[Amended 7-17-1990 by L.L. No. 4-1990; 4-16-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002]
This chapter shall be known as the “Electrical
Code of the Village of Johnson City” and shall comply with the
standards of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building
Code as it pertains to electrical systems and the National Electrical
Code and the generally accepted standards prescribed in said codes.
[Amended 7-17-1990 by L.L. No. 4-1990; 4-16-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:
A person engaged in electrical work under the direct supervision
of a master or journeyman electrician and also registered in a New
York State certified electrician apprenticeship training program.[1]
A certificate issued by the Inspector.
[Amended 3-3-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
The person or persons authorized and required by this chapter
to make electrical inspections within the Village of Johnson City.
A person having a valid journeyman's license issued by the
Village, doing any work in connection with the installation, erection,
alteration, extension or repair of electrical wiring, apparatus, fixtures,
devices, or appliances, excluding portable appliances, as hereinafter
defined, and equipment for light, heat or power purposes or for signaling
systems operating at 50 volts or more.
Any person who has a valid master electrician's license issued
by the Village and carries on the business of installing, erecting,
altering or repairing electrical wiring, apparatus, fixtures, devices,
or appliances, excluding portable appliances, as hereinafter defined,
and equipment utilized or designed for the utilization of electricity
for light, heat or power purposes or for signaling systems operating
at 50 volts or more. Any master electrician performing the above described
shall also hold a journeyman's license.
An appliance capable of being readily moved, where established
practice or the conditions of use make it necessary or convenient
for it to be detachable from its source of electric current by means
of flexible cord and attachment plug.
[1]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "board," which immediately
followed this definition, was repealed 3-3-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020.
A.
The Electrical Inspector or his or her duly authorized
representatives shall enforce the regulations of this chapter with
the aid and assistance, where necessary, of the Police, Fire, Building
and Code Enforcement Departments of the Village of Johnson City.
B.
The Village Attorney of the Village of Johnson City shall act as
counsel and legal adviser to the Village Code Enforcement Officer,
and it shall be his or her duty to prosecute violations of this chapter
upon complaint of the Inspector or Code Enforcement Officer.
[Amended 3-3-2020 by L.L.
No. 5-2020]
All installations of electrical work, all extension
thereto and all alterations thereof within the Village of Johnson
City shall be in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and
of any law or of any ordinance, local law or building code of the
Village of Johnson City pertaining thereto and shall also be in conformity
with approved standards for safety to life and property. In every
case where no specific type of class of material or no specific standards
are prescribed by law, conformity with the regulations and requirements
contained in the National Electrical Code as approved by the American
Standards Association shall be prima facie evidence of conformity
with approved standards for safety to life and property.
[Amended 7-17-1990 by L.L. No. 4-1990; 12-18-1990 by L.L. No. 7-1990; 4-16-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002]
A.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to
persons engaged solely in selling, servicing or repairing portable
appliances or solely in repairing or replacing heating elements, brushes,
motors or parts thereof, fans, worn or burnt-out parts and switches
and flexible cords attached to or part of portable appliances or solely
in the attachment of portable appliances to existing circuits when
no joining or splicing of electrical conductors is required; nor to
the installation, maintenance or repair of elevators; nor to any work
involved in the manufacture, assembly, test or repair of electrical
machinery, portable or fixed appliances, apparatus, materials and
equipment by a person, firm or corporation engaged in electrical manufacturing
and repairing as their principal business; nor to the work in connection
with the erection, construction, maintenance or repair of lines and
facilities for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity
from the source of supply to the service connection on the premises
where used by public service companies, as defined by the Transportation
Corporations Law of this state, or municipal plants authorized to
generate or sell electricity; nor to the work of such companies' plants
in installing, maintaining and repairing on the consumer's premises
of service connections and meters remaining the property of such companies
or plants after installation; nor to emergency repairs or wiring and
appliances on consumer's premises necessary for the protection of
life or property; nor to the work of companies incorporated for the
transmission of intelligence by electricity in installing, maintaining
or repairing wires, apparatus or fixtures or other appliances.
B.
An individual who owns and resides in a single-family dwelling may personally perform the maintenance, installation or repair of electrical wiring or equipment in the dwelling and normal accessory buildings upon receipt of the necessary permit. "In the dwelling" shall mean load side of main breaker of the residence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Subsection B shall not permit an individual who owns and resides in a single-family dwelling to personally perform the maintenance, installation or repair of electrical wiring or equipment to:
[Amended 12-18-2012 by L.L. No. 12-2012]
[Amended 7-17-1990 by L.L. No. 4-1990; 12-21-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993; 4-16-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002]
A.
Required; display. It shall be a violation of this
chapter for any person to install, alter or repair or cause to be
installed, altered or repaired any electrical wiring in the Village
of Johnson City until such time as proper application has been filed
with the Building Inspector and/or Director of Code Enforcement of
the Village and a permit has been obtained from the said Superintendent,
which said permit shall be approved by the designated board. Such
permit shall be conspicuously displayed upon the exterior of the premises
whereon such installation, alteration or repair is to be performed.
[Amended 3-3-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
B.
Issuance. No such permit shall be issued to any person
unless he or she is the holder of a license as a master electrician
under this chapter or is exempted from the requirement of a license
under the provisions of this chapter.
C.
Permit fee. The cost of electrical permits and inspections
shall be set by resolution of the Village Board of Trustees.
[Amended 3-3-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
D.
Insurance.
(1)
Workers Compensation. Proof of coverage, required
under § 57 of the New York Workers Compensation Law, must
be provided by filing Form C-105-2.
(2)
Disability benefits coverage. Proof of coverage, required
under § 220(8) of the New York Workers Compensation Law,
must be provided by filing Form DB120.1. Licensees who are not required
to provide Workers Compensation and/or disability benefits coverage
must submit Form C-105.21, properly completed by the Workers Compensation
Board.
(3)
The following insurance is required for all new and
renewal licenses: Comprehensive General Liability, issued by an insurance
company licensed to do business in the State of New York, including
products and completed operations liability with a limit of $500,000
per occurrence, bodily and property damage and $500,000 annual aggregate.
The Village of Johnson City shall be included as a named insured or
additional insured for liability arising at work performed under this
license. A certificate of insurance showing the required coverage
will be provided to the Village, with 30 days' notice of cancellation
or nonrenewal.
[Amended 7-17-1990 by L.L. No. 4-1990; 12-18-1990 by L.L. No. 7-1990; 4-16-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002]
A.
Authority of inspectors. The Chief Inspector, duly
appointed, authorized, and required to make electrical inspections
within the Village or within an area which includes the Village, and
each of his or her duly appointed deputy and assistant inspectors
are hereby authorized and deputized as agents of the Village to make
inspections and reinspections of all electrical installations within
the Village and all extensions thereto and alterations thereof and
to approve or disapprove the same.
[Amended 3-3-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
B.
Prohibited interests of inspectors. No inspector shall
engage in the business of master electrician, either directly or indirectly,
nor have financial interest in or connection with any person conducting
such business.
C.
Inspector's right of entry; authority to disconnect
service. The Inspector shall have the right during reasonable hours
to enter any building or dwelling in the discharge of his or her official
duties or for the purpose of making any inspection, reinspection or
test of the installation of electric wiring, devices, permanently
set appliances and equipment contained therein and shall have the
authority to order any wire to be cut or disconnected in cases of
emergency where necessary for the safety of life or property or where
such wire may interfere with the work of the Fire Department. He or
she is also authorized to order the discontinuance of electrical service
to any electrical wiring, device, permanently set appliance or equipment
found to be dangerous to life or property because it is defective
or defectively installed until it has been made safe and been approved
by him or her.
D.
Inspection after fire or explosion. It shall be the
duty of the Inspector to make an inspection of any premises wherein
a fire or explosion occurred, and for such purposes, it shall be the
duty of the Chief of the Fire Department of the Village, within 24
hours after such occurrence, to report or cause to be reported to
the office of the designated board from which such Inspector operates
the address or location of such premises and to furnish such other
information and assistance with respect thereto as such Inspector
may require.
E.
Periodic reinspection. The Inspector shall make periodically
a thorough reinspection of the installation of all electric wiring,
devices, permanently set appliances and equipment now or hereafter
installed within the Village and within the scope of this chapter,
and when any such installation is found to be in a dangerous or unsafe
condition, the person owning, using or operating the same shall be
notified, in writing, and shall make the necessary repairs or changes
required to place the same in safe condition and to have such work
completed within 15 days or such longer time as may be specified by
the Inspector in such notice. Upon receipt of a formal complaint or
at the request of the Fire Marshal, Code Enforcement Officer or Building
Inspector, the Electrical Inspector shall make an inspection of a
premises suspected to be in violation of this code.
F.
Inspection will not be necessary if the electrical
work done is of a direct replacement nature or new installation, that
is, fuse, breaker, receptacle or switch, if such replacement or installation
does not exceed two such devices one-hundred-twenty-volt twenty-amp
circuits in a single-family detached dwelling.
A.
Approval required. It shall be unlawful for any person
to make connection from a source of electrical energy to any electrical
wiring, devices, permanently set appliances or equipment for the installation,
extension or alteration of which a permit is required by law until
a certificate of approval or a permit has been issued authorizing
such connection and the use of such wiring, devices, appliances or
equipment.
B.
Application to make reconnection. It shall be unlawful
for any person to make connection from a source of electrical energy
to any electrical wiring, devices, permanently set appliances or equipment
which has been disconnected or ordered to be disconnected by the Inspector
or the use of which has been ordered by the Inspector to be discontinued
until a certificate of approval has been issued by him or her authorizing
the reconnection and use of such wiring, devices, appliances or equipment.
[Amended 7-17-1990 by L.L. No. 4-1990; 12-21-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993; 3-3-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
This chapter shall not be construed to relieve
from nor lessen responsibility of any person owning, operating, controlling
or installing any electric wiring, devices, appliances or equipment
for loss of life or damage to person or property caused by any defect
therein; nor shall the Village, any officer of the Village, or the
Electrical Inspector be deemed to have assumed any such liability
by reason of any inspection made or license issued pursuant to this
chapter.
[Amended 7-17-1990 by L.L. No. 4-1990; 4-16-2002 by L.L. No.
1-2002]
A.
Any person who shall directly or indirectly engage in or work at the business of master electrician or journeyman electrician in the Village without a master electrician's license or journeyman electrician's license or who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or of any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or who, having had his or her license suspended or revoked, shall continue to engage in or work at the business of master or journeyman electrician, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in § 1-15 of Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II, of this Code.
B.
The ratio of apprentices to electricians shall be
two apprentices to one journeyman electrician for up to four journeyman;
thereafter the ratio shall be one apprentice to one journeyman.
C.
The ratio shall apply to each individual job within
the Village in order to ensure the safety and proper installation
of electrical systems.
[Amended 3-3-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
All fees, fines and penalties collected by the Village Clerk
from the operation of this chapter shall be turned over to the Treasurer
or other fiscal officer of the Village exercising corresponding functions
within 10 days after they are received, and such moneys shall be paid
by such Treasurer into the general fund of the Village and shall be
available for use for any lawful Village purpose.
