[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Fort
Plain 8-2-1984 as L.L. No. 2-1984. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction and fire prevention — See Ch. 69.
This chapter shall be known as the "Electrical Code of the Village of
Fort Plain."
Since there is danger to life and property inherent in the use of electrical
energy, this electrical chapter is enacted to regulate the installation and
alteration of wiring for electric light, heat or power and signal systems
operating on 50 volts or more in or on all real property within the Village
of Fort Plain, New York.
All electrical installations heretofore mentioned shall be made in conformity
with the requirements of the National Electrical Code except when the provisions
of this chapter or any other local law, ordinance or building code of the
Village of Fort Plain shall differently prescribe, in which event compliance
with the provisions of such local law, ordinance or building code shall be
recognized as proper compliance with this chapter. The requirements of the
National Electrical Code shall be those known as National Fire Protection
Association Pamphlet No. 70, as approved and adopted by the American Standards
Association.
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
of Fort Plain 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 inspections and reinspections
be a charge against the Village of Fort Plain.
It shall be the duty of the inspector to report, in writing, to the
Code Enforcement Officer(s), whose duty it shall be to enforce all the provisions
of this Code, all violations of or deviations from or omissions of the electrical
provisions of the National Electrical Code 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. The inspector shall make inspections and
reinspections of electrical installations in and on properties in the Village
of Fort Plain upon the written request of an authorized official of the village
as herein provided. The inspector is authorized to make inspections and reinspections
of electrical wiring installations, devices, appliances and equipment in and
on properties within the Village of Fort Plain where he deems it necessary
for the protection of life and property. 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 of Fort Plain. It shall be the duty
of the inspector to furnish written reports to the proper officials of the
Village of Fort Plain and owners and/or lessees of property where defective
electrical installations and equipment are found upon inspection. He shall
authorize the issuing of a certificate of compliance when electrical installations
and equipment are in conformity with this chapter. He shall direct that a
copy of the certificate of compliance be sent to the Village of Fort Plain
to the attention of the Code Enforcement Officer(s).
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person, firm or corporation
to install or cause to be installed or to alter electrical wiring for light,
heat or power in or on properties in the Village of Fort Plain until an application
for inspection has been filed with the New York Board of Fire Underwriters.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for a person, firm or corporation
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.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter or any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto, upon conviction
thereof, may be punished by a fine of not more than $250 or by imprisonment
of not more than 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day
on which such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the electrical installations
in mines, ships, railway cars, automotive equipment or the installations or
equipment employed by a railway, electrical or communication utility in the
exercise of its function as a utility and located outdoors or in buildings
used exclusively for that purpose. This chapter shall not apply to any work
involved in the manufacture, assembly, test or repair of electrical machinery,
apparatus, materials and equipment by a person, firm or corporation engaged
in electrical manufacturing as their principal business. It shall not apply
to any building which is owned or leased in its entirety by the government
of the United States or the State of New York.
This chapter shall not be construed to relieve from or lessen the responsibility
of any person owning, operating, controlling or installing any electrical
wiring, devices, appliances or equipment for loss of life or damage to person
or property caused by any defect therein, nor shall the Village of Fort Plain
or the New York Board of Fire Underwriters be deemed to have assumed any such
liability by reason of any inspection made pursuant to this chapter.
