HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-25-1955 Regular MeetingSTATE OF ALABAMA
County of Baldwin
The City Council of the City of Fairhope met in regular session
at the City Hall, Monday, July 25, 1955 with the following
members present: Mayor E. B. Overton, City Manager C. B.
Niemeyer, Councilmen: R. H. Brown, L. E. Blatchford and R. C.
Macon. Councilmen M. 0. Berglin and J. D. ItiIason being absent.
The minutes of the previous regular meeting were read and
approved as read.
A letter from the Fairhope Taxpayers Association pertaining
to the Solicitation Ordinance and cleaning of vacant lots
was read and discussed by the Council.
Mr. Kenneth Cain met with the Council in regards to drainage
on School Street.
Councilman Macon introduced the following Ordinance to be known
as Electrical Inspection Ordinance, which motion was seconded by
Councilman Blatchf ord. The same being an Ordinance of permanent
operation was carried over for further consideration and passage
at the next regular meeting of the Council on August 8, 1955•
ELECTRICAL.INSPECTION•ORDINANCE
OFFICE OF ELECTRICAL OFFICIAL CREATED: RULES PROVIDED FOR
INSTALLATION AND INSPECTION OF ELECTRICAL WIRING AND OTHER
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES: FOR FIXING PENALTY FOR VIOLATION.
Section 1. Created. There is hereby created the office
of electrical official of the;City of Fairhope.
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Section 2. Electrical Installations: No electric wiring
for light, heat or power shall be installed hereafter in a
building or structure, nor shall an alteration or extension of
an existing electric wiring system be made, except in conformity
with the provisions of this article and rules that may be adopted
and promulgated by the electrical official under the provisions
of this ordinance.
Section 3. Work to comply with the 1953 National Electrical
Code. All electrical work and all materials and appliances used
in connection therewith installed within the City of Fairhope shall
conform to the rules and regulations and requirements of the 1953
National Electrical Code, and said rules and regulations are
hereby adopted and approved as a part of this Ordinance, and by
reference are made a •part thereof.
Section 4. During Installation. The electrical official
shall, during —the installation of an electric wiring system, make
or cause inspections to be made to assure compliance with this
code and the rules.
(a) No work in connection with an electric wiring system
shall be covered or concealed until it has been inspected as
prescribed in this Ordinance and permission to do so has been
given by the zjKzt XgiJ$X electrical official.
(b) Completion of work. The electrical official shall
within a reasonable time after notice of the completion of electri-
cal wiring, for which a permit is required by this Ordinance, make
or cause to be made an inspection of such work and such tests as
may be necessary to determine that it conforms with this ordinance
and the rules.
(c) Reinspection. The electrical official shall make or
cause to be made a reinspection of an electric wiring installation
whenever he deems it necessary in the interest of public safety.
(d) If an electric wiring system upon reinspection is found
to be defective and unsafe, the electrical official shall revoke
all certificates, in effect at that time, relating to such system;
and the use of such system shall be discontinued until it has been
made to conform to this Ordinance and the rules and a new certifi-
cate has been issued by the electrical official.
(e) Restriction. It shall be unlawful to use or permit the
use of, or to supply current for, electric wiring for light, heat
or power in a building or structure unless the required inspect-
ion bnd approval has been made.
(f) Temporary Current. The electrical official may, in his
discretion, give temporary permission for a reasonable time, to
supply and use current in part of an electric installation before
such installation has been fully completed.
SECTION 5. Permit. No 'alteration shall be made in wiring
for light, heat or power, or any additional load be added, other
than load for which the system was designed, to any existing
wiring nor shall any building be wired for electric light, motors,
or heating devices without a written permit from the Electrical
Official.fT-here shall be no charge for permit or first inspection
provided work or installation is approved on first inspection.
IIfrnot approved on first inspection there shall be .:a' charge of
_doljars for each subsequent inspection until work has
been approved.
In the event that an electrical permit is not obtained prior
to the time that the work is actually commenced, in any case where
an electrical permit is required by the provisions of •thi
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be that the provisions of this sub -division
shall not apply when the work must be done immediatelylbecause of
an emergency, in which event the owner or contractor shall tele-
phone the office of the- Electrical Official and report the emergency
and the extent of the work to be done and then obtain the Electric-
al permit within the ne xt twenty-four hours, or if the office of the
Electrical Official is not open for business then the owner or
contractor shall obtain the Electrical Permit -within the next
forty eight hours immediately following the beginning of the work.
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an, -electrical permit, and the frame or cabinet s all e effect-
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Section 6. Notice to Electrical Official, by Contractor,
when work is completed. Upon the completion of the wiring of
any building and/or upon the completion of any alteration or change
or repair, or the adding of any load to existing wiring for
lights, heat or power, it shall be the duty of the company, firm,
or individual doing the same to notify the Electrical Official
who shall then inspect, or cause such wiring or appliances
to be inspected.
Section 7. Notice of Defective Y'iring Correction.'Whenever
existing wiring or apparatus is found to be defective through
improper installation, or for any other reason that the installa-
tion does not meet the National Electrical Code requirements, the
City Electrical Official shall serve the owner with a memorandum
of the defects to be corrected and such owner shall have the
defects corrected within ten (10) days of the, service os such notice;
and in event a tenant has had any work done in which defects are
found it shall be the duty of such tenant to have the same corrected
within ten (10) days of the service of such memorandum on him;
and such tenant as well as the owner on failure to make the correct-
ion1within the ten (10) days of the service of such notice
shall be guilty of violating these provisions.
Section 8. Defective Apparatus to be Disconnected until
Corrected: If any wiring or apparatus in use or connected for
use is found by the Electrical Official to be so defective or
improper as to create a hazardous condition, he may disconnect
the parts of the wiring or equipment or require the Company furnish-
ing the current to discontinue the service, at this .' discretion,
and to keep the service discontinued until the wiring or equip-
ment is made safe, in compliance with the rules governing the
same.
Section 9. Alteration in Load Not to be Made Without Permit.
Neither the owner, nor agent, nor tenant of any building in the
City of Fairhope shall permit any alteration in the wiring there-
of for light, heat or power, or permit any additional load, other
than that load for which the wiring was designed, to be added to
any existing wiring, or permit any such building to be wired for
electric lights, motors, heating device, or power, without first
requiring the person, firm or corporation proposing to do such
work , to produce the permit therefor from the electrical
official, as required by this ordinance.
Section 10. Special Rules d Fire Limits. The term "Fire
Limits" as referred to in the several provisions of this ordinance
relating to electrical work within the Fir Limits of the City of
Fairhope shall be taken to memn and include the district contained
within the fire limits prescribed by ordinance as they exist at the
time of the installation or performance of electrical work.
,Section 11. Conduit. In addition to buildings specified in
the National Electrical Code, all electrical wiring for light,
heat, or power hereafter to be installed within the City of Fair -
hope and as respectively described in the following sections,
shall in all cases be encased in metallic conduit, or tubing, viz:
(a) All electric wiring in buildings (expept private dwellings)
situated in the district known as the Fire Limits.
(b) All electric wiring in buildings known to the building.
trade as fireproof or fire resistive.
mac) All electric wiring in apartment houses of 5 or more
apartments, theatres, shcools, churches, hospitals, almshouses,
asylums, loft buildings, nursing.homes, rest homes, or work shops
over one story where female help is employed, hotels, convents,
jails or prisons, club houses, public buildings and assembly halls,
or any place where there is likely to be an assembly of :_pb@ple in
any considerable number.
(d) All service switches shall be class "A", or approved equal.
(e) .All supply wires leading to electric signs.
(f) Lead covered wires or approved equal shall be used in all
underground conduit services, and shall be provided at each end
with approved weather heads or other outlet device approved for
the purpose.
Section 12. Penalty. Any person, firm, corporation or
association who shall violate any provision of thisoRdii✓A4'4Eshall
be guilty of an offense against the City of Fairhope and on
conviction shall be fined not more than $100.00, or by imprisonment
not exceeding six months, or by both such fines and imprisonment
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Several contracroxs met with the Council in regards to above
Ordinance, Mr. 111heatly Cleveland being opposed to any fee for
inspection:'_
Motion by Councilman_ Brown seconded by Councilman Blatchford that
the permit of Mr. S. A. LeBlanc to repair roof of pier on Mobile
Avenue with wood shingles be approved. Motion carried.
Motion by Council an Macon seconded by Councilma Blauc�hfogr .that
the permit of Dale Radcliff to install sign at ao`"- erfd of
Tourist Court be approved subject to removal at the discretion of
the City Council. Motion carried.
Motion by Councilman Macon seconded by Councilman Blatchford
that the building permit of Miss Mary Martin be approved as
submitted subject to removal at no expense to the City when and
if South School Street is widened. Motion carried.
It was duly moved and seconded that the meeting adjourn. Motion
carried.
Approved __
Mayor
Attest
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