
For each electric sign, 26 lamps and over 1.00
For each electric sign or outline lighting installa-
tion, luminous gas type with 1 to 4 transformers 1.00
For each electric sign or outline lighting installa-
tion, luminous gas type, with 5 or more transformers,
each transformer .25
For each x-ray unit and its appurtenances 2.00
For each rectifier and synchronous converter, per K.W .25
For each extra inspection made necessary by defective
workmanship or materials 2.50
For each inspection of any electrical equipment for
which no fee is herein prescribed for the time con-
sumed,
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per hour 4.00
with a minimum charge 1/2 hour or less 2.00
Any person who shall commence any electrical work for which
a permit is required by this ordinance without first having
obtained a permit therefor, shall, if subsequently permitted
to obtain a permit, pay double the permit fee fixed by this
section for such work, provided, however, that this provi-
sion shall not apply to emergency work when it shall be
proved to the satisfaction of the Chief Electrical Inspector
that such work was urgently necessary and that it was not
practical to obtain a permit therefor before the commence-
ment of the work. In all such cases, a permit must be
obtained as soon as it is practical to do so, and if there
be an unreasonable delay in obtaining such a permit, a
double fee as herein provided shall be charged. "
SECTION 2.9. Section 9.5 of said Electrical Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 9.5. Refunds. In the event that any person shall
have obtained a permit and no portion of the work or con-
struction covered by such permit shall have been commenced,
or such permit shall have been canceled without any work
having been done as provided for in Section 3(d) or Section
3(e) , the permittee, upon presentation to the Chief Electri-
cal Inspector of a request therefor in writing on a special
form shall be entitled to a refund in an amount equal to
80% of the fee actually paid for such permit. The Chief
Electrical Inspector shall satisfy himself as to the right
of such applicant to such refund, and each such refund
shall be paid as provided by law for the payment of claims
against the City.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as
required by law.
Passed and approved this 15th day of July , 1957.
Mayor of the K y o zusa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF AZUSA
I, JAMES MILLER, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 544 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the igt day of J 1 , 1957. That,
thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 15th day of July , 1957,
by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES : Councilmen: Fawcett, Ortuno, Johnson, Memmesheimer
NOES : Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: Romero
pity Clerk of the City of Azusa
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I do further certify that I caused said Ordinance to be
published prior to the expiration of fifteen days from the passage
thereof in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, a newspaper of general
circulat on printed, published and circulated in the City of Azusa,
on the - '6day of Jul , 1957, and that the same was
publishes n accordance with law.
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