HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 75-1775AMENDMENTS TO ELECTRICAL CODE
ORDINANCE NO. 75-]_775
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE I, SUB-SECTION (L), ARTICLE VI SUB-
SECTION XII OF THE ELECTRICAL CODE OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS,
SAME BEING ORDINANCE NO. 69-1047, PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF NATIONAL
ELECTRICAL CODE (NEPA 1975) AS ADOPTED BY THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION
ASSOCIATION; PROVIDING FOR USE OF ROMEX IN ROWHOUSES AND TOWNHOUSES AS
AN ALTERNATE METHOD OF WIRING; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THIS
ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF
THE DESCRIPTIVE CAPTION TOGETHER WITH THE 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 certain revisions to the Electrical
Code as more fully set out in the body of this Ordinance, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that such revisions are necessary
and essential to the protection of the public, health, safety and property
and in the best interest of the Citizens of the City of Plainview,
NOW THEREFORE;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW:
SECTION 1. That Article I, Sub-Section (L) of the Electrical Code
of the City of Plainview be amended to read as follows to-wit; (L) National
Electrical Code shall mean the 1975 Edition of the National Electrical Code
(1975) as adopted by the National Fire Protection Association.
SECTION 2. That Article VI, Sub-Section XII, be amended by adding
thereto a paragraph to read hereafter as follows, to-wit:
ROMEX wiring shall not be used in Rowhouses and Townhouses, unless
each dwelling unit is separated by a two-hour fire rated masonry
wall and said fire wall shall extend through the roof of said
structure for a distance of not less than 30 inches above the point
where the roof surface and the wall intersect.
All electrical outlets and openings located in the masonry wall shall
be in conduit. No outlets in masonry wall shall be closer than 18
inches of each other.
SECTION 3. PENALITIES: Any person, either by himself or by agent,
and any firm, corporation or other entity who violates any of the pro-
visions of this Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction of any such violation, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed
~0 HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); 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 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 4. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE: If any provisions of this Ordinance
or of the Code hereby adopted or 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 5. PUBLICATION: The City Secretary is authorized and directed
to cause the publ'ication of the descriptive caption of this Code together
with the penalty provisions for the violation thereof.
This Code shall become effective and be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and publication as required by law.
s d ~ A.D., 1975.
N' D. S?ONEHAM, MAYOR
M. L. Rea, City Secretar~v