ORDINANCE 484C^ r'k�
11. Storage warehouses shall be wired for not less
than 1/4 watt per square foot.
(P) Bell or furnace transformers shall be installed on con-
venience outlet circuit or on separate circuit. Such transformers
shall not be considered as outlets.
(Q) Computation of Load Currents. Current carrying capacity
for various voltages shall be computed as follows: Line voltage
between 100 and 125 volts shall be computed as 120 volts; line
voltage between 210 and 250 volts shall be computed as 240 volts-
Three-phase four -wire systems shall be computed as 120/20$ volts.
(R) Computation of Loads. The computation of all loads shall
be the sum of the specific loads served, but not less than the
minimum loads specified herein except that the demand factors in
the table below may be applied as indicated.
SERVICE AND SUB - FEEDERS
Type of Building Minimum Wattage per circuit Demand Factor
in o
Residential occupancy 1000 Watts 1st circa is
(other than hotels) 100
Any additional
50
All other occupancies Connected load 100
Groups of Apts. 2 to 4 1000 Watts 80
5 to 10, Incl. 1000 Watts 70
11 to 40, Incl. 1000 Watts 60
41 and over 1000 Watts 50
In no case shall the feeder supplying an occupancy be
smaller than No. 10 A.W.G. wire
WIRING DETAILS
SECTION 20. (A) Cutouts shall be installed in approved
cabinets, panel boards, etc., in such manner that no live parts are
exposed to accidental contact; provided, however, that this shall
not apply to cutouts installed on switchboards under competent
supervision.
(B) No wood moulding or cleat work shall be installed.
(C) In partitions with studs, less than two and one -half in-
ches in width, wires shall be encased in flexible non - metallic tub-
ing, or approved ducts.
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(D) Outlet boxes and pull boxes shall be of such size as to
accommodate with ease all wires and devices installed therein.
(E) In closets, the lighting outlet shall be placed on the
wall over the door, or may be located on the ceiling, if operated
by a wall switch, door switch or ceiling pull switch. Drop cords
shall not be installed in closets.
(F) Where two or more feeder or sub- feeder switches are
grouped, each switch shall be permanently marked, indicating what
it controls.
FIXTURE DETAILS
SECTION 21. (A) Grounded Locations. Each outlet for
fixtures located within reach, five feet horizontally or eight feet
vertically, of conducting floors or other conducting objects shall
be controlled by wall switches, by ceiling pull switches with in-
sulated chain or cord, or by pendant switches constructed of por-
celain or other suitable insulating material. All insulators in
chain pulls shall be placed not more than one inch from socket or
fixtures. Key sockets and brass shell pendant switches will be
permitted in such locations if the shells are permanently and ef-
fectively grounded.
(B) Drop Cord. Drop cord, unless of an approved portable
type, shall be used only where it hangs free in the air, shall not
be used for the support of more than one socket with its reflector
equipment, and shall not be used for the support of sockets fitted
with enclosing globes or bowls.
HEATING AND COOKING APPLIANCES
SECTION 22. (A) General. Portable heating appliances
shall not be used on any circuits operating at more than 300 volts
between conductors. Heating appliances which have bare elements
or other bare current carrying parts exposed to accidental contact
shall not be used on any circuit operating at more than 150 volts
to ground.
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(B) Any heating appliance in a dwelling, rated at more than
1650 watts, shall be wired for not less than 200 volts. Where the
voltage to ground exceeds 150 volts, the conductors to such heating
appliance shall be installed in a metal protected system. If such
heating appliance is portable, the receptacle shall be of suitable
capacity.
(C) Three -wire Circuits. In dwellings and apartment houses,
two or more fixed air heating appliances, rated at not less than
1650 watts each, and operating at not less than 200 volts may be
installed on a heavy duty branch heater circuit, protected by a
single set -of overload protective devices provided the total con-
nected load does not exceed 35 amperes per conductor. Heavy duty
branch heater circuits may be two -wire, derived from either a 110-
220 volt single -phase source, or a 220 volt three -phase source, or
they may be three -phase three -wire, derived from a three -phase 220
volt source. The tap from such circuit to the heating appliance
shall in no case be less than No. 12 A.W. Gauge wire nor over eigh-
teen inches (1$n) in length. All ungrounded conductors shall be
switched at each heating appliance.
(D) This subsection shall not be construed to permit heaters
for different apartments being connected to the same circuit.
(E) Demand Factors. Demand factors may be applied to reduce
the size of services, feeders, and sub - feeders in dwellings and
apartment houses supplying the following types of load: water heat-
ers, space heaters and air conditioning devices of 1650 watts or
over as follows:
No. of Heaters o Demand
1 -2
100
3 -5
85
6 -10
70
11 -20
60
21 -35
50
36 -60
40
61 -100
35
Over 100
30
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(F) Demand Factor for Electric Ranges. Demand factors may
be applied to reduce the size of services, feeders and subfeeders
in dwellings and apartment houses supplying the following types of
load: the values in the table below apply to one or more cooking
and baking appliances in dwellings or apartment houses but are not
applicable to other appliances.
No. of
Ranges over 1650 Watts
Ranges over
Ranges
and under 3500 Watts
3500 Watts
1
80
2
75
65
3
70
55
4
66
50
5
62
45
6
59
43
36
8
53
51
35
10
49
34
11
47
32
12
45
32
43
14.
1
32
15
40
3$
17
38
28
18
37
28
19
36
28
20
35
28
21
34
26
26
23 32
26
24
31
26
25
30
26
26 -30
30
24
31 -40
30
22
41 -50
30
20
51 -60
30
18
61 and over
30
16
(G) For an electric range exceeding 12 R.W. but not exceed-
ing 16 K.W. a 70% demand factor may be applied to service, feeder,
and branch circuit. For an electric range exceeding 16 K.W. but
not exceding 21 K.W. a 60% demand factor may be applied to service,
feeder and branch circuit. Unless statements are filed in writing
from the owner or authorized agent stating capacity of range, each
range shall be figured at not less than 10 K.W. Where wattage of
the range is not known, No. 6 A.W. Gauge wire shall be used.
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SECTION 23. (A) Location of Branch Circuit Protective
Devices. Branch circuit protective devices shall be installed in
and for each occupancy or in a location which is accessible to oc-
cupants at all times. Nothing contained in this Code shall be
deemed or construed to permit the installation of any electrical
device, outlet or circuit in any occupancy, the control of or the
protection of which is not accessible to the occupant at all times.
(B) No part of any circuit shall supply electrical energy to
more than one (1) occupancy.
SECTION 24. (A) Gaseous Tube Lights. Each fluorescent
fixture, mercury vapor fixture, or high voltage gas tube light or
sign shall be provided with a fixed name plate, legible after in-
stallation, which shall correctly state the manufacturer's name
or trade -mark and the voltage, amperage, total watts and power fac-
tor. No such equipment shall be installed in which the power fac-
tor is less than 90%. All above listed equipment shall have an
Underwriter's Laboratories, Inc., label or other recognized test-
ing laboratory label.
RECORD OF PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS
SECTION 25. (A) Said Chief Electrical Inspector shall
keep complete records of all permits issued and inspection made and
other official work performed under the provisions of this ordi-
nance.
PAYMENTS TO CITY TREASURER
SECTION 26. (A) Said Chief Electrical Inspector shall
pay all moneys collected by him, pursuant to the provisions of this
ordinance, into the city treasury and such moneys shall be deposit-
ed to the credit of the General Fund.
PENALTIES
SECTION 27. (A) That any person violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance or of the Electrical Code adopted
thereby, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction of
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any such violation, such person shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $300.00 or by imprisonment in the City Jail of the
City of El Segundo, California, or in the County Jail of Los Ange-
les County, California, as the committing magistrate may direct for
a period of not to exceed three months or by both such fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of the Court.
(B) Every such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate
offense for each and every day during which or during any portion
of which, any of the provisions of this Code is violated by such
person and shall be punishable therefor as herein provided.
REPEAL OF OTHER ORDINANCES
SECTION 28. That Ordinance No. 420 of said City, passed
and adopted on the 25th day of February, 1953, and all other ordi-
nances and parts of ordinances insofar as the same conflict with,
or are inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance, are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 29. That this ordinance shall become effective
at midnight on the thirtieth day from and after the date of the
final passage and adoption thereof.
SECTION 30. That the City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this ordinance; shall make a minute of the
passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of
the City Council of said City in the minutes of the meeting at
which the same is passed and adopted; and shall cause the same to
be published once in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of
general circulation published and circulated within said City, and
which is hereby designated for that purpose.
Passed, approved and adopted this 14th day of May, 1956•
Mayor of the City o Segundo,
ATTEST: California
City Clerk
(SEAL)
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. ))
I, Neva M. Elsey, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members
of the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing
ordinance, being Ordinance No. 484, was passed and adopted by
the said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said
City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a
regular meeting of the said Council, held on the 14th day of May,
1956, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Baker, Frederick, Meschuk
and Mayor Benfield ;
NOES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilman Gordon.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this
14th day of May, 1956.
(SEAL)
q, 0 -) .
City Clerk of the City of Segundo,
California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I. Neva M. Elsey, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of
the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing
ordinance, being Ordinance No. 484, is a full, true and-correct
original of Ordinance No. 484 of the said City of E1 Segundo,
California, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, (DESIGNATED AS THE "ELECTRICAL
CODE") RELATING TO AND REGULATING THE
CONSTRUCTION, CONNECTION, INSTALLATION,
ARRANGEMENT, LOCATION, PROTECTION, ALTERA-
TION, REPAIR, USE AND OPERATION OF ELECTRIC
WIRING, CONNECTIONS, FIXTURES, DEVICES,
APPLIANCES, EQUIPMENT, APPARATUS AND OTHER
ELECTRICAL MATERIALS AND WORK WITHIN SAID CITY,
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved
and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk
of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council held
on the 17+th day of May , 1956, and that the same was so passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Baker, Frederick, Meschuk and
Mayor Bonfield;
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilman Gordon.
I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions
of Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California,
that the foregoing Ordinance No. 484, was duly and regularly published
according to law and the order of the City Council of said City in
the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation,
printed, published and circulated within the.-said City and that the
same was so published therein on the following date, to wit: May
24th, 1956.
(SEAL)
City Clerk of the City of E Segundo,
California
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Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ss
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
Julie J
..Polk .... .....being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That
S3he is, and at all of the times hereinafter mentioned was, a citizen of the United States of America,
over the age of eighteen years, and a resident of the County of Los Angeles, State of California ; thatS he
ues, at, and during all of the time of the publication of the instrument hereunto attached the........
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Editor of EL SEGUNDO HERALD, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated weekly in
the City of El Segundo, in said County and State; that said newspaper has been so published and
circulated at regular intervals of one week for more than one year immediately preceding the
nublication of the instrument hereunto annexed; that said newspaper is, and was, at all of the times
herein mentioned, a newspaper of general circulation within the meaning of Section 4480 of the Political
Code of the State of California; that as provided by said section, said newspaper is published for the
dissemination of local or telegraphic news and intelligence of a general character, having a bona fide
subscription list of paying subscribers; that said newspaper is not and was not at any of the times herein
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fgrred to, devoted to the interests, or published for the entertainment or instruction of a particular
class, profession, trade, calling, race or denomination, or for any number of such classes, professions, trades,
callings, races or denominations, and that said newspaper is not devoted to or published for, nor was it
at any of the times herein mentioned devoted to or published for the purpose, whether avowed 3r
otherwise, of entertaining or instructing such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or denomin-
ations, or any of such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or denominations.
That the notice, order, ordinance, resolution or instrument hereunto attached on page...... numbered
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hereof in all respects, including subject matter, and size and arrangement of type, is a full, true and
correct copy of the said notice, ordinance, resolution or instrument, in words and figures exactly as
published; that the same was set and painted in type not smaller than nonpareil and that the body of
the same was preceded with words printed in black -face type not smaller than nonpareil, describing
and expressing in general terms the purpose and character of the notice, order, ordinance, resolution
or instrument intended to be published, as • will appear from an inspection of the said annexed instra-
ment; that the ... p1'r$CQ. ®.�..8 .........................................................
of which the annexed is a printed copy as hereinabove stated, was published and printed in said news -
paper at least ........ X:.week by .............. • . • .consecutive publication...., commencing on the
2a4th.day of .............`.'.".'t! ......... A. D;M§, and ending on the..... "V .......day of
..................... M* ..... A. D. 19.. f? , and as often during said time as said newspaper was regu-
larlyissued, to-wit: ........................................................ ...............................
..................M.ay. 94r_1956 .......... ......................................................... .
Subscribed and sworn to before me this .....
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day of ..... ............ A. D. 19..?. .
City clerk of the City of M Segundo, County
of Los Angeles, State of California.
Deputy City Clerk of said City.