1612 ORD AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 1274 THE ELECTRICAL ORDINANCE

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ORDINANCE NO. 1612 . AN ORDINANCE AMENI?ING ORDINANCE NO. 1274, THE ELEC TRICAL OR.L?INANCE, PASSEI? BY THE GITY COUNGIL, ON THE lOTH I?AY OF NOVEMBER, 1952, AI?OPTItVG THE 1962 NA TIONAL ELEC TRICAL C OI?E, WITH CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ANI? EXCEPTIONS; PROVII?IlVG FOR EXCEP- TIONS T O 210-22, SUBSEC TION (b), WITH REFERENGE TO RECEPTACLE OUTLETS, EXCEPTING FROM THE 1962 COI?E THE FOLLOWING: SER- VICE ENTRANCE CABLES; ALL SERVICE ENTRANCE CABLES FROM THE METER SOCKET TO THE PANEL SHALL BE INSTALLEI? 1N EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS: (1) ALL I?ISCONNECTS TO BE LOCATEI? BACK OF THE NIETER ANI? INSII?E OF THE WALL W ITH C ONI?UIT NIPPLE, (2) EACH SERVICE ENTRANCE SHALL BE PLACED IN C ONI?UIT FROM THE ME TER SOC KE T TO THE PANEL W ITH NO MAIN I?15C ONNEC T A T THE METER, (3) ALL SERVICE CABLE FROM THE METER SOCKET TO THE MAIN I?ISC ONNEC T SHALL BE ENC LOSED IN C ONI?UIT; THE MIlVIMUM SIZE I?I'"CONNECT SHALL BE 50 AMP; SERVICE PANEL BREAKERS - BREAKERS KNOWN AS PIGGY-BACK, TANI?UMS, TWINS, THINS, AND ANY OTHER OF THI,S TYPE BREAKER, ARE HEREBY PRO:HIBITEI? ON ANY NEW OR REPAIR IlVSTALLA TIONS; PROVIDING THA T ALL TR.AILER HOUSES SHALL HAVE A I?RNEN GROUND OR WATER PIPE GROUNI? C ONNECTEI? TO THE TRAILER HOUSE AND HAVE POLARIZEI? PLUG 1NS; THAT SEC TION 9 QF ORDINANCE NO. 1274 BE AMENI?EI? TO PRO- VIi?E FOR ANNUAL LICENSE FEE FOR AN ELEC TRICAL C ONTRAC TOR OF $100.00 FOR THE FIR.ST YEARS LIGENSE ANI? A FEE OF $25.00 FOR EAGH RENEWAL FOR EACH YEAR THEREAFTER; PROVII?ING FOR A PE NALTY; ANI? PR OVII?IlVG FOR AN EFFEC TIVE I?A TE. BE IT ORI?A 1NEI? BY THE C ITY C OUNC LL.. OF THE C ITY OF PA RTS: That Ordinance No. 1274, passed by the City Council on the lOth day of November, 1952, be, and the same is hereby amended as follows: Section 1. That the 1962 National Electrical Code, governing installa- tions and wiring of electric installations, together with all subsequent amendments thereto, are hereby adopted by the City of Paris, Texas, with the following limita.tions and exceptions: (1) Section 210-22, Subsection (b) of said National Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows: That on all dwelling type occupancies, in every kitchen, dining room, breakfast room, living room, parlor, library, den, sun- room, recreation room, and bedroom, receptacle outlets shall be insta.lled so that no point along the floor line in any useable wall space is more than 6 feet, measured horizontally from an outlet in that space, including any useable wall space 2 feet wide or greater and the wall space occupied by sliding panels in exterior walls. The receptacle outlets shall, insofar as practicable, be spaced equal distances apart. Receptacle out- lets in floors shall not be counted as part of the required num- ber of receptacle outlets unless located close to the wall. (2)Service Entrance Cables: All service entrance cables from the meter socket to the panel shallhe installed in either of the following three ways: (a) The disconnect shall be located back of the meter in inside of wall with conduit nipple. (b) If the service eritrance cable is placed in conduit from the meter socket to the panel, no main disconnect shall be required at the meter, (c) Any service cable from the meter socket to the main disconnect shall be enclosed in conduit.