HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 07/11 Adopting International & National Codes Pgs. 33-46
SECTION 2. That the code of Ordinances, City of University Park, Texas, is hereby
amended by amending Article 3.1000 "Electrical Code" to read as follows:
"ARTICLE 3.1000 ELECTRICAL CODE
Sec. 3.1001 National Electrical Code Adopted
The 2005 National Electrical Code is hereby adopted by reference and made part of this code as
a general standard for electrical equipment and the installation thereof in the City of University
Park, as set forth herein. A copy of the 2005 National Electrical Code referred to herein, is on
file in the office of the Building Inspection Division for reference and inspection. References to
the "electrical code" shall mean the 2005 National Electrical Code and any amendments legally
adopted by the city council of the City of University Park.
Sec. 3.1002 Amendments to the National Electrical Code
The following sections of the 2005 National Electric Code are amended, added, or deleted as
follows:
"Article 80 - General
80-1 Application.
The provisions of this article shall apply to all activity involving the installation, servicing,
repair, replacement, additions, modification, and/or maintenance of electrical systems,
conductors, equipment, fittings, devices, motors, appliances, fixtures, signs and all other
electrical equipment within or on public or private buildings and premises, except as otherwise
provided in this article. The provisions of this article shall not apply to installations used by
electricity supply, electric railway or communications agencies in the generation, transmission or
distribution of electrical power or for the operation of street railways, signals or the transmission
of intelligence data when located within or on public thoroughfares; provided, however that such
agencies are operating under a franchise agreement with the city.
80-2 Application to existing electrical systems and equipment.
(a) Additions, alterations or repairs. Additions, alterations or repairs may be made to any
electrical system and equipment without requiring the existing electrical system and equipment
to comply with all the requirements of this Code, provided that addition, alteration or repair
conforms to that required for a new electrical system and equipment and provided further that no
hazard to life, health or safety will be created by such additions, alterations or repairs. Minor
additions, alterations and repairs to existing electrical system and equipment may be made in
accordance with the law in effect at the time the original installation was made, when approved
by the Community Development Manager.
(b) Existing installations. Electrical systems and equipment lawfully in existence at the time
of the adoption of this Code may have their use, maintenance or repair continued if the use,
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maintenance or repair is in accordance with the original design and no hazard to life, health or
property has been created by such electrical system and equipment.
(c) Change in building occupancy. Electrical systems and equipment which are a part of any
building or structure undergoing a change in use or occupancy, as defined in the Building Code,
shall comply with the requirements of this Code which are applicable to the new use or
occupancy.
(d) Maintenance. All electrical systems and equipment, both existing and new, and all parts
thereof shall be maintained in a proper operating condition in accordance with the original design
and in a safe and hazard free condition. All devices or safeguards which are required by this
Code shall be maintained in conformance with this Code. The owner or his designated agent
shall be responsible for the maintenance of the electrical system. To determine compliance with
this subsection, the Community Development Manager may cause any electrical system to be
reinspected.
(e) Moved building. Electrical systems and equipment which are a part of buildings or
structures moved into or within the City of University Park shall comply with the provisions of
this Code for new installations.
80-3 Definitions.
General. For the purpose of these provisions, certain terms, phrases, words and their derivatives
shall be construed as specified in this section. Where terms are not defined, they shall have their
ordinarily accepted meanings within the context with which they are used. Webster's Third New
International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged, 2002, shall be considered as
providing ordinarily accepted meanings. Words used in the singular include the plural and the
plural the singular. Words used in the masculine gender include feminine and the feminine the
masculine.
Approved as to materials, equipment and method of construction, refers to approval by the
Community Development Manager as the result of investigation and tests conducted by him, or
by reason of accepted principles or tests by recognized authorities, technical or scientific
organizations.
Approved Agency is an established and recognized agency regularly engaged in conducting tests
or furnishing inspection services, when such agency has been approved by the Community
Development Manager.
Board of Appeals shall be the Board of Adjustment as appointed by the City Council of the City
of University Park.
Building Code is the Building Code as adopted by the City of University Park.
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Community Development Manager is the officer charged with the administration and
enforcement of this Code, or his duly authorized representative, and is the authority having
jurisdiction for this Code.
Chief Electrical Inspector or Electrical Inspector shall be the person providing expertise for the
Community Development Manager in the area of electrical regulations.
Code Enforcement Agency is the department, division or agency of the City of University Park
charged with the function of Code enforcement and shall be under the administration and
operational control of the Community Development Manager.
Electrical Contractor is any person, firm, or corporation to whom a valid, current electrical
contractor's registration has been issued by the City of University Park.
Electrical Code is the National Electrical Code promulgated by the National Fire Protection
Association, as adopted by the City of University Park.
Firewall is the same as an area separation wall as used in the Building Code.
Journeyman Electrician is a person to whom a valid, current journeyman electrician's registration
has been issued by the City of University Park.
Master Electrician is a person to whom a valid, current master electrician's registration has been
issued by the City of University Park.
Multiple Occupancy Building is a building having more than one tenant and may be of single or
mixed use groups as classified by the Building Code.
Occupancy is the purpose for which a building, or part thereof, is used or intended to be used.
80-4 Conflicting provisions.
Where, in any specific case, different sections of this Code specify different materials, methods
of construction or other requirements, the most restrictive shall govern.
80-5 Alternate materials and methods of construction.
(a) The provisions of this Code are not intended to prevent the use of any material or method
of construction not specifically prescribed by this Code, provided any alternate has been
approved and its use authorized by the Community Development Manager.
(b) The Community Development Manager may approve any alternate, provided he finds that
the proposed design is satisfactory and complies with the provisions of this Code and that the
material, method or work offered is, for the purpose intended, at least the equivalent of that
prescribed in this Code in suitability, strength, effectiveness, fire resistance, durability and
safety.
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(c) The Community Development Manager shall require that sufficient evidence or proof be
submitted to substantiate any claims regarding the use of alternates. Provided, however, that the
approval or authorization of any alternate shall not be construed as warranting or representing the
safety of any approved alternate.
80-6 Modifications.
Whenever there are practical difficulties involved in carrying out the provisions of this Code, the
Community Development Manager may grant modifications for individual cases, provided he
shall first find that a special individual reason makes the strict letter of this Code impractical and
the modification is in conformity with the intent and purpose of this Code, and that such
modification does not lessen health, life and fire safety requirements.
80-7 Tests.
(a) Whenever there is insufficient evidence of compliance with any of the provisions of this
Code or evidence that materials or construction do not conform to the requirements of this Code,
the Community Development Manager may require tests as evidence of compliance to be made
at the sole expense of the person providing such materials or performing such construction.
(b) Test methods shall be as specified by this Code or by other recognized test standards. In
the absence of recognized and accepted test methods for the proposed alternate, the Community
Development Manager may determine test procedures.
(c) All tests shall be made by an approved agency. Reports of such tests shall be retained by
the Community Development Manager for a period deemed appropriate by the Community
Development Manager.
80-8 Unsafe electrical systems or equipment.
All electrical systems or equipment regulated by this Code which are unsafe, or which constitute
a fire hazard, or are otherwise dangerous to human life are, for the purpose of this section,
unsafe. Any use of electrical systems or equipment regulated by this Code constituting a hazard
to safety, health or public welfare by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation,
obsolescence, fire hazard, disaster, damage or abandonment is, for the purpose of this section, an
unsafe use. All such unsafe electrical systems or equipment are hereby declared to be public
nuisances and shall be abated by repair, rehabilitation, demolition or removal in accordance with
the procedures set forth in Article 3.200, "Abatement of Dangerous Buildings and Premises" of
the University Park Code of Ordinances or such alternate procedure as may be adopted by this
jurisdiction. As an alternative, the Community Development Manager or other employee or
official of the City as designated by the governing body may institute any other appropriate
action to prevent, restrain, correct or abate the violation.
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80-9 Violations.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair,
move, improve, remove, convert or demolish, equip, use or maintain any electrical system or
equipment or cause or permit the same to be done in violation of this Code. The issuance or
granting of a permit or approval of plans and specifications or the completion or approval of an
inspection shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of
any of the provisions of this Code. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the
provisions of this Code shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use which is authorized is
lawful.
Article 85 - Organization and Enforcement
85-1 Powers and duties of Community Development Manager.
(a) General. The Community Development Manager is hereby authorized to enforce all the
provisions of this Code. He shall cause a record to be kept of all permits issued and inspections
made.
(b) Deputies. In accordance with prescribed procedures and with the approval of the
appointing authority, the Community Development Manager may appoint a Chief Electrical
Inspector and other related technical officers and inspectors and other employees as shall be
authorized from time to time. Reference to the "Inspector" and "Electrical Inspector" in this Code
shall mean the Chief Electrical Inspector or other Electrical Inspectors. The Chief Electrical
Inspector and the Electrical Inspectors shall receive for services performed only such
compensation as is set aside for that purpose in the current budget of the City and shall serve and
be employed at the will of the City of University Park. It shall be unlawful for the Chief
Electrical Inspector or any Electrical Inspector to engage in the business of selling, installing, or
maintenance of electrical fixtures, devices, equipment or materials, and they shall have no
financial interest in any concern engaged in such business at any time while employed by the
City.
(c) Right of entry. Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any of the provisions
of this Code, or whenever the Community Development Manager or his authorized
representative has reasonable cause to believe that there exists in any building or upon any
premises any condition or violation which makes such building or premises unsafe, dangerous or
hazardous, the Community Development Manager or his authorized representative may enter
such building or premises at all reasonable times to inspect the same or to perform any duty
imposed upon the Community Development Manager by such Codes, provided that if such
building or premises be occupied, he shall first present proper credentials and request entry. If
such building or premises is unoccupied, he shall first make a reasonable effort to locate the
owner or other persons having charge or control of the building or premises and request entry. If
entry be refused, the Community Development Manager or his authorized representative shall
have recourse to every remedy provided by law to secure entry. When the Community
Development Manager or his authorized representative shall have first obtained a proper
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inspection warrant or other remedy provided by law to secure entry, no owner or occupant or any
other persons having charge, care or control of any building or premises shall fail or neglect,
after proper request is made as herein provided, to promptly permit entry therein by the
Community Development Manager or his authorized representative for the purpose of inspection
and examination pursuant to this Code.
(d) Notice. When any order or notice is issued pursuant to the provisions of this Code to any
person who cannot be found after a reasonable search, such order or notice may be served by
posting it in a conspicuous place upon the premises occupied by him or upon the premises where
the defects are alleged to exist. Such posting of the notice shall be considered equivalent to
personal service of such order or notice. An order sent by mail in a sealed envelope with postage
prepaid and directed to the address of the electrical contractor, owner, lessee, or occupant of the
premises shall be equivalent to personal service of such order. Electrical Inspectors are hereby
empowered to attach to the nearest electrical cabinet or equipment feeding defective or
hazardous wiring, any official notice or seal to prevent use of electricity in that area, and it shall
be unlawful for any other person to place or attach such seal, or to break, change, destroy, tear,
mutilate, cover or otherwise deface or injure any such official notice or seal posted by an
Electrical Inspector.
( e) Stop orders. Whenever any work is being done contrary to the provisions of this Code, the
Community Development Manager may order the work stopped by notice in writing served on
any persons engaged in the doing or causing such work to be done, and any such persons shall
forthwith stop such work until authorized by the Community Development Manager to proceed
with the work.
(f) Authority to disconnect utilities in emergencies. The Community Development Manager
or his authorized representative shall have the authority to disconnect any electric power or
energy service supplied to the building, structure or building service equipment therein regulated
by this Code in case of emergency where necessary to eliminate an immediate hazard to life or
property. The Community Development Manager shall whenever possible notify the serving
utility, the owner and occupant of the building, structure or building service equipment, in
writing, of such disconnection immediately thereafter.
(g) Authority to condemn electrical system and equipment. Whenever the Community
Development Manager ascertains that any electrical system or equipment regulated in this Code
has become hazardous to life, health or property, he may order in writing that such electrical
system or equipment either be removed or restored to a safe condition, whichever is appropriate.
The written notice itself shall fix a time limit for compliance with such order. No person shall
use or maintain defective electrical system or equipment after receiving such notice. When such
equipment or installation is to be disconnected, a written notice of such disconnection and causes
therefor shall be given within 24 hours of the order to disconnect to the serving utility, the owner
and occupant of such building, structure or premises. When any electrical system or equipment is
maintained in violation of this Code and in violation of any notice issued pursuant to the
provisions of this section, the Community Development Manager shall institute any appropriate
action to prevent, restrain, correct or abate the violation.
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(h) Connection after order to disconnect. No person shall make connections from any energy
or power supply nor supply power to any electrical system or equipment which has been
disconnected or ordered to be disconnected by the Community Development Manager or the use
of which has been ordered to be discontinued by the Community Development Manager until the
Community Development Manager authorizes the reconnection and use of such electrical system
or equipment.
(i) Liability. The Community Development Manager, or his authorized representative charged
with the enforcement of this Code, acting in good faith and without malice in the discharge of his
duties, shall not thereby render himself personally liable for any damage that may accrue to
persons or property as a result of any act or by reason of any act or omission in the discharge of
his duties. Any suit brought against the Community Development Manager or employee because
of such act or omission performed by him in the enforcement of any provision of this Code shall
be defended by legal counsel provided by this jurisdiction until final termination of such
proceedings. This Code shall not be construed to relieve from or lessen the responsibility of any
person owning, operating or controlling any building, structure or building service equipment
therein for any damages to persons or property caused by defects, nor shall the Code
enforcement agency or its parent jurisdiction be held as assuming any such liability by reason of
the inspections authorized by the Code or approvals issued under this Code.
(j) Cooperation of other officials and officers. The Community Development Manager may
request, and shall receive so far as is required in the discharge of his duties, the assistance and
cooperation of other officials of this jurisdiction.
(k) Appeals. Any person, firm or corporation may file an appeal with the Chairman of the
Board of Adjustment for review of any decision of the Community Development Manager,
provided that such appeal is made in writing within (5) days after notification by the electrical
inspector. The Board of Adjustment shall meet within ten (10) days of receipt of such appeal to
hear the appeal and render a decision and findings in writing to the appellant with a duplicate
copy to the Community Development Manager.
85-2 Requirements of electrical contractor.
(a) Registration required. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation who is not
registered as a qualified electrician in the City of University Park to engage in work regulated by
this code. Prior to the approval of any permit to do work regulated by this code, the applicant for
such permit must first register in person with the Building Inspection Division.
(b) Application for Registration. A person, firm, or corporation who desires to register as an
Electrical Contractor's Master Electrician or Journeyman Electrician in the City of University
Park shall complete the appropriate application and provide the following information:
(1) A current, electrical license issued by the State of Texas.
(2) A form of picture identification.
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(3) Business identification to include the business name, business owner(s), address, and
telephone number.
(c) Issuance and Term of Registration. Upon satisfactory completion of the requirements of
Section 85-2 and payment of applicable fees as specified by the City of University Park Master
Fee Schedule for registration as an Electrical Contractor, Master Electrician or Journeyman
Electrician, the Community Development Manager may approve such registration. An approved
registration is valid for a period of not more than one (1) year and shall terminate at the end of
each calendar year.
(d) Transfer of Registration. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to lend,
rent, or transfer an electrical registration issued by the City of University Park to another other
person firm, or corporation for any purpose.
(e) Revocation of Registration. An electrical registration issued by the City of University Park
may be revoked by the Community Development Manager for the following;
(1) Falsification of any portion of an application for registration with intent to defraud.
(2) Revocation or expiration of an electrical license by the State of Texas.
(3) Any person, firm or corporation who, after being found guilty in municipal court of
violations of this code, is unwilling to make appropriate corrections to the satisfaction of the
Community Development Manager or his designee shall be denied registration as an Electrical
Contractor, Master or Journeyman Electrician.
(4) Transfer of registration as stipulated in Section 85-2 (d) ofthis code.
(t) Notice of Revocation of Electrical Registration. The Community Development Manager
shall provide proper notice in writing to the person, firm or corporation holding a defective
electrical registration of the decision to revoke an electrical registration. Notice shall be deemed
effective on the post date of certified mail and/or acceptance by hand delivery.
(g) Appeal of Revocation. In the event that any person, firm or corporation shall appeal the
decision of the Community Development Manager to revoke an electrical registration, a request
for a public hearing of the matter shall be made in writing to the Chairman of the Board of
Adjustment within five (5) days of receipt of notice of revocation as specified in Section 85-3 (t).
The Board of Adjustment shall meet to consider an appeal of revocation within ten (10) days of
receipt of a written request.
(h) False Representation as to Registration Unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person,
firm, or corporation to represent himself or a business as an electrician or electrical contractor in
the City of University Park without having first properly registered with the Building Inspection
Division.
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(i) Electrical Company Vehicles to be Marked. All electrical contractors vehicles engaged in
doing work in the City of University Park shall have signs permanently affixed to both sides of
the vehicle indicating the company name of the electrical contractor.
(j) Supervision. The actual work of installing, maintaining, altering, or repairing of electrical
work for which a permit is required by this Code shall have supervision by a licensed master or
journeyman electrician as provided by this Code. In the event the owner of electrical contracting
business is not a licensed master electrician, a master electrician shall be designated by the owner
of such place of business to the Community Development Manager as the person responsible for,
and supervising, the electrical work done by such electrical contractor. Such designated master
electrician shall be the supervisory electrician for only one (1) electrical contractor within the
city at anyone time. Should such supervision not be constantly provided, the Electrical Inspector
may order the work being done by such electrical contractor to be discontinued until proper
supervision and control has been provided and the name of the new master electrician disclosed
to Community Development Manager.
(k) License display. Each holder of a master, journeyman or specialist license shall carry
evidence of proper license on his person at all times while doing electrical work and shall
produce and exhibit same when requested by an Inspector or officer of the City.
85-3 Exception from licensing and registration.
Persons who are not registered electricians may carry out the following classes of work:
(a) The replacement of lamps, fuses and the connection of portable devices to suitable
receptacles which have been permanently installed.
(b) The installation, alteration, or repairing of any wiring, devices, or equipment for signaling,
remote control, or the transmission of information, provided such are inherently power limited
and have a maximum nameplate rating not exceeding one volt-ampere.
(c) The installation, alteration or repair of the electric wiring, devices, appliances and
equipment installed by or for an electrical public service corporation legally operating in the city
when for the use of such corporation in the generation, transmission, distribution or metering of
the electrical energy or for the use of such a corporation in the operation of street railways,
signals or the transmission of information.
(d) Any work involved in the manufacture or test of electrical materials, devices, appliances
or apparatus, but not including any installation of wiring other than that required for testing
purposes unless such equipment as complete is approved by the Electrical Inspector before it is
installed or used.
( e) Electrical work done by a property owner in a building owned and occupied by him and
classified as his homestead. Where the electrical work done by property owner is deemed by the
Community Development Manager to be hazardous to persons or property, and repairable
beyond the skills and electrical knowledge of the property owner by the Community
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Development Manager, or his authorized representative, the Community Development Manager
may void the permit or validation obtained by the homeowner. In such an event, the electrical
work shall only be completed by a Licensed Electrical Contractor, registered with the City of
University Park.
85-4 Permits.
(a) Permits required. Except as specified in Subsection (c) of this section, no electrical system
regulated by this Code shall be installed, altered, repaired, replaced or remodeled unless a
separate electrical permit for each building or structure has first been obtained from the
Community Development Manager. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation who
is not registered by the City as an electrical contractor to secure permits except as provided in
Section 85-3. It shall be unlawful for any person to lend, rent, or transfer an electrical permit, or
permit a person without proper license or registration to do the work, or for any person to make
use of any such permit which is not actually his own, and any such permit obtained or submitted
under these conditions shall be null and void.
(b) Exempt work. An electrical permit shall not be required for the following:
(1) Portable motors or other portable appliances energized by means of a cord or cable having
an attachment plug end to be connected to an approved receptacle when that cord or cable is
permitted by this Code.
(2) Repair or replacement of fixed motors, transformers or fixed approved appliances of the
same type and rating in the same location.
(3) Temporary decorative lighting.
(4) Repair or replacement of current-carrying parts of any switch, contactor or control device.
(5) Reinstallation of attachment plug receptacles, but not the outlets therefor.
(6) Repair or replacement of any over current device of the required capacity in the same
location.
(7) Repair or replacement of electrodes or transformers of the same size and capacity for signs
or gas tube systems.
(8) Taping joints.
(9) Removal of electrical wiring.
(10) Temporary wiring for experimental purposes in suitable experimental laboratories.
(11) Electrical wiring, devices, appliances, apparatus or equipment operating at less than 25
volts and not capable of supplying more than 50 watts of energy.
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(12) Low-energy power, control and signal circuits of Classes II and III as defined in this
Code.
(13) A permit shall not be required for the installation, alteration or repair of electrical wiring,
apparatus or equipment or the generation, transmission, distribution or metering of electrical
energy or in the operation of signals or the transmission of intelligence by a public or private
utility in the exercise of its function as a serving utility.
Exemption from the permit requirements of this Code shall not be deemed to grant authorization
for any work to be done in violation of the provisions of this Code or any other laws or
ordinances.
(c) Application for permit. To obtain a permit, the applicant shall first file an application
therefore in writing on a form furnished by the City agency for that purpose. Every such
application shall:
(1) Identify and describe the work to be covered by the permit for which application is made.
(2) Describe the land on which the proposed work is to be done by legal description, street
address or similar description that will readily identify and definitely locate the proposed
building or work.
(3) Indicate the use or occupancy for which the proposed work is intended.
(4) Be accompanied by plans, diagrams, computations and specifications and other data as
required in Subsection (d) of this section.
(5) Be signed by permittee, or his authorized agent.
(6) Give such other data and information as may be required by the Community Development
Manager.
(d) Plans and specifications. With each application for a permit, and where required by the
Community Development Manager for enforcement of any provision of this Code, plans,
specifications and calculations shall be submitted in the quantity deemed necessary by the
Community Development Manager. When deemed necessary by the Community Development
Manager to ensure code compliance, the Community Development Manager may require plans
and specifications to be prepared and designed by an engineer licensed by the State of Texas. All
drawings, specifications and accompanying data involved with the practice of engineering, such
as structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, heating and cooling, fire, life and safety systems,
shall comply with state and local laws governing the practice of engineering as required by
Article 3271a, Vernon's Annotated Texas Statutes.
( e) Information on plans and specifications. Plans and specifications shall be drawn to scale
upon substantial paper or cloth and shall be of sufficient clarity to indicate the location, nature
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and extent of the work proposed and show in detail that it will conform to the provisions of this
Code and all relevant laws, ordinances, rules and regulations.
(t) Permits issuance. The applications, plans and specifications, and other data, filed by an
applicant for permit may be reviewed by other departments of the City to determine compliance
with any applicable laws under their jurisdiction. If the work described in an application for a
permit and the plans, specifications and other data filed therewith conforms to the requirements
of this Code and other pertinent laws and ordinances, and the fees specified by the City of
University Park Master Fee Schedule have been paid, the Community Development Manager
may issue a permit therefore to the applicant. When the Community Development Manager
issues the permit where plans are required, he shall endorse in writing or stamp the plans and
specifications "APPROVED." Such approved plans and specifications shall not be changed,
modified or altered without authorizations from the Community Development Manager, and all
work shall be done in accordance with the approved plans. The Community Development
Manager may issue a permit for the construction of part of an electrical system before the entire
plans and specifications for the whole system have been submitted or approved, provided
adequate information and detailed statements have been filed complying with all pertinent
requirements of this Code. The holder of such permit shall proceed at his own risk with
assurance that the permit for the entire building, structure or building service will be granted.
(g) Retention of plans. One set of approved plans and specifications shall be returned to the
applicant and shall be kept on the site of the building or work at all times during which the work
authorized thereby is in progress. One set of approved plans, specifications and computations
shall be retained by the Community Development Manager until final approval of the work.
(h) Validity of permit. The issuance of a permit or approval of plans and specifications shall
not be construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of
this Code, or of any other ordinance of the City, nor shall the issuance of a permit or approval of
plans be construed as representing or warranting the safety or lack of defects of any electrical
work described therein. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions
of these Codes shall be valid. The issuance of a permit based upon plans, specifications and other
data shall not prevent the Community Development Manager from thereafter requiring the
correction of errors in said plans, specifications and other data, or from preventing building
operations being carried on thereunder when in violation of these Codes or of any other
ordinances of the City.
(i) Expiration. Every permit issued by the Community Development Manager under the
provisions of this Code shall expire by limitation and become null and void, if the building or
work authorized by such permit is not commenced within 60 days from the date of such permit,
or if the building or work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after
the work is commenced for a period of 60 days or more. Before such work can be recommenced,
a new permit shall be first obtained and the fee therefore shall be one-half the amount required
for a new permit for such work, provided no changes have been made or will be made in the
original plans and specifications for such work; and provided further that such suspension or
abandonment has not exceeded one year. In order to renew action on a permit after expiration,
the permittee shall pay a new full permit fee. Any permittee holding an unexpired permit may
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apply for an extension of the time within which he may commence work under that permit when
he is unable to commence work within the time required by this section for good and satisfactory
reasons. The Community Development Manager may extend the time for action by the permittee
for a period not exceeding 180 days upon written request by the permittee showing that
circumstances beyond the control of the permittee have prevented action from being taken. No
permit shall be extended more than once.
G) Suspension or revocation. The Community Development Manager may, in wntmg,
suspend or revoke a permit issued under the provisions of this Code whenever the permit is
issued in error or on the basis of incorrect information supplied, or in violation of any ordinance
or regulation of the City.
(k) Fees. Permit fees shall be levied in the amounts specified by the City of University Park
Master Fee Schedule. For fee calculation purposes, the building area is the total floor area
expressed in square feet of all stories devoted to human occupancy, induding halls, stairways,
elevators, and other uses measured to the outside face of exterior walls, except for attached
garages, carports, porches, patios and other like roofed areas shall contribute 1/2 of their total
area in square footage for the purpose of electrical permit fee calculation. The total building area
for fee calculation purposes shall be stated on the application for electrical permit.
85-5 Inspections.
(a) General. All electrical systems and equipment for which a permit is required by this Code
shall be subject to inspection by the Community Development Manager. No portion of any
electrical system intended to be concealed shall be concealed until inspected and approved.
Neither the Community Development Manager nor the City shall be liable for expense entailed
in the removal or replacement of any material necessary to allow inspection. When the
installation of an electrical system and equipment is complete, an additional and final inspection
shall be made. Electrical systems and equipment regulated by this Code shall not be connected to
the energy source until authorized by the Community Development Manager.
(b) Inspection requests. It shall be the duty of the person doing the work authorized by a
permit to notify the Community Development Manager that such work is ready for inspection.
The Community Development Manager may require that every request for inspection be filed at
least one working day before such inspection is desired. Such request may be in writing or by
telephone at the option of the Community Development Manager. It shall be the duty of the
person requesting inspections required by this Code to provide access to and means for proper
inspection of such work.
(c) Operation of electrical equipment. The requirements of this section shall not be construed
to prohibit the operation of any electrical system or equipment installed to replace existing
equipment. The request for inspection of such equipment must have been filed with the
Community Development Manager not more than 48 hours after such replacement work is
completed and before any portion of such electrical system is concealed by any permanent
portion of the building.
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(d) Other inspections. In addition to the called inspections required by this Code, the
Community Development Manager may make or require other inspections of any work to
ascertain compliance with the provisions of this Code and other laws which are enforced by the
Code enforcement agency.
(e) Reinspections. A reinspection fee may be assessed for each inspection or reinspection
when such portion of work for which inspection is called is not complete or when required
corrections are not made. This provision is not to be interpreted as requiring reinspection fees the
first time a job is rejected for failure to comply with the requirements of this Code, but as
controlling the practice of calling for inspections before the job is ready for such inspection or
reinspection or when required corrections are not made. Reinspection fees may be assessed when
the approved plans are not readily available to the Inspector, for failure to provide access on the
date for which inspection is requested, or for deviating from plans requiring the approval of the
Community Development Manager. In instances where reinspection fees have been assessed, no
additional inspection of the work will be performed until the required fees have been paid.
85-6 Service Connections.
Article 230 "Services" is amended to add the following:
(a) Connection approval. An electrical system or equipment regulated by this Code for which
a permit is required shall not be connected to a source of energy or power until approved by the
Community Development Manager.
(b) Temporary connections. The Community Development Manager may authorize the
temporary connection of the electrical system or equipment to the source of energy or power for
the purpose of testing the equipment, or for the use under a temporary Certificate of Occupancy.
(c) Authorized connection. When new electrical meters are installed or existing electrical
meters are to be relocated, the disconnection, connection or reconnection to the meter shall be
made only by authorized employees of the Texas Utilities Electric Company. Only authorized
employees of Texas Utilities Electric Company shall be permitted to make connection between
the customer's service entrance conductors and Texas Utilities Electric Company lines.
230-70. General. Means shall be ...{text unchanged}... from the service-entrance conductors.
(a) Location. The service disconnecting means ...{text unchanged}... of the service
conductors.
Exception: Service disconnects for non-residential buildings must be located at a readily
accessible location on the outside of the building only.
{remainder of section unchanged}
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