STATE LAW REFERENCES
Authority to regulate buildings and structures — See
N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.12a and 40:48-1(13).
[Ord. No. 1095, § 2]
As used in this chapter, the term "reasonably safe to persons
and property," as applied to electrical construction and electrical
equipment, means safe to use in the service for which the installation
or equipment is intended without unnecessary hazard to persons or
property.
[Ord. No. 1095, § 9]
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to work done
in connection with lines or equipment owned by a public utility, as
defined in N.J.S.A. 48:2-13, and directly used in the supplying of
its service.
[Ord. No. 1095, § 1]
All electrical construction and electrical equipment shall be
reasonably safe to persons and property and in conformity with the
provisions of this chapter and the applicable statutes of the state
and all orders, rules and regulations issued by authority thereof.
[Ord. No. 1095, § 3]
Conformity of electrical installations with applicable regulations
set forth in the National Electrical Code, which has been approved
by the American Standards Association, shall be prima facie evidence
that such installations are reasonably safe to persons and property.
[Ord. No. 1095, § 4]
Conformity of electrical equipment with applicable standards
of Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., shall be prima facie evidence
that such equipment is reasonably safe to persons and property.
[Ord. No. 1095, § 5; amended by Ord. No. 1480, § 1; at time of adoption
of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Before any person shall install, extend or renew any electrical
wiring or fixed electrical equipment, they shall first file an application
for inspection with a firm duly authorized by the Board of Public
Utilities to make electrical inspections in this state. When emergency
repairs are necessary in order to maintain service on an electrical
system, the necessary repairs may be made without first filing an
application for inspection. In such cases, the application shall be
filed not later than the next working day after the date on which
the repairs were made.
[Ord. No. 1095, § 6]
Such duly authorized firm, upon receipt of an application for
inspection, shall, within a reasonable time after notice of completion
of electrical work, make or cause to be made an inspection of such
work and such tests as may be necessary to determine that the installation
conforms with the provisions of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 1095, § 6]
Such duly authorized firm shall, upon written request from the
Chief of the Fire Department, make or cause to be made an inspection
of any existing electrical installation when, in the opinion of the
Chief of the Fire Department, the condition of the installation warrants
such an inspection.
[Ord. No. 1095, § 6]
Such duly authorized firm shall file with the Chief of the Fire
Department a report of all inspections made, and shall have the authority,
during reasonable hours, to enter any building or premises for the
purpose of making an inspection or test of the electrical installation
contained therein.
[Ord. No. 1095, § 7; amended by Ord. No. 1480, § 1; at time of adoption
of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
No electrical wiring shall be concealed by permanent placement
of parts of a building until such wiring has been inspected and approved
by a firm duly authorized by the Board of Public Utilities to make
electrical inspections in this state.
[Ord. No. 1095, § 8; amended by Ord. No. 1480, § 1; at time of adoption
of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)
The Chief of the Fire Department shall keep on file a record
of all violation reports received from a firm duly authorized by the Board
of Public Utilities to make electrical inspections in this state until
such violations are corrected and approval issued by such firm. When
an electrical installation which is connected to the supply of electricity
has been reported in violation of the requirements of this chapter,
the Chief of the Fire Department shall notify the person owning or
using the installation. If, after a period of ten days has elapsed
or such further reasonable time as may be granted upon request, the
installation has not been approved by a firm duly authorized by the Board
of Public Utilities to make electrical inspections in this state,
the Chief of the Fire Department shall have the authority to disconnect
or order the disconnection of electrical service to such electrical
installation. In cases of emergency, when necessary for safety to
persons or property or when electrical equipment may interfere with
the work of the Fire Department, the Chief of the Fire Department
shall have the authority to disconnect or order the disconnection,
immediately, of service to electrical installations.
