[Adopted 11-12-1979 by Ord. No. 907 (Ch. V, Part 2, of the
1980 Code of Ordinances)]
There is hereby adopted by the Borough of Mount Union, for the
purpose of prescribing regulations governing the installation, construction
and inspection of electrical wiring systems, equipment and other facilities
utilizing electrical energy for light, heat and power in or on any
building, structure or premises in the Borough of Mount Union and
of promoting the public welfare and safety, that certain code known
as the "National Electrical Code," as published by the National Fire
Protection Association, 1978 Edition. No less than three copies of
the latest revision of such code have been and are now on file in
the office of the Borough Secretary.
A.
ELECTRICAL WIRING SYSTEM
Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
Means and includes all electrical apparatus, electrical wiring,
electrical fixtures and electrical supplies used for electrical energy,
including but not limited to the electrical wiring and apparatus used
in connection with and conjunctive with heating, plumbing, ventilating,
air-conditioning, refrigeration and water-heating systems; provided,
however, the term shall not include lamps and portable electrical
appliances separate from permanently fixed plug-in receptacles.
B.
This article shall not apply to the installation of facilities owned
and employed by an electric or communications utility in the exercise
of its function to serve the general consumer public as a utility
exclusively for providing such utility service. This provision shall
not be construed to exempt such utility or company from the requirements
of this code for construction or installation not directly connected
with the utility service to the public.
C.
Whenever in this article the term "Electrical Inspector" shall be
used, such term shall mean the "Borough Code Enforcement Officer,"
unless otherwise indicated.
All electrical systems installed, constructed, altered or extended
within or on public or private buildings or other premises, including
yards, carnivals, parking lots, trailers and mobile homes, industrial
substations or any other buildings or land, shall in all respects
conform to the requirements of the said National Electrical Code.
Only those materials, fittings and devices enumerated in said National
Electrical Code, and its corresponding "List of Inspected Appliances
of the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.," as herein adopted, shall
be used in electrical construction work under this code.
Upon the filing of a written application in such form as the
Borough Code Enforcement Officer shall require, and upon payment of
the required fee, a permit shall be issued in duplicate to the electrical
contractor or other person making application, one copy thereof to
be conspicuously posted upon the premises where the work is being
done, until the work has been inspected and approved by the Electrical
Inspection Department of the Middle Department Association of Fire
Underwriters or another electrical inspection service and a certificate
of approval, executed by such Electrical Inspection Department or
electrical inspection service, filed with the Borough Code Enforcement
Officer.
Permits may be granted upon payment of fees in an amount as provided for in the Basic Building Code of the Borough of Mount Union. (See Article II of this chapter.)
A.
Before any electrical contractor or other person doing the electrical
installation or construction work for which he has received a permit
shall complete such work, he shall make application for inspection
on the form used by the Middle Department Association of Fire Underwriters,
Electrical Inspection Department, or another approved electrical inspection
service, specifying the premises wherein the installation or construction
is being done and the extent, specifications and classifications of
such work, and shall pay the fees published thereon.
B.
The Electrical Inspection Department of the Middle Department Association
of Fire Underwriters or another approved electrical inspection service
shall, upon receipt of the inspection application, make or cause to
be made an inspection of such work and conduct such test as may be
necessary. If the work is done in accordance with the requirements
of the Electrical Code, the Electrical Inspection Department or electrical
inspection service shall thereupon issue a cut-in card to the local
electrical utility office and a rough-wiring or final certificate
of approval, as the case may be, to the applicant and the Borough
Code Enforcement Officer; provided, however, that if a service entrance
and/or metering are not involved in the work to be inspected, the
issuance of a cut-in card to the utility will not be required.
C.
When the electrical installation or construction is not approved
by the underwriters inspector or inspection service, such inspector
shall send a notice of noncompliance to the applicant and the Borough
Code Enforcement Officer and, if required, to the local electric utility.
D.
No electrical energy shall be introduced into a building which, previous
to the installation or construction, had no electric energy until
a cut-in card is issued to the local utility, excepting only as much
electrical energy as may be used by contractors in furtherance of
the construction work, electrical or otherwise, in such building.
The Borough Code Enforcement Officer shall enforce the provisions
of this Electrical Code and shall have the power, when he is notified
by the Middle Department of Fire Underwriters or another approved
electrical inspection service or by other persons that certain electrical
installations or construction is being done contrary to the requirements
of this code, to cause such work to be stopped and to enforce compliance
with the code and the further power, in the event of an existing electric
wiring system found upon inspection to be unsafe or defective, to
notify and order the owner of such premises to discontinue the use
of such system until the defect(s) has been corrected, the system
made to conform to the requirements of this Electrical Code, and the
system approved by the electrical inspection agency.
Appeals and the procedure for appeals shall be as set forth
in the Borough Building Code.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision
of this code or to cause, permit or suffer any such violation to be
committed or to violate any rule or regulation adopted by the Code
Enforcement Officer pursuant to authority granted by this code. Any
such person shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this article
and shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of
not more than $300, and costs of prosecution, or, in default of payment
of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than
30 days. It shall be the responsibility of the offender to abate the
violation as expeditiously as possible, provided that each violation
of any provision of this article, and each day the same is continued,
shall be deemed a separate offense.
