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Home My WebLink About2208 ORDINANCE NO. 2208 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 3 OF ARTICLE VIII OF THE , ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ELECTRICAL REGULATIONS AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2004 CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE, INCLUDING TABLES AND STATE OF CALIFORNIA AMENDMENTS APPLICABLE TO LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, PUBLISHED AND ADOPTED BY THE NATIONAL I FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION; AND, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2003 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL (ICC) ELECTRICAL CODE, ADMlNISTRA TIVE PROVISIONS, CHAPTERS 1-10 AND 13, PUBLISHED AND ADOPTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Chapter 3 of Article VIII of the Arcadia Municipal Code is . hereby deleted in its.entirety. SECTION 2. A new Chapter 3 is hereby added to Article VIII of the Arcadia Municipal Code to read as follows: CHAPTER 3 ELECTRICAL CODE PART 1 ADOPTION 8310 ADOPTION The City Council hereby adopts, by reference, as the electrical regulations for 1 2208 the City the 2004 California Electrical Code, including tables and State of California amendments applicable to local jurisdictions, published and adopted by the National Fire Protection Association. The code shall govern, regulate and control all of the activities therein referred to and the same is made a part of this Chapter as though set forth in this chapter in full. One (1) copy of said Code is on file in the office of the City Clerk for use and examination by the p)lblic. PART 2 ADOPTION 8320 ADOPTION Subject to certain changes and amendments as hereinafter set forth in this . Chapter, the City Council hereby adopts, by reference, as the administrative regulations for the California Electrical Code the 2003 edition of the International Code Council (ICC) Electrical Code, Administrative Provisions, Chapters 1-10 and 13, published and adopted by the International Code Council. The ICC Electrical Code, Administrative Provisions, shall govern, regulate and control all of the activities therein referred to and the same is made a part of this Chapter as though set forth in this Chapter in full. One (1) copy of said code is on file in the office of the City Clerk for use and examination by the public. 2 2208 PART 3 PURPOSE 8330 PURPOSE The purpose of this code is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, addition to, use or maintenance of any electrical system within the City. PART 4 ADDITIONS, DELETIONS AND AMENDMENTS 8340 AMENDMENT, ADDITIONS, AND DELETIONS The ICC Electrical Code, Administrative Provisions, are amended to read as follows: 8340.1 ADDITION Section 304 is added to Chapter 3 of the ICC Electrical Code, Administrative Provisions, to read as follows: 304 Board of Appeals. Appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made 3 2208 by the Building Official relating to the application and interpretation of this code shall be as specified in the Arcadia Building Code. 8340.2 AMENDMENT Section 402.5 in Chapter 4 of the ICC Electrical Code, Administrative Provisions, is amended to read as follows: 402.5 Expiration of plan review. Applications for which no permit is issued within 180 days following the date of application shall expire by limitation, and plans and other data submitted for review may thereafter be returned to the applicant or destroyed by the Building Official. The Building Official may extend the time for action by the applicant for a period not exceeding 180 days on written request by the applicant showing that circumstances beyond the control of the applicant have prevented action from being taken. An application shall not be extended more than once. In order to renew action on an application after expiration, the applicant shall resubmit plans and pay a new plan review fee. 8340.3 AMENDMENT Section 403.2 in Chapter 4 of the ICC Electrical Code, Administrative Provisions, is amended to read as follows: 403.2 Expiration of permit. Every permit issued by the Building Official 4 2208 under the provisions of this code shall expire by limitation and become null and void if the work authorized by such permit is not commenced within 180 days from the date of such permit, or if the work authorized by such permit is suspended or ~bandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a period of 180 days. Before such work can thereafter be recommenced, a new permit shall be first obtained to do so, and the fee therefor shall be one half the amount required for a new permit for such work, provided no changes have been made or will be made in the original plans and specification for such work, and provided further that such suspension or abandonment has not exceeded one year. In order to renew action on a permit after expiration, the permittee shall pay a full new permit fee. A permittee holding an unexpired permit may apply for an extension of the time within which work may commence under that permit when the permittee is unable to commence work within the time required by this section for good and satisfactory reasons. The Building Official may extend the time for action by the permittee for a period not exceeding 180 days upon written request by the permittee showing that circumstances beyond the control ofthe permittee have prevented action from being taken. Permits shall not be extended more than 5 2208 once. 8340.4 DELETION Section 403.3 is deleted from Chapter 4 of the ICC Electrical Code, Administrative Provisions. 8340.5 AMENDMENT Section 404.2 in Chapter 4 of the ICC Electrical Code, Administrative Provisions, is amended to read as follows: 304.1 Plan review and permit fees. A fee for each electrical plan review or electrical permit shall be paid to the City in an amount established by City Council Resolution. 8340.6 AMENDMENT Section 404.3 in Chapter 4 of the ICC Electrical Code, Administrative Provisions, is amended to read as follows: 404.3 Investigation fees: work without a permit. Whenever any work for which a permit is required by this code has been commenced without first obtaining said permit, a special investigation shall be made before a permit may be issued for such work. An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whether or 6 2208 not a permit is then or subsequently issued. The investigation fee shall be equal to the amount of the permit fee required by this code. The payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with all other provisions of this code nor any penalty prescribed by law. 8340.7 AMENDMENT Section 404.5 in Chapter 4 of the ICC Electrical Code, Administrative Provisions, is amended to read as follows: 404.5 Fee refund. The Building Official may authorize refunding of any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected. The Building Official may authorize refunding of not more than 80 percent of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code. The Building Official may authorize the refunding of not more than 80 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or cancelled before any plan reviewing is done. 7 2208 The Building Official shall not authorize refunding of any fee paid except on written application filed by the original permitee not later than 180 days after the date of fee payment. 8340.8 ADDITION Section 404.6 is added to Chapter 4 of said ICC Electrical Code, Administrative Provisions, to read as follows. 404.6 Reinspe~tion fee. A reinspection fee may be assessed for each inspection or reinspection whenever work for which inspection is called is not complete or when corrections called for are not made. A reinspection fee may be assessed when the approved plans are not readily available to the inspector, for failure to provide access on the date for which inspection is requested, or for deviating from the approved plans. The work shall not be inspected until a reinspection fee.is paid to the City in an amount established by City Council Resolution. 8340.9 ADDITION Section 802 is added to Chapter 8 of said ICC Electrical Code, Administrative Provisions, to read as follows. 8 2208 802.0 Release of electrical service. A new electrical service shall not be approved for connection to the supplying electrical utilities' system until all applicable laws and City requirements, conditions and ordinances have been complied with unless approved by the Building Official. SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and shall cause a copy of the same to be published in the official newspaper of said City within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. Passed, approved and adopted this 5th day of July 2005. Ma r of the City of Arcadia lJfaL City Clerk - APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~P.~ City Attorney 9 2208 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS: CITY OF ARCADIA ) I, JAMES H. BARROWS, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2208 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 5th day of July, 2005 and that said Ordinance was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Counci1member Chandler, Kovacic, Marshall, Segal and Wuo NOES: None ABSENT: None \~1~ City Clerk of the City of Arcadia 10 2208