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ELECTRICAL CODE ORDINANCE - AMENDMENT
ORDINANCE NO. 93-2954
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, ADOPTING
THE 1993 EDITION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE AND (NFPA
70-1993) AND REPEALING AIJ. PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF THE
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE HERETOFORE ADOPTED; PROVIDING
FOR A SEVE~rr.ITY CLAUSE; DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF THE
DESCRIPTIVE CAPTION TOGETHER WITH PENALTY PROVISIONS OF
THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Board of Electrical Examiners of the City of Plainview has
heretofore approved and recommended revisions to the local Electrical Code and the
City Council has heretofore adopted such revisions in Ordinance No. 84-2550; and
WHERF~S, the Board of Electrical Examiners of the City of Plainview has
approved the recommended adoption of the 1993 Edition of the National Electrical
Code (NFPA 70-1993) to the City Council, as revision and updating of Electrical
Codes is necessary and essential for the protection of the public health, safety and
property and in the best interest of the citizens of Plainview, Texas.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
PlainView:
SECTION 1. Section 6.1 of the Electrical Code of the City of Plainview
(Ordinance No. 84-2550) be amended to read as follows to wit:
6.1 STANDARD i NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE INCORPORATED BY
REFERENCES.
All installation hereafter installed within corporate limits of the City of
Plainview shall be done in a first class workmanlike manner in accordance with
the 1993 Edition of the National Electrical Code (NFPA 70-1993) as adopted by
the National Fire Protection Association, and said National Electrical Code is
made a part of this chapter, with the additions and deviations therefrom
contained in this Code.
SECTION 2. PENALTIES: Any person, either by himself or by agent, and
any firm, corporation or other entry who violates any other provisions of this
Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction of any such
violation, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
($1,000); and each day during which such violation continues shall constitute a
separate and distinct offense. In any case of a violation of any of the terms or
provisions of this Ordinance by any corporation, the officers and agents actively in
charge of the business of such corporation shall be subject to the penalty herein
provided. Any offense defined herein which has been defined by the law of the
State of Texas as an offense and for which a penalty has been prescribed shall be
punished as provided in said State law and nothing herein shall be held as fixing any
penalty contrary to a penalty provided by the laws of the State of Texas.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE: If any provisions of this Ordinance
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hereby adopted of the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
invalid, the remainder of the Code, and the application of such provisions to other
persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 4. REPEALER CLAUSE: All other Ordinances or parts of
Ordinances inconsistent with or conflicting with the terms hereof are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 5. PUBLICATION: The City Secretary is authorized and directed
to cause the publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance together with
the penalty provisions for the violation thereof.
This Ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication as required by law.
Passed and Approved this 13th day of April, 1993.
ET~.V. . R~dlehuber, y
ATT EST:
Kamen McBeth, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
Diane Groh
Director for Community Services
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
G~ty ~ttorney
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