[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Spring
Valley 12-7-1970 as Ch. 6 of the 1970 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby created the position of Electrical Inspector in and
for the village. The Chief Inspector and each of the duly appointed inspectors
of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters or other qualified inspection agency
approved by the village are hereby authorized and deputized, as agents of
the village, to make inspections and reinspections of all electrical installations
heretofore and hereafter described and to approve or disapprove the same.
In no event, however, will the cost or expense of such inspection or reinspections
be a charge against the village.
It shall be the duty of the Electrical Inspector to report, in writing,
to the Building Inspector of the village, whose duty it shall be to enforce
all provisions of this chapter, all violations or deviations from or omissions
of the electrical provisions of the building code[1] applicable to the village and of all local laws, ordinances and
the building code as referred to in this chapter, insofar as any of the same
apply to electrical wiring.
A.
Generally. The Electrical Inspector shall make inspections
and reinspections of electrical installations in and on properties in the
village upon the written request of the Building Inspector or of any other
authorized official of the village or as may be otherwise provided for herein.
The Inspector is authorized to make inspections and reinspections of electrical
wiring installations, devices, appliances and equipment in or on properties
within the village where he deems it necessary for the protection of life
and property.
B.
Emergency inspections. In the event of an emergency,
it is the duty of the Inspector to make electrical inspections upon the oral
request of an official or officer of the village.
The Electrical Inspector shall authorize the issuing of a certificate
of compliance when electrical installations and equipment are in conformity
with this chapter. The Electrical Inspector shall direct that a copy of the
certificate of compliance be sent to the village to the attention of the Building
Inspector.
It shall be the duty of the Electrical Inspector to furnish written
reports to the proper officials of the village and to owners and/or lessees
of property where defective electrical installations and equipment are found
upon inspection.
A.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person
to install or cause to be installed or to alter electrical wiring for light,
heat or power in or on properties of the village until an application for
inspection has been filed with the New York Board of Fire Underwriters or
other qualified inspection agency approved by the village.[1]
B.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for a person
to connect or cause to be connected electrical wiring in or on properties
for light, heat or power to any source of electrical energy supply prior to
the issuance of a temporary certificate or a certificate of compliance by
the New York Board of Fire Underwriters or other qualified inspection agency
approved by the village.
