Article V. National Electrical Code
6-501 Minimum standards.
See Article 1, 6-101, in Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code.
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6-502 National electrical code; adopted.
The “National Electrical Code, 2017 Edition”, published by the National Fire Protection Association, and all amendments, supplements and without annexes, thereto, is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part hereof as if fully set out herein save and except certain parts, sections or portions thereof specifically referred to and omitted there from or as amended or modified herein. The “Standard Code” or “National Electric Code” hereinafter referred to in this section is the “National Electrical Code, 2017 Edition”, of the National Fire Protection Association, One Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA, 02169-7471, And is hereby incorporated by reference as the Electric Code of the City of Ottawa, Kansas.
Cross reference-Electric utility service, Chapter 13, Article III
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6-503 Copies of standard code on file.
See Article 1, 6-102, in Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code.
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6-504 Construction Board of Appeals.
See Article 1, 6-103, in Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code.
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6-505 Permit fees.
See Article 1, 6-104, in Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code.
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6-506 Fee refunds.
See Article 1, 6-105, in Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code.
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6-507 Interpretation of rules.
See Article 1, 6-106, in Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code.
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6-508 Dangerous or unsafe structures.
See Article 1, 6-107, in Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code.
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6-509 Penalty for violation of article.
See Article 1, 6-108, in Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code.
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6-510 Amendments and supplements.
The following are the revisions to the National Electric Code adopted in Section 6-502 of the Municipal Code.
Exemptions from article provisions. The provisions of this article shall not apply to:
1. Employees of the utilities department in the performance of work for such department.
Appendix K of the 2018 International Building Code is hereby adopted as the administrative provisions of the National Electrical Code 2017 Edition.
The provisions of Appendix K are specific to what might be designated as a Community Development Department and could be implemented where other such provisions are not adopted.
K103.2 Work exempt from permit. The following work shall be exempt from the requirement for a permit:
1. Listed cord- and plug-connected temporary decorative lighting.
2. Replacement of snap switches, receptacles and fixtures where no alteration or extension of an existing circuit is required.
3. Replacement of branch circuit overcurrent devices of the required capacity in the same location.
4. Temporary wiring for experimental purposes in suitable experimental laboratories.
5. Electrical wiring devices, appliances, apparatus or equipment operating at less than 25 volts and not capable of supplying more than 50 watts of energy.
Exemption from the permit requirements of this code shall not be deemed to grant authorization for work to be done in violation of the provisions of this code or other laws or ordinances of this jurisdiction.
Add the following sections:
Section K103.3 Permits Issuance. No permit shall be issued to any person to do or cause to be done any work regulated by this code, except to a person holding a valid City of Ottawa, Kansas, Master Electrician occupational license or a licensed journeyman authorized by the master as required by Article VIII of the City of Ottawa Municipal Code, except when and as otherwise hereinafter provided in this section.
Section K103.4 Electrical work; who may perform. Any contractor/company doing Plumbing work shall always have a qualified individual employed, who shall be in charge of and responsible for all installations by said contractor/company. The holder of the occupational license with the company and the master shall be fully responsible for work and acts of such journeyman, apprentice and laborer employees. The contractor must have a licensed person on the job site. Homeowners as described in Section 106.5, Homeowner Permit Issuance, of the International Residential One and Two-Family Dwelling Code.
Section K111.8 Underground electrical service. Underground electrical service may be provided by the utilities department of the city at the request of the individual property owners or customers under the following conditions.
1. It shall be the responsibility of the property owner or customer to furnish a continuous, enclosed wireway from the meter socket or current transformer cabinet to a point on the pole at about ground level as directed by the utilities department with proper weather head attached. Wireways above the ground shall be approved conduit.
2. Residential installation. After installation of an approved, enclosed wireway from the meter socket or current transformer cabinet to the utility easement or right-of-way as approved by the city, it shall be the responsibility of the utilities department to install the service conductors in such approved wireway. The minimum size approved conduit shall be two inches.
3. Commercial and industrial installation. After installation of an approved, enclosed wireway from the meter or socket or current transformer cabinet to the utility easement or right-of-way as approved by the city, the customer shall furnish and install the service conductor. The city will make the connection at the pole. The minimum size approved conduit shall be two inches.
4. Maintenance of the wireway and selection of the materials to be used for the construction of the wireway, as approved in subsection (1), shall be the sole responsibility of the property owner or customer, and maintenance of the service conductors shall be the responsibility of the city utilities department.
5. For the purpose of this section, the term “wireway” shall be defined to include, but not limited necessarily thereto, to the following types of construction:
a. Raceway
b. Conduit
c. Nonmetallic conduit
d. Electrical duct
Any combination of the above or the use of any other materials as may be approved by the city may be utilized, if approved at the time of installation.
K111.9 Interior wiring within the city limits. All interior wiring installed within the city in buildings used for A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, B, E, F-1, F-2, H-1, H-2, H-3, H-4, H-5, I-1, I-2, I-3, I-4, M, S-1, S-2, R-1, and R-2 occupancies, except apartment buildings three (3) stories or less, as defined in the 2018 International Building Code shall be in metal or non-metal enclosed conduit or tubing as allowed by the National Electrical Code.
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