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City of Monessen, PA
Westmoreland County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Monessen 8-10-1981 by Ord. No. 13-1981. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Alarms — See Ch. 117.
Building construction — See Ch. 153.
Mechanical standards — See Ch. 264.
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk, City of Monessen, being marked and designated as the "National Electrical Code, 1996 Edition," as published by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the Electrical Code of the City of Monessen, in the State of Pennsylvania, for the installation, repair and alteration of electrical wiring as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations of the National Electrical Code, 1996 Edition, are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this chapter.
A. 
All sections of the National Electrical Code which contain the word "municipality" shall be read as the "City of Monessen" in place of the word "municipality."
B. 
Any additions or amendments to the National Electrical Code in revised editions shall automatically become part of this chapter.
Nothing in this chapter or in the Electrical Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court or any rights acquitted or liability incurred or any clause or causes of action acquitted or existing under any act or ordinance hereby repealed, nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this chapter.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before any District Justice having jurisdiction of such offense, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 or to undergo imprisonment not exceeding 90 days, or both. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed as a separate offense.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).