ORDINANCE 1300ORDINANCE NO. 1300
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE NATIONAL
ELECTRICAL CODE, 1996 EDITION, INCLUDING
THE UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PROVISIONS, REPEALING IN ITS ENTIRETY
CHAPTER 16.08 OF, AND ADDING CHAPTER 16.08
TO, THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO THE ELECTRICAL CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 16.08 of the El Segundo Municipal Code is repealed in its
entirety.
Section 2. Chapter 16.08 is added to the El Segundo Municipal Code to read as
follows:
Chapter 16.08
ELECTRICAL CODE
16.08.010 ESTABLISHED. The 1996 Edition of the National Electrical Code,
including the Appendix thereof, promulgated and published by the National Fire
Protection Association and the UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE CODE PROVISIONS
for the NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1996 EDITION, promulgated and
published by the International Conference of Building Officials, one copy of each
which has been filed, and is on file in the Office of the City Clerk for public inspection,
hereby is adopted with the same force and effect as though set out herein in full.
16.08.020 CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO CODES. The NATIONAL
ELECTRICAL CODE and the UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE CODE PROVISIONS
ARE AMENDED, by changing, adding, or deleting the chapters, articles, sections and
portions of sections designated in Sections 16.08.030 through 16.08.050.
16.08.030 TABLE NO. 3A -- ELECTRICAL PERMIT FEES DELETED. Fees
shall be located in City Resolution, ELECTRICAL PERMIT FEES. Any future
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changes in these fees and the effective dates thereof, shall be fixed and established by
the City Council from time to time by resolution.
16.08.040 UNDERGROUND UTILITIES. All new residential or non-
residential structures requiring electrical services shall be installed in an approved 2"
minimum size underground raceway.
16.08.050 SECTION 203.1 AMENDED - BOARD OF APPEALS. Section
203(a) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 203.1 General. In order to determine the suitability of
alternate materials and construction and to provide for reasonable
interpretations of the provisions of this Code, there shall be and there is hereby
created a Board of Appeals, consisting of five members, composed of the Mayor
and the other members of the City Council. Said members shall hold their
respective members on said Board of Appeals by reason of, and concurrently
with, their terms of service as Council members and shall cease to be such
members upon their ceasing to be such Council members. The Building
Official shall be the Secretary to the Board. The Board may adopt reasonable
rules and regulations for conducting its investigations and shall render all its
decisions and findings on contested matters, in writing to the Building Official,
with a duplicate copy thereof to any appellant or contestant affected by any
such decision or finding, and may recommend to the City Council such new
legislation, if any, as is consistent therewith.
Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. The Mayor
shall be the presiding officer of the Board and in his absence the Board shall
select a temporary chairman. Notices of meetings of the Board shall be given
by at least 72 hours notice and delivered to each member personally or by
registered mail; provided, however, that any meeting of the Board shall be
legal for any purpose if the written consent of all of the members of the Board
to such meeting is executed and filed in the records of the Board.
The Board shall have the right, subject to such limits as the City Council
may prescribe by resolution, to employ at the cost and expense of the City, such
qualified individuals as the Board, in its discretion, may deem reasonably
necessary in order to assist it in its investigations and in making its findings
and decisions.
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There shall be a $250.00 charge at the time of filing an appeal of any
orders, decisions, or determinations made by the Building Official relative to
the application and interpretation of this Code. The $250.00 filing fee shall be
refundable in full should the appellant prevail in a decision by the Board. The
appeal shall be taken by filing a written notice of appeal, in letter form, to the
Board of Appeals."
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective at 12:01 a.m., July 1, 1999
from and after the date of the final passage and adoption thereof.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage 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 (15)
days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause the same to be published once in
the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published and
circulated within said City of El Segundo and which is hereby designated for that
purpose.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of April, 1999.
Mike `Gordon, Mayor
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ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify
that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the
foregoing ordinance No. 1300 was duly introduced by said City Council at a
regular meeting held on the 161h day of March, 1999, and duly passed and adopted by
said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City
Clerk, all at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 6th day of April, 1999, and
the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Gordon, Jacobs, McDowell, Gaines, Wernick
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Cindy Mort sen, City Clerk'
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Attorney
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