[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Milton 8-15-1967 by Ord. No. 538. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Last amended 8-11-2004 by Ord. No. 1149]
There is hereby adopted by the Council of the
Borough of Milton, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing
the installation, construction and inspection of electrical wiring
systems, equipment and other facilities utilizing electrical energy
for light, heat and power in or on any building, structure or premises
in the Borough of Milton, and of promoting the public welfare and
safety, that certain code known as the "2002 National Electrical Code,"
as published by the National Fire Protection Association. Not fewer
than three copies of the latest revision of such code have been and
are now on file in the office of the Borough Secretary.
A.
"Electrical wiring system" shall mean and include
all electrical apparatus, electrical wiring, electrical fixtures and
electrical supplies used as a part of any installation for the transmission
or utilization of electrical energy, including but not limited to
the electrical wiring and apparatus used in connection with and conjunction
to heating, plumbing, ventilating, air-conditioning, refrigeration
and water heating systems; provided, however, that said system shall
not include lamps and portable electrical appliances separate from
permanently fixed plug-in receptacles.
B.
This chapter shall not apply to the installation of
facilities owned and employed by an electric or communication utility
in the exercise of its function to serve the general consumer public
as a utility, and located outdoors or indoors, in buildings or on
premises used exclusively for providing such utility service. This
provision shall not be construed to exempt such utility or companies
from the requirements of this code for construction or installations
not directly connected with the utility service to the public.
C.
Wherever in this chapter the term "Electrical Inspector"
shall be used, such term shall designate the Borough Building Inspector
unless otherwise indicated.
All electrical systems installed, constructed,
altered or extended within or on public or private buildings or other
premises, including yards, carnivals, parking lots, trailers and mobile
home parks, industrial substations or any other buildings or land
shall, in all respects, conform to the requirements of the said National
Electrical Code. Only those materials, fittings and devices enumerated
in said National Electrical Code, and its corresponding List of Inspected
Appliances of the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., as herein adopted,
shall be used in electrical construction work under this code.
Upon the filing of a written application in
such form as the Building Inspector shall require, and upon payment
of the required fee, a permit shall be issued, in duplicate, to the
electrical contractor or other person making application, one copy
thereof to be conspicuously posted upon the premises where the work
is being done, until the work done has been inspected and approved
by the Electrical Inspection Department of the Middle Department Association
of Fire Underwriters or another approved electrical inspection service
and a certificate of approval, executed by such Electrical Inspection
Department or electrical inspection service, has been filed with the
Building Inspector.
[Amended 10-28-1998 by Ord. No. 1103]
The following fees shall be charged for permits
issued under the Electrical Code:
A.
Based on the total valuation of the work:
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Total Valuation of Work
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Fee
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|---|---|
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$0.00 to $100.00
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$3.00
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$100.01 to $200.00
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$6.00
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$200.01 to $500.00
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$8.00
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$500.01 to $1,000.00
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$14.00
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$1,000.01 to $1,500.00
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$16.00
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$1,500.01 to $2,500.00
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$20.00
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$2,500.01 to $5,000.00
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$30.00
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$5,000.01 to $10,000.00
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$60.00
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For each $1,000.00, or portion thereof, of work
over and above $10,000.00
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An additional fee of $3.00 per each $1,000.00
|
B.
Permit fees will be doubled for work started prior
to application for permits.
A.
Before any electrical contractor or other person doing
the electrical installation or construction work for which he has
received a permit shall complete such work, he shall make application
for inspection on the form used by the Middle Department Association
of Fire Underwriters Electrical Inspection Department or another approved
electrical inspection service, specifying the premises wherein the
installation or construction is being done and the extent, specifications
and classifications of such work and pay the fees published thereon.
B.
The Electrical Inspection Department of the Middle
Department Association of Fire Underwriters or another approved electrical
inspection service shall, upon receipt of an inspection application,
make or cause to be made an inspection of such work and conduct such
tests as may be necessary. If the work is done in accordance with
the requirements of this Electrical Code, the Electrical Inspection
Department or electrical inspection service shall thereupon issue
a cut-in card to the local electric utility office and a rough wiring
or final certificate of approval, as the case may be, to the applicant
and the Building Inspector; provided, however, that if service entrance
and/or metering are not involved in the work to be inspected, the
issuance of a cut-in card to the utility will not be required.
C.
When the electrical installation or construction is
not approved by the Underwriter Inspector or inspection service, such
inspector shall send a notice of noncompliance to the applicant and
the Building Inspector and, if required, to the local electric utility.
D.
No electrical energy shall be introduced into a building
which, previous to the installation or construction, had no electric
energy, until a cut-in card is issued to the local utility, except
only as much electrical energy as may be used by contractors in furtherance
of the construction work, electrical or otherwise, in such building.
The Building Inspector shall enforce the provisions
of this Electrical Code and shall have the power, when he is notified
by the Middle Department Association of Fire Underwriters or another
approved electrical inspection service or by other persons that certain
electrical installation or construction is being done contrary to
the requirements of this code, to cause such work to be stopped and
to enforce compliance with the code and the further power, in the
event of existing electric wiring system if found upon inspection
to be unsafe or defective, to notify and order the owner of such premises
to discontinue the use of such system until it has been corrected,
made to conform to the requirements of this Electrical Code and approved
by the Electrical Inspector Agency.
In the event that the Building Code of the Borough
of Milton shall be revised and amended and a Board of Building Appeals
created thereunder, any persons aggrieved may appeal from the decision
of the Building Inspector hereunder to the Board of Building Appeals.
Appeals and the procedures for appeals shall be as set forth in said
amended Building Code.[1]
[Amended 10-28-1998 by Ord. No. 1103]
A.
Any person, partnership or corporation who or which
shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment
of such fine and costs, such persons, the members of such partnership
or the officers of such corporation shall be subject to imprisonment
for a period not in excess of 30 days. Each day that a violation continues
shall constitute a separate offense. All fines collected for violation
of this chapter shall be paid over to the Borough of Milton.
B.
In addition to the remedies and penalties provided
in this chapter, the Borough of Milton may institute any appropriate
action in law or in equity to prevent, restrain, correct or abate
any action, conduct or condition which constitutes a violation of
this chapter.
