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Village of Springville, NY
Erie County
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New Laws (2) Index
A. 
No electrical equipment, materials, devices, apparatus, and the like, shall be installed, repaired, or altered, except upon an electrical permit first being issued by the Building Department authorizing the installation, alteration, or repair of electrical equipment, materials, devices, and/or apparatus. Notice: In any case whereas an electrical permit is waived because of an exception, as recognized by the Village Board, or whereas a fee has been paid for services rendered to a department of the municipality, the electrical regulations shall continue to be enforced, and all electrical installations, materials, devices, and apparatus shall be in full compliance with all electrical codes and/or ordinances as adopted by the Village of Springville.
B. 
Where an electrical installation has been started prior to the issuance of a permit for such work, the normal permit fee, as required by this section, shall be doubled and/or subject to fines.
C. 
The Building Department shall issue permits for such installation and alteration of electrical equipment in all cases where application for such permit shall be made in accordance with the rules and regulations applicable thereto, and as required throughout any section(s) of this chapter; provided, however, that no permit shall be issued for installing or altering by contract electrical equipment unless the person applying for such permit is licensed or is the owner or occupant of a residential occupancy. A licensed contractor shall obtain a permit to install all new installations in commercial and industrial buildings.
D. 
The electrical inspector of the Building Department shall inspect all electrical equipment installed or altered, except such electrical equipment as may be lawfully exempt, and shall require that it conforms to the electrical regulations of this chapter and/or ordinances as adopted by the Village of Springville.
E. 
Upon completion of such installation or alteration in compliance with the electrical regulations, the Building Department on request made by a licensed contractor, issue a certificate of inspection covering such installation or alteration; provided, however, that no such certificate shall be issued until all the inspection fees for such installation have been paid.
F. 
The Building Department or designee is hereby empowered to reinspect any electrical equipment within the scope of the electrical regulations of the codes and/or ordinances, as adopted by the Village of Springville, and when said electrical equipment is found to be unsafe to life or property, shall have the authority to undertake immediate action necessary to disconnect or cause disconnection or removal of any electrical wires or electrical devices that may be energized, and shall proceed to notify in writing either the owner, his agent for the purpose of managing, controlling or collecting rents, or any other person managing, controlling, using or operating the same to place such electrical equipment in a safe and secure condition in compliance with the electrical regulations, within such time as the senior electrical inspector shall consider just and reasonable. In no event shall this time exceed 15 days from the date of such notice. Refusal to comply with the requirements of such notice shall subject the person owning, managing, operating or using such electrical equipment to the penalties provided for in the electrical codes and/or ordinances as adopted by the Village of Springville. The Code Enforcement Officer is hereby empowered to cut off and stop current to any electrical equipment found to be unsafe to life or property.
G. 
The Building Department shall keep complete records of all permits issued and inspections made and other official work performed under the electrical regulation of the codes and/or ordinances as adopted by the Village of Springville.
H. 
Failure on the part of any contractor, landlord, homeowner, person leasing space and/or property, and individual person(s) to correct any violation, defect, error or deficiency in any electrical installation that has and/or is installed under the authority of a permit issued to him by the Building Department within 10 days after written notification thereof by said bureau, or within such reasonable time as may, upon request, be prescribed, the electrical inspector(s) shall without further notice stop the issuance of permits to such contractor, landlord, homeowner, person leasing space and/or property, and individual person(s), until such corrections have been made, inspected and approved. In addition, the penalty provided in the electrical codes and/or ordinances, as adopted by the Village of Springville, may be enforced. The electrical inspector having jurisdiction is hereby empowered to suspend the permit privileges of any licensed contractor, landlord, homeowner, person leasing space and/or property, and individual person(s) who fails to pay any just indebtedness for inspection fees for electrical work until such contractor shall discharge and pay to the municipality all just indebtedness then due and owing from such licensed contractor.
I. 
The Code Enforcement Officer or Village designee is authorized to revoke any permit or certificate obtained by fraud, misrepresentation, or in any way contrary to the provisions of the electrical regulations of the electrical codes and/or ordinances as adopted by the Village of Springville, for the installation, alteration, repair and use of any electrical equipment, materials, devices, and apparatus.
J. 
It shall be unlawful for any licensed contractor, landlord, homeowner, person leasing space and/or property, and individual person(s), to secure or furnish a permit for the installation, alteration and repair of electrical wires and apparatus to any person not entitled to such permit under the electrical regulations of this Code.
K. 
Any person who violates any of the provisions of the electrical requirements as adopted by the Village of Springville, or who maintains any electrical wiring and apparatus found to be dangerous to life and property, shall be fined not more than $500 for each offense. Each day such violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense, and so much of any electrical installation as may be erected or altered and maintained in violation of this section shall be condemned; and the Superintendent and Code Enforcement Officer are hereby empowered to cut off and discontinue current to such electrical wires and apparatus.