Town of West New York, NJ
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2022-12-14
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 30 Electrical Subcode Official
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Agreements, Joint
- Ch 4 Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
- Ch 5 Attendance Policy
- Ch 6 Authorities
- Ch 8 Automotive Maintenance and Repair, Division of
- Ch 10 Board of Education
- Ch 11 Civil Rights Commission
- Ch 13 Civil Service
- Ch 16 Community Development, Department of
- Ch 19 Construction Board of Appeals
- Ch 21 Construction Code Official
- Ch 24 Court, Municipal
- Ch 27 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 30 Electrical Subcode Official
- § 30-1 Position created.
- § 30-2 Appointment; term.
- § 30-3 Duties.
- § 30-4 Powers.
- § 30-5 Authority to stop work.
- § 30-6 Violations and penalties.
- § 30-7 Prohibited activities.
- § 30-8 Salary.
- Ch 31 Emergency Medical Services
- Ch 33 Environmental Commission
- Ch 36 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 39 Finances
- Ch 42 Fire Department
- Ch 46 Franchises
- Ch 49 Housing, Department of
- Ch 53 (Reserved)
- Ch 56 Law Department
- Ch 58 Library Board
- Ch 59 License Department
- Ch 62 Local Civil Defense Council
- Ch 66 (Reserved)
- Ch 69 Officers and Employees
- Ch 72 Parking Services Agency
- Ch 74 Pensions
- Ch 76 Personnel
- Ch 80 Police Department
- Ch 83 Police and Fire Department Affairs
- Ch 86 Public Affairs, Department of
- Ch 88 Purchasing
- Ch 90 Residency Requirements
- Ch 93 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 95 Sanitation Division
- Ch 97 Swimming Pool Commission, Municipal
- Ch 98 Tenants Advocacy
- Ch 100 Urban Enterprise Zone
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 108 Air Pollution
- Ch 111 Alarm Systems
- Ch 114 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 117 Amusements
- Ch 121 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 124 Automobile Service Stations
- Ch 125 Background Checks
- Ch 126 Bamboo
- Ch 127 Barbershops, Beauty Salons and Nail Salons
- Ch 130 Bicycles, Electric Bicycles and Scooters
- Ch 135 Building Construction Standards
- Ch 139 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 142 Burglary Prevention
- Ch 145 Canopies and Awnings
- Ch 148 Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 151 Checks, Returned
- Ch 154 Christmas Tree Sales
- Ch 158 Condominium Conversions
- Ch 161 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 162 Construction Cranes
- Ch 164 Contractors, Registration of
- Ch 167 Curfew
- Ch 170 Defacement of Property
- Ch 174 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 178 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 181 Dumpsters/Construction Containers
- Ch 186 Fees
- Ch 189 Filming
- Ch 192 Firearms and Fireworks
- Ch 195 Fire Limits
- Ch 198 Fire Prevention
- Ch 200 First Responder Radio Communications
- Ch 201 Flea Markets
- Ch 204 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 207 Food Handling
- Ch 210 Fuel Devices and Suppliers
- Ch 215 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 218 Heating
- Ch 221 Housing, Affordable
- Ch 222 Identification Card Program
- Ch 223 Insurance
- Ch 227 Junk Dealers
- Ch 231 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 234 Laundries and Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 237 Limousines and Livery Vehicles
- Ch 242 Littering
- Ch 245 (Reserved)
- Ch 248 Massage Parlors
- Ch 251 Mechanical Standards
- Ch 254 Mobile or Street Food Vendors
- Ch 257 Mopeds
- Ch 260 Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 263 Newsracks
- Ch 266 Noise
- Ch 269 Nuisances
- Ch 273 Obscenity
- Ch 277 Parking
- Ch 280 Parking Lots, Municipal
- Ch 284 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 287 Plastic Coverings and Bags
- Ch 290 Plumbing Standards
- Ch 293 Police Protection
- Ch 296 Precious Metals
- Ch 299 Property Maintenance
- Ch 302 Public Property, Damage to
- Ch 304 Real Property
- Ch 306 Recycling
- Ch 309 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 310 Relocation Assistance
- Ch 312 Rent Control
- Ch 316 Rooming, Lodging and Boarding Houses
- Ch 319 Sales, Special
- Ch 322 Sanitation
- Ch 325 Screens, Protective
- Ch 327 Security Cameras
- Ch 328 Sewage Disposal, Individual
- Ch 329 Sewerage Authority, North Hudson
- Ch 331 Sewers
- Ch 335 Shows and Exhibitions
- Ch 338 Signs
- Ch 341 Skates, Skateboards, Roller Blades, In-Line Skates and Scooters
- Ch 344 Smoke Detectors
- Ch 345 Smoking
- Ch 348 Solid Waste Disposal
- Ch 352 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 355 Strikebreakers
- Ch 358 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 361 Swimming Pools
- Ch 364 Taxation
- Ch 367 Taxicabs
- Ch 370 Telephones
- Ch 374 Tort Claims
- Ch 377 Towing
- Ch 379 Tree Removal
- Ch 380 Utility Poles and Underground Facilities
- Ch 380A Vacation Rentals, Short-Term
- Ch 381 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 382 Vehicle Boot Pilot Program
- Ch 384 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 387 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 391 Vehicles, Storage of
- Ch 394 Vending Machines, Food
- Ch 398 Vibration
- Ch 401 Water
- Ch 403 Waterfronts
- Ch 406 Weapons
- Ch 409 Weeds
- Ch 414 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Town of West New York 4-5-1978 by Ord. No. 1279. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Construction Board of Appeals — See Ch. 19.
Construction Code Official — See Ch. 21.
Officers and employees — See Ch. 69.
Salaries and compensation — See Ch. 93.
Building construction standards — See Ch. 135.
Certificates of occupancy — See Ch. 148.
Uniform Construction Codes — See Ch. 161.
The position of Electrical Subcode Official
for the Town of West New York is hereby created.
[Amended 8-15-2012 by Ord. No. 28/12]
The Electrical Subcode Official shall be appointed
by the Director of Public Safety for a term of four years and until
his successor is appointed and qualified.
The Electrical Subcode Official shall:
A.
Administer and enforce the Electrical Code adopted
by the Commissioner of Community Affairs pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-123.
B.
Administer and enforce all ordinance provisions of
the Town of West New York relating to electric signs, electrical wiring
and electrically operated equipment.
C.
Make all inspections necessary to the enforcement
of the aforesaid.
D.
Examine each application for an electrical permit
and either issue or deny the said permit in accordance with the provisions
of N.J.S.A. 52:27D-131.
E.
Issue a certificate of occupancy or approval in accordance
with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 52:27D-133 to the owner or person
in charge of the premises which he has inspected where he finds that
the electrical apparatus and wiring therein fully comply with the
code and ordinance provisions aforesaid.
A.
The Electrical Subcode Official shall have:
(1)
All the powers and authority conferred by the State
Uniform Construction Code Act and the regulations adopted pursuant
thereto.
(2)
The right during reasonable hours to enter any building
in the Town of West New York in the discharge of his official duties
or for the purpose of making an inspection or test of the electrical
equipment therein.
(3)
The power to cause the current in any wire or conduit
to be turned off whenever this is necessary in an emergency for the
protection of life or property.
B.
No electric wiring shall be covered until it has been
inspected and approved by the Electrical Subcode Official.
Whenever the Electrical Subcode Official shall
find electrical work being done in violation of either the Electrical
Code adopted by the Commissioner of Community Affairs or the ordinance
provisions of the Town of West New York, he shall have the power to
order the work stopped until the code or the ordinance provisions
are complied with. It shall be unlawful to continue any such work
after such a stop order has been issued except upon written permission
of the Electrical Subcode Official, provided that where such stop
order is made orally, it shall be followed by a written stop order
within one hour.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the penalty
provisions of N.J.S.A. 52:27D-138.
It shall be unlawful for the Electrical Subcode
Official, except in the performance of his duties, to engage in the
business of installation, alteration, maintenance or sale of electric
wiring, electric devices or electrical material, either directly or
indirectly, in the Town of West New York, and he shall have no financial
interest in any concern engaged in any such business in the Town of
West New York.
