HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1980-1717 Adds §§ 15.24.127 and 15.24.128; amends §§ 15.24.002, 15.24.010 and 15.124.124; electrical code (15.24)-(4
ORDINANCE NO. 1717
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY,
CALIFORNIA ADOPTING THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL
CODE, 1978 EDITION, AS AMENDED, ESTABLISHING
REQUIREMENTS, RULES AND STANDARDS FOR
ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS AND MATERIALS
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1512 AND CHAPTER 15.24
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL
CITY.
The City Council of the City of National City,
California does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Municipal Code Section
15.24.002 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 15.24.002. FINDING AND DECLARATION.
The City Council of National City, California,
does hereby specifically and expressly find and
declare that the nature and uniqueness of the cli-
mate, terrain, location, environment and rate of
population growth of the City of National City does
necessitate and demand specific changes in, and
variations from the National Electrical Code,
1978 Edition, which are noted in and made a
part of this ordinance.
SECTION 2. That Section 2 of Ordinance No.
1512 and Section 15.24.010 of the National City Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 15.2.4.01G. CODE. ADOPTED. There is
hereby adopted by the City Council, for the purpose
of prescribing regulations governing the installa-
tion, repair, operation, and maintenance of all
electric wiring and electrical apparatus within the
City, that certain code known as the National
Electrical Code prepared by the National Fire
Protection Association being particularly the 1978
Edition thereof and the whole thereof, save and
except such portions as are hereinafter deleted,
added, modified, or amended, of which code not
less than three copies have been and are now
filed in the Office of the City Clerk and the
same are adopted and incorporated as fully as if
set out at length herein, and from the date on
which the ordinance codified in this chapter takes
effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling
within the city limits.
SECTION 3. That Section 4 of Ordinance No.
1512 and National City Municipal Code Section 15.24.124
are amended to read as follows:
Section 15.24.124. Section 210-8 (a)
(1) All 120-volt, single phase, 15- and 20 -
ampere receptacles installed in bathrooms and garages
of dwelling units shall have ground -fault circuit
interrupter protection for personnel. Exception:
Ground fault circuit protection need not be
provided on receptacle outlets located in a
garage provided such outlets are single and are
intended for use with fixed or stationary
appliances.
SECTION 4. There is hereby added to the
National City Municipal Code Section 15.24.127 amending
the National Electric Code to read as follows:
Section 15.24.127. Section 384-3.
(f) The phase arrangement on three-phase buses
shall be A, B, C from front to back, top to bottom,
or left to right, as viewed from the front of the
switchboard or panelboard. The C phase shall be
that phase having the higher voltage to ground.
Other busbar arrangements shall be permitted for
additions to existing installations and shall be
marked.
SECTION 5. There is hereby added to the
National City Municipal Code Section 15.24.128 amend-
ing the National Electric Code to read as follows:
Section 15.24.128. Section 680-6.
(a) Receptacles on the property shall be
located at least 10 feet from the inside walls
of a pool. Receptacles located within 15 feet
of the inside walls of a pool shall be protected
by a ground -fault circuit interrupter.
EXCEPTION: A receptacle that provides power for
a permanently installed swimming pool recircula-
ing pump motor, as permitted in Section 680-7,
shall be permitted not less than 5 feet from
the inside walls of the pool and shall be single
and of the locking and grounding types.
In determining the above dimensions, the distance
to be measured is the shortest path the supply cord
of an appliance connected to the receptacle would
follow without piercing a floor, wall or ceiling
of a building or other effective permanent barrier.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of May, 1980.
ATTEST:
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California,
on May 6, 1980 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmen
Nays: Councilmen
Absent: Councilmen
Abstain: Councilmen
Camacho, Dalla, Van Deventer, Waters, Morgan.
None.
None.
None.
AUTHENTICATED BY:
KILE MORGAN
Mayor of the City of National City, California
ONE CAMPBEL
By:
City Clerk of t City of National City, California
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was not finally adopted
until seven calendar days had elapsed between the day of its introduction
and the day of its final passage, to wit, on
and on May6 , 1980
April 22.. ]980
I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT said ordinance was read in full prior to its
final passage or that the reading of said ordinance in full was dispensed
with by a vote of not less than a majority of the members elected to the
Council, and that there was available for the consideration of each mem-
ber of the Council and the public prior to the day of its passage a written
or printed copy of said ordinance.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and cor-
rect copy of ORDINANCE NO. 1717 of the City of National City, passed
and adopted by the Council of said City on May 6, 1980
(Seal)
By:
City Cl - of the City of Natidiial City, California
Deputy