1612 ORD AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 1274 THE ELECTRICAL ORDINANCEORDINANCE 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.
(3) The minimum size of all service disconnects shall be 50
amp.
(4) Service Panel Breakers: All service panel breakers, known
as Piggy-back, tandums, twins, thins, or any other of this
type disconnect, are hereby prohibited on new or repair in-
s ta lla tion s.
(5) No trailer house will be insta.lled and connected with the
electrical service, which does not have a driven ground or
water pipe ground connected to the trailer house and
equipped with polarized plug ins.
Section 2. That Section 9 of Ordinance No. 1274, be, and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows:
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Before a license shall be granted to an applicant as an electrical
contractor as defined in said ordinance, a fee of $100. 00 shall
be paid to the City of Paris, Texas, for the first years license,
and the applicant shall execute and deliver to the City Clerk for
approval, a bond in the sum of $500. 00, having as surety thereon
a recognized surety company authorized to do business in this State,
said bond to be conditioned for the faithful work for all work en-
tered upon or contracted for, in strict accordance with the terms
and requirements of this ordinance. Such license, when issued,
shall entitle the holder thereof to engage in the business of electrical
contractor for a period of one year from the date of issuance, unless
sooner revoked, and may be renewed by the holder upon the payment
of an annual renewal fee of $25. 00 and the renewal of the bond re-
quired herein.
Section 3. All ordina.nces and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
Section 4. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be deemeO guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction therefor, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding Two Hundred
($200.00) Dollars, and each and every day's continuance of any violation of
the provisions of this ordinance shall constitute and be deemed a separate
offense. "
Section 5. This ordinance shall be and become effective on the 15th
da y. of February, A. D, , 1963.
Passed and adopted this 14th day of January, A. B. , 1963.
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