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ELECTRICAL CODE:-AM ENDM ENT
ORDINANCE NO. 96-3068
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF PLAINVlEW CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 10, AMENDING SECTION 10-41, 10-66, 10-82,
10-83, 10-121 AND 10-131; CUMULATIVENESS CLAUSE; CONFLICTS
CLAUSE; SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, The City of Plainviews Board of Electrical Examiners have reviewed
Chapter 10 of the City of Plainview Code of Ordinances, Electricity and;
WHEREAS, The Board of Electrical Examiners have made recommendations for
the following Changes:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of
Plainview, Texas that:
SECTION I
Article III, Sec.10-41:
(b) The Board of Electrical Examiners shall consist of seven (7) members
as follows: two (2) master electricians, two (2) journeyman electricians(or
one (1) service representative from the local electrical utility company,
currently known as Southwestern Public Service Co.), one (1) member who
is an employee of Southwestern Public Service Co., and two other
members who, in the opinion of the Mayor and City Council, are qualified
through education and practical experience to perform the duties of an
electrical examiner. There will also be appointed two (2) alternates who will
be called to serve on the Board in the event a regular member cannot be
present. These alternates shall be chosen from the same criteria as
outlined for regular members of the Board of Electrical Examiners.
Article IV, Sec. 10-66
Elevator electrician's Licenses shall be deleted from Chapter 10 of the City
of Plainview Code of Ordinances.
Sec. 10-82:
Scope of apprentice electrician license
(b) City apprentice work permit. Anyone desiring to do work as an
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apprentice electrician within the city shall register with the electrical
inspector and obtain from such office an apprentice work permit.
Such permits shall expire on the thirty-first (31) day of December of each
calendar year, and may be renewed by: application 'thereaffer to the
electrical inspector and payment of a five. dollar ($5.00) renewal fee.
Sec.10-83:
Scope of elevator electrician license. Shall be deleted from Chapter 10 of
the City of Plainview Code of Ordinances.
Article VI. Sec. 10-121
Standard: National Electrical Code incorporated by reference
All installation hereafter installed within the corporate limits of the
City of Plainview shall be done in first class workmanlike manner in
accordance with the 1996 Edition of the National Electrical Code, 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.
Sec. 10-131:
Wiring encased in metal racewavs; where required.
EXCEPTION NO. 1: Schedule 40 or 80 PVC may be used as an
underground conduit when buried in the earth at a minimum depth of
eighteen (18") measured from the top of the conduit (1987 NEC 300-5).
PVC shall not be used as a general raceway in open air.
EXCEPTION NO. 2: Shall be deleted from Chapter 10 of the City of
Plainview, Code of Ordinances.
SECTION II
Provisions of the ordinance are cumulative and nothing herein shall prevent, alter,
or diminish the applicability or enforcement of other ordinances restricting, regulating or
governing the subject matter herein.
SECTION III
All ordinances or portions of any ordinance of the .City of Plainview, Texas in
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conflict herewith, are hereby amended to conform with the provisions hereof.
SECTION IV
Should any section, subsection, or any portion hereof be deemed invalid for any
reason, such holding shall not render or invalidate any other section, subsection,
sentence, provision, clause, phrase, or word severable therefrom and the same shall be
deemed severable for this purpose.
SECTION V
This ordinance shall be of full force and effect upon its passage and publication
as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the £/. day of /Th~,J-, ,1995.
ATTEST:
K~ren McBeth, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
Lloyd Woods, Mayor
John Castro, Director of Community Services
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Wally Hatch, City Attorney
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