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ORDINANCE 624ORDINANCE NO. 624 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING "THE CODE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, 1958, " BY AMENDING SECTIONS 10. 1, 10, 8, 10. 9, 10. 12, 10. 19, 10. 21, 10. 25; AND ADDING SECTION 10. 11. 1 TO THE ELECTRICAL CODE REULATIONS THERE- OF, AS HEREINAFTER SET FORTH. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALI- FORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That "Chapter 10" of "The Code of the City of El Segundo, California, 1958, " is amended by adding Section 10. 11. 1, and amending Sections 10. 1, 10. 8, 10. 9, 10. 12, 10. 19, 10, 21 and 10. 25 as follows: That next following the fifth unnumbered paragraph of Section 10. 1, and beginning with the words "Chief electrical inspector" and ending with the word "city, " the following definitions are added: "ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR: An Electrical Contractor is a California state licensed Electrical Contractor engaged in the business of installing, altering or repairing electrical wiring or equipment. "ELECTRICIAN - CERTIFIED: A Certified Electrician is an employee (a) who is qualified by training and experience in the installation or repairing of electrical wiring or equip- ment or systems for the purpose of providing lighting or power and has been certified as such pursuant to the success- ful completion of a written examination administered by the Chief Electrical Inspector; (b) an employee who possesses a current C -10 license issued by the California Department of Vocational Standards. "ELECTRICIAN - MAINTENANCE: A Maintenance Electri- cian is a person qualified by training and experience to per- form electrical maintenance work as determined through tests administered by the Chief Electrical Inspector and regu- larly employed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 10. 11 and 10. 12 of this Chapter. "; and that the fourth and ninth unnumbered paragraphs of said Section 10. 1 begin- ning with the words "Certified electrician" and "Maintenance electrician, " respectively, are deleted. That the first unnumbered paragraph of Section 10. 8 is amended to read as follows: -1- "Applications for electrical permits, describing the work to be done, shall be made in writing by an Electrical Contrac- tor or his authorized representative. Where a license is re- quired by an ordinance of the City, a permit shall not be issued unless the applicant has such a license, except as provided in Section 10. 9 of this Code; and that the third unnumbered paragraph of said Section 10. 8 beginning with the words "Application may" is deleted. That Section 10. 9 is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 10. 9. SAME - OWNER'S PERMIT. An owner's special permit may be issued authorizing a person to personally install, alter, change or repair electrical equipment of a single - family dwelling owned and occupied or intended to be occupied by him. " That Section 10. 11. 1 is added to read as follows: "SEC. 10. 11. 1. ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE PERMIT. Any person regularly employing Certified Electricians may apply for an Annual Comprehensi ft Permit for the purpose of installa- tions, alterations or repairs of electrical systems or equipment on his own premises. Applications for Annual Comprehensive Electrical Permits shall be made by completing City forms pro- vided for such purpose. Each application shall recite all condi- tions under which such permit is granted and shall carry the name of each person who is a Certified Electrician. " That the first sentence of Section 10. 12 is amended to read as follows: "Holders of Annual Maintenance and Annual Comprehensive Per- mits are entitled to perform all electrical maintenance or elec- trical work, respectively, on the premises described in the per- mit. " That Section 10. 19 is amended by adding Items 28 and 29, and amending Items 26 and 27 to read as follows: "26. For each Annual Comprehensive or Maintenance Elec- trical Permit at the time when such permit is issued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20.00 27. Fees for all new work under an Annual Comprehen- sive or Maintenance Electrical Permit since the date of the last previous inspection shall be paid according to the above schedule at the time when such work is inspected. Such fees shall be in addi- tion to the fee paid at the time when the annual per- mit is issued. 28. For each service, including additions, relocations, increases or other changes: 300 volts or less . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 For services more than 300 volts . . . 5.00 29. For temporary power pole installations. . . . 2. 00" That Section 10. 21 is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 10. 21. INSTALLATION OF WIRING - GENERALLY. All wiring installed in or on buildings or structures shall be in rigid metal conduit or electrical metal tubing. EXCEP- -2- 4 TION: (a) Concealed flexible metal conduit may be in- stalled in single and multiple unit resident buildings; and (b) Non - concealed flexible metal conduit may be installed in garages of single family resident buildings." That the first unnumbered paragraph of Section 10. 25 is amended to read as follows: "Two and Three -wire Services. All single -phase lighting loads of less than three thousand three hundred watts or with not more than two circuits may be served by two wires. Greater loads than three thousand three hundred watts shall be served by three wires. Thirty - ampere switches shall not be used for a three -wire service supplying more than four branch circuits. Where an installation has been wired and arranged for three -wire service, two -wire energy sup- ply or two -wire service shall not be connected thereto with- out the written approval obtained in advance from the Chief Electrical Inspector. Except for temporary construction services, signboards and buildings under six hundred square feet, services shall have a minimum of one hundred ampere bus capacity and 1 -1/2" galvanized or sherardized conduit. "; and that the second unnumbered paragraph of said Section 10.25, beginning with the words "Space for," and ending with the word "switch," is amended to read as follows: "Service Conductors. The minimum size service conductors shall be of #6 A. W. G. wire or better and shall be capable of carrying the full connected load."; and that the seventh unnumbered paragraph of said Section 10.25 beginning with the words "Master service switch," is amended to read as follows: "Service Switches. All electrical services shall be pro- vided with a main switch capable of interrupting the entire load. EXCEPTION: Dwellings having from one to, but not exceeding, six subdivisions of load may be served by one set of service conductors without a master service switbh; provided that the voltage to ground does not exceed 150 volts; and that all subdivisions of load are protected by circuit breakers installed in a single dead front cabinet, or in a separate enclosure, or by switches with approved non- tamperable fuses. Such equipment shall be grouped at the nearest readily accessible point to where the service conductors enter the building. The top of such cabinet shall be not more than six feet six inches (616 ") above the floor. This exception does not apply when there are sub- divisions of service. (Note. Install meters and metering equipment as required by the serving utility. )" SECTION 2. 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 3. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage -3- 4:;'I8 and adoption of this Ordinance; shall cause the same to be entered in the book of original ordinances of said city; shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall, within fifteen days after the pass- age and adoption thereof, cause the same to be published once in the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated within said City of El Segundo, and which is hereby desig- nated for that purpose. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 24th day of August , 1964. ATTEST: City Clerk (SEAL) J Mayor of e City o f El Segundo, Calffornia. IME �9wni� 9 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. ) I, �jT11TIG LTb .C� SONY. , o ..... o , 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, . o 624 0 o 0 0 is a full , true and correct original of Ordinance Noo624, . 0 0 . o . of the said City of El Segundo, California, entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING "THE CODE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, 1958, "BY AMENDING SECTIONS 10. 1, 10. 8, 10. 9, 10. 12, 10. 19, 10.21, 10. 25; AND ADDING SECTION 10. 11. 1 TO THE ELECTRICAL CODE REGULATIONS THERE- OF, AS HEREINAFTER SET FORTH. "; 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, o . 4th . o . day of.. Aug3w... o 0 o e . , 19M. . . and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen, Mo91h444�y, . WA9Q1 W14 , V'Ql� - TAgQA1 NOES: Councilmen. Nona ............. o .............................. . ABSENT: C... o.. ma nKim...... ppO...... ...... „poo ..................... 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.. L24.. was duly and regularly published according to law and the order of the City Council of said City in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated within the said City and that the same was so pub- 1 ished therein on the following date, to wit:.... , o .. a , .... o ... a ...... e ........... _t2 _- - -� . - - �.. - `�K City Clerk - of the - of El Segundo, California. (SEAL) By..... o ... ............................... Deputy 4011.5 Affidavit of Publication sTATE OF CALIFOBMA ) COUNTY OF LOB ANOLrLEB) as CITY OF LL BEOUNDO ) l...jy a....'fl ......... _. _ ... _........ being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he 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; that he was, at, and during all of the time of the publication of the inaizument hereunto attached the ............ ? a i a: I... U rk ............................................. ............................... Fditor of EL SEGUNDO HERALD, s 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 rsnd circulated at regular intervals of one week for more than one year immediately preceding the publication of the instrument hereunto annexed; that said newspaper is, and was, at all of the times herein mentioned, s 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 Me subscription list of paying subscribers; that said newspaper is not and was not at any of the times herein referred to, devoted to the interests, or pubHdwd for the entertainment or instruction of a particular cl ass, profession, trade, calling, race or denomination, or for any number of such classes, pr ofessiona, trades, cs•Ilings, 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 or otherwise, of entertaining or instructing such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or denomin- ations, or any of such cksses, professions, trades, callings, races or denominations. That the notice, order, ordinance, resolution or instrument hereunto attached on page ........... zoambered hereof in all respects, including subject matter, snd size and arrangement of type, is a full true and correct copy of the said notice, ordinance, resolution or instrument, in words and figures exaody as published; that the same was met and printed in type not smaller than nonpareil and that the body of the as= was preceded with words prkrbed 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 k9ended to be published. as will appear from an inspection of the said annexed instru- ment; that the rdinanee- No . 624 of which the aTexed L a printed copy ss hereinabove stated, was published and printed in said news- paper at least ........................ week ......... by ................................. consecutive publication ......... oouinencing on the ��}.......... day of ... SEjft.4!!,?nber .................... A. D- - -j-9$4 and ending on the ... ............................... day of 38pte-mbe-g ......... ..... A. D. 19...6¢., and as often during said time as said newspaper was regu- larly issued, to -wit ........... 3.8 1).t 3mh8 '– e , -- 4— - - _ ----- --- _ . ..... ......................... ...... Subscribed . awatgto�e me this ._ -_..._ A. D. U4 ;.-- i City clerk of tine city of IQ Segundo, Count' of Les Angeles, Stall of Callfcenia. By....- ............................................................................._......- Deputy Cly Clark of said City.