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HomeMy WebLinkAbout061 - 07/05/1978 - AMENDING CHAPTER 47 OF THE CITY CODE ADOPTING AN ELECTRICAL CODE AND PROVIDING FOR THE PROTECTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 61 , 1978 BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 47 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS ADOPTING AN ELECTRICAL CODE AND PROVIDING FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC HEBLTH AND SAFETY AND RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF ELECTRICAL WIRING, PERSONS LABORING AT THE TRADE OF ELECTRICIAN, THE INSTALLATION, ALTERA- TION OR REPAIR OF ELECTRICAL WIRING, AND THE INSPECTION THEREOF, IN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1978, PROMULGATED BY THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 Pursuant to the authority conferred by Section 7 , Article II, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins, there is hereby adopted by the City of Fort Collins for the purpose of providing for the protection of public health and safety and for the purpose of regulating persons engaged in the business of electrical wiring, or persons laboring at the trade of electrician, or for the purpose of regulating the installation, alteration or repair of electrical wiring systems in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, that certain code known as the National Electrical Code, 1978 , promulgated by the National Fire Protection Association and the whole thereof, including the introduction, tables and examples, index and appendix thereto, of which Code not less than three copies have been and now are filed in the office of the Clerk of the City of Fort Collins and may be inspected at regular business hours or purchased by the public at a price not to exceed the actual cost of the same to the City of Fort Collins, and such Code is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth at length herein and from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado Section 2. That Section 47-2B of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, repealed. Section 3 That Section 47-3 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, amended by deleting therefrom the words and figures "National Electrical Code, 19750, and by substituting therefor the words and figures. "National Electrical Code, 1978" . Section 4. Amendments to Code Adopted. A. By deleting Section 250=81 and substituting in its place the following• "250-81. Water Pi a Electrode. Where available on the premises, a meta un erground water pipe shall always be used as the grounding electrode, regard- less of its length and whether supplied by a community or a local underground water piping system or by a well on the premises Where the buried portion of the water pipe (including any metal well casing effectively bonded to the pipe) is less than 10 feet long or where the water pipe is or is likely to be isolated by insulated sections or joints so that the effectively grounded portion is less than 10 feet long, it shall be supplemented by the use of an additional electrode of a type specified by Section 250-82 or 250-83. The interior metal cold water piping system shall always be bonded to the service-equipment enclosure, the grounded conductor at the service, the grounding electrode conductor where of sufficient size, or to the one or more grounding electrodes used. Expanding use of nonmetallic piping for water systems and insulating couplings on metal water systems makes it more important that water piping within a building be adequately grounded without depending on connections to an outside piping system " B. By the addition to the Code of the following section• "250-82. Other Available Electrodes. Where a water system as described in Section 250- 1 is not available, the grounding connection shall be made to any of the electrodes specified in (a) through (d) below, where available (a) The metal frame of the building, where effectively grounded -2- (b) Concrete-encased steel reinforcing bar or rod systems of underground footings or foundations where the total rod length, diameter, and depth below earth surface are not less than 50 feet, 3/8 inch, and 2h feet respectively The required length shall be made up of one or more rods (c) An electrically continuous metal underground gas piping system that is uninterrupted with insulating sections or joints and without an outer nonconductive coating, and then only if acceptable to and expressly permitted by both the serving gas supplier and the authority having jurisdiction (d) Other local metal underground systems or structures, such as piping systems and underground tanks." c By the deletion from the Code of Section 250-83 and the substitution therefor of the following Section: "250-83 Made Electrodes Where none of the electrodes specified in Sections 250-81 and 250-82 is available, one or more of the electrodes specified in (a) , (b) , or (c) below shall be used. Where practicable, electrodes shall be embedded below permanent moisture level. Where more than one electrode is used (including those used for signalling or communication circuits, radio or television installations, or lightning rods) , each electrode shall not be less than 6 feet from any other electrode Two or more electrodes that are effectively bonded together are to be treated as a single electrode in this sense (a) Concrete-Encased Electrodes. Not less than 20 feet of 1 are copper conductor not smaller than No. 4 , or (2) steel reinforcing bar or rod encased by at least 2 inches of concrete and located within and near the bottom of a concrete foundation footing that is in direct contact with the earth (b) Rod and Pipe Electrodes. Rod and pipe electrodes shall not be less than 8 feet in length and shall consist of the following materials, and shall be installed in the following manner. -3- (1) Electrodes of pipe or conduit shall not be smaller than 3/4 inch trade size and, where of iron or steel, shall have the outer surface galvanized or otherwise metal-coated for corrosion protection (2) Electrodes of rods of steel or iron shall be at least 5/8 inch in diameter Nonferrous rods or their equivalent shall be listed and shall be not less than 1/2 inch in diameter. (3) Where rock bottom is not encountered, the electrode shall be driven to a depth of 8 feet. Where rock bottom is encountered at a depth of less than 4 feet, electrodes not less than 8 feet long shall be buried in a trench. All electrodes shall be free from nonconductive coatings, such as paint or enamel. (c) Plate Electrodes. Each plate electrode shall expose not less than 2 square feet of surface to exterior soil Electrodes or iron or steel plates shall be at least 1/4 inch in thickness Electrodes of nonferrous metal shall be at least 0.06 inch in thickness " Section 5. The Code adopted by this ordinance (the National Electrical Code, 1978) does not contain any separate penalty provision Section 1-23 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins, which provides as follows: "61-23. General penalty for violations. "Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of the Code, or any provision of any code or other regulation adopted by reference by this Code, by doing any act prohibited or declared to be unlawful thereby, or declared to be an offense or misdemeanor thereby, or who shall engage in or exercise any business or occupation or do anything for which a license or permit is required, without having a valid license or permit therefor as required, or who shall fail to do any act required by any such provision, or who shall fail to do any act when such provision declares such failure to be unlawful or to be an offense or mis- demeanor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300 ) or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days, in addition to the collection of any costs which may be provided for, unless a specific penalty is provided for a particular misdemeanor. Each day upon which any violation shall continue shall con- stitute a separate misdemeanor unless some other specific time period is provided for any particular violation. " -4- Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of Juae A D 1978, and to be presented for final passage on the 5th day September , A.D 1978. Ma ATTEST ity Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 5th day of September A D 1978 M r ATTEST C lerk -5-