A.
Rules. The electrical wiring apparatus, fittings, appliances and
equipment hereafter installed within or on a building or structure
must conform in all respects to the rules and regulations of the New
York State Building Code.
B.
Scope. These rules shall apply to all electrical wiring, apparatus,
fittings, appliances or equipment for the transmission, distribution
or utilization of electrical energy hereafter installed within or
on any building or structure, except fuse renewals, incandescent lamps
and portable appliances which, together with their cables and attachments,
have been approved for connection to appropriate parts of the permanent
electrical equipment.
C.
Special provisions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in the rules and regulations of the New York State Building Code,
the following shall apply to all electrical installations in the Village
of Malverne:
(1)
The use of nonmetallic sheathed cable is prohibited in or upon
any building or structure.
(2)
The use of S.E. service drop cable is prohibited in or upon
any building or structure.
(3)
No service shall be less than what is required as per the state
codes.
(4)
Wires are to be installed in one-and-one-fourth-inch rigid conduit
or at least minimum as required by code.
(5)
There shall be two bonding bushings on all service change, one
on meter pan and one on point of entrance panel or switch and/or as
required by the state code.
(6)
Split buss panels are not permitted.
(7)
Only one point of disconnect is permitted or as required by
code.
(8)
Oil or gas burner switch must be at head of stairs or as required
by code.
(9)
Ground wire is to be one-piece copper from point of entrance
to water meter or as required by code.
No person shall use or permit to be used any new electrical
wiring or electrical apparatus hereafter installed in any building
or structure before the same has been subjected to a test and inspected
by an approved electrical inspection agency and accepted by the Superintendent
of Buildings.
A.
Any person, partnership or corporation who or which, at the time
of the enactment of this chapter or at any time thereafter, is the
holder of a master electrician's license, duly issued by the
Town of Hempstead, Town of North Hempstead, Town of Oyster Bay and/or
a Village-approved governing authority, may apply for a master electrician's
license to the License Board, which shall determine the fitness of
such applicant by such examination as it may deem fit.
B.
Any person, partnership or corporation, other than those holding
a master electrician's license, who or which is a qualified master
electrician, may apply for a master electrician's license to
the License Board, which shall determine the fitness of such applicant
by such examination as it may deem fit.
C.
The fee for the license shall be determined by a resolution issued
by the Board of Trustees.
D.
On the first day of each biennial calendar year, every employing
or master electrician carrying on this trade, business or calling
in the Village shall register his name and address at the office of
the Building Department in the Village in which he performs work under
such rules as the Department may prescribe. Such registration may
be cancelled by the Village Board for a violation of the rules and
regulations for electrical work of such Village duly adopted, or in
force pursuant to the provisions of this article, or whenever the
person so registered ceases to hold a certificate from the Examining
Board of Electricians or to be actually engaged in the business of
master or employing electrician, after a hearing before said Superintendent,
upon prior notice of not less than 10 days.
E.
It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or copartnership
in the Village of Malverne, unless said person, corporation or copartnership
shall have complied with this section, to hold himself or themselves
out to the public as a master electrician by the word "electrician,"
or words of similar import or meaning, on signs, cards, stationery
or in any other manner whatever.
F.
No person, corporation or copartnership shall engage in or carry
on the trade or business of electrician in the Village of Malverne
unless the name and address of such person and the president, secretary
or treasurer of the corporation or of each and every member of the
copartnership shall have been registered as above provided.
G.
No person, corporation or copartnership registered as provided in
this section shall, for the benefit of any person who is not so registered,
apply for, receive or make use of any permit granted to him by reason
of being so registered or holding such certificate from the License
Board.
H.
Any license may be suspended or revoked by the Village Board for
a violation of the rules and regulations for electrical work as adopted
by such Village Board.
A.
No electrical work shall be started until a permit shall have been
obtained from the Superintendent of Buildings.
B.
A permit shall be required for each separate building or structure,
except when a garage and building are constructed at the same time
on the same lot or plot, only one permit shall be required.
