[Amended 11-15-1983 by L.L. No. 16-1983; 11-7-1984 by L.L.
No. 8-1994; 12-19-2000 by L.L. No. 7-2000; 8-2-2017 by L.L. No. 7-2017]
A.
The following specific requirements shall be observed:
(1)
Lights are required outside all side and rear means of ingress to
and egress from all residential occupancies of four families or more
and business establishments. Such lights shall be controlled by an
inside switch.
(2)
Lights are required in the fire passages in business
buildings, in the ceiling slab, spaced 12 feet apart and controlled
by a three-way switch placed at each end of such passage. Such ceiling
lights shall not be less than fifty-watt capacity and shall be equipped
with a locked guard.
(3)
Wall switches, not pull chains, are required in bathrooms, lavatories,
kitchens, laundries, boiler rooms, attics and crawl spaces. Appliance
receptacles are prohibited in fixtures or fixture canopies.
(4)
A gas burner or oil burner disconnect switch, properly
identified, is required at the burner location, and a switch properly
identified at the top of the basement stairway or on a wall outside
the boiler room door is also required. All switches shall be labeled
"oil burner" or "gas burner."
(5)
Gas burner and oil burner low-voltage-control circuit wiring, where
exposed, is required to be installed in thin-wall conduit in order
that wiring be protected from mechanical injury.
(6)
In all residential occupancies of four families or more, electrical
ranges require minimum size service wiring which shall be three No.
3 AWG stranded copper wires, and wiring from service distribution
panel to range shall be not smaller in size than three No. 6 stranded
copper wires.
(7)
Outdoor meter cabinets. Enclosed meter cabinets or bypass meter sockets
are required. Enclosed cabinet shall accommodate the meter inside
and be so designed as to permit the meter to be easily read while
fully enclosed.
(8)
Service entrance cable is not permitted except in special instances
where impossible or impractical to install rigid conduit as determined
by the Electrical Inspector.
(9)
Service entrance cable is not permitted for electric range.
(10)
In all residential occupancies of four families or more, a twenty-circuit
or larger panel is required for each single-family residence installation.
(11)
Bell wiring is required to be attached with bell wire staples; the
use of nails or BX staples is prohibited.
(12)
All current-carrying electrical cable as approved by the National
Electrical Code shall not be installed less than one foot above basement
floor.
(13)
Certificates will not be issued for installations unless the original
copy of the electrical permit is securely attached at or near the
service switch or inside the meter equipment location.
(14)
Any bell-ringing transformer is required to be grounded.
(15)
Rigid galvanized steel conduit, rigid aluminum conduit or rigid nonmetallic
conduit Schedule No. 80 is required for all service wiring to first
disconnect.
(16)
Flashing electrical signs. The installation of electrical signs of
the flashing or revolving type is prohibited on buildings used wholly
or in part for residential purposes or within 100 feet thereof.
(17)
Fuses and circuit breakers. In cases where tampering or overfusing
is found to exist in connection with the conventional type of fuse
panels or switches, the Electrical Inspector may direct that circuit
breakers of proper capacity be installed in place of such existing
fuse panels or switches.
(18)
Nonmetallic sheathed cables shall be permitted for one- and two-family
residences only.
(19)
The vertical run of any ground wiring conduit shall be securely strapped
directly to the basement masonry wall.
(20)
All permanently installed heating units or air-conditioning units
shall have at least 18 inches of working space above and on all sides
of the equipment to permit accessibility for maintenance of equipment
and controls.
(21)
In all residential occupancies of four families or more, the feeders
to each apartment shall not be less than three No. 6 AWG copper wires,
and there shall be at least four lighting and two appliance circuits
with at least one additional twenty-ampere circuit for each additional
room air conditioner.
(22)
Outdoor socket meters shall not be installed less than six feet three
inches from ground level to the bottom of the glass meter enclosure
where meter installations are over a walkway that is located adjacent
to a building.
(23)
Aluminum conductors shall not be used, except with written permission
from the Building Department Superintendent or Village of Hempstead
Electrical Inspector.
(24)
All service work being done with any replacement parts or used equipment
must be in compliance with the National Electrical Code in effect
at the time the work is performed.
(25)
Any service reconnect to vacant or vandalized buildings must be in
compliance with the National Electrical Code in effect at the time
the work is performed.
(26)
Any installations, other than those specified herein, must be in
compliance with the National Electrical Code in effect at the time
the work is performed.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 60-34, Boardinghouses,
rooming and lodging houses, was repealed 12-19-2000 by L.L. No. 7-2000.
It shall be unlawful to install or permit to
exist in or upon any premises any electrical wiring, fittings, fixtures,
equipment or appliances which are in violation of the provisions of
this chapter or which are installed, maintained or existing so as
to constitute an immediate and serious hazard to the safety or welfare
of the occupants of any building or premises or a hazard to the building
or its contents.
All wiring shall be adequately protected from
water and mechanical damage.
A.
All permits shall be subject to zoning regulations
and to all other laws and ordinances of the Village of Hempstead and
may be automatically revoked without notice if in violation of such
regulations.
B.
The original electrical permit shall be securely attached
to the inside meter location or the service entrance on the job for
which such permit is issued.
C.
Uncorrected violations shall be cause for the denial
of any further permits to an applicant.
A utility company shall not connect electrical
service to any building or equipment unless a temporary or a final
certificate of approval has been issued by the Electrical Inspector.
[Amended 8-2-2017 by L.L.
No. 7-2017]
When electrical equipment is replaced or abandoned, the old
wiring, devices, conduits and service equipment shall be removed from
the premises.
[Added 5-7-1996 by L.L. No. 4-1996]
The Village Board of the Incorporated Village
of Hempstead hereby declares and finds that unlawful multiple-family
occupancies of dwellings have been facilitated by the installation
of separate electric meters for the additional families. The Board
thus wishes to limit the number of electric meters in single-family
or two-family dwellings to one or two, respectively.
A.
No dwelling occupied by a single-family shall have
more than one electric meter located therein or elsewhere on the property.
B.
No dwelling occupied by two families shall have more
than two electric meters located therein or elsewhere on the property.
C.
In the event that the number of existing electric
meters exceeds the number of meters permitted hereunder, the premises
shall be made to comply with the provisions hereof by the owner or
other occupant of the premises wherein the same is located within
one year from the date of the adoption of this section. This one-year
period is allowed for the specific purpose of permitting the amortization
of the remaining cost, if any, of such meter(s) and the installation
thereof.
