HomeMy WebLinkAbout025 - 05/25/1972 - ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE 1971 PROMULGATED BY THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION e �
ORDINANCE NO 25 1972
BEING AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE NATIONAL
ELECTRICAL CODE 1971 PROMULGATED BY THE NATIONAL FIRE
PROTECTION ASSOCIATION WITH CERTAIN CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS
AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF
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 the public health and safety and for the purpose of regula
tang 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 1971 Promulgated by the National Fire Protection Asso
ciation and the whole thereof including the introduction tables and exam
ples index and appendix thereto save and accept such portion as is here
after changed modified or amended (by Section 2 of this Ordinance) 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
Four Dollars per copy and the same 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 Section 230 70Cb) of said National Electrical Code
of 1971 is hereby amended so that the first paragraph thereof reads as
follows
The disconnecting means shall be located at a readily accessible
point nearest to the entrance of the conducters either inside
or outside the building or structure provided however that
for all buildings except one or two family dwellings such disconnect
ing means shall be located on the exterior of the building Sufficient
access and working space shall be provided about the disconnecting
means
Section 3 Where the use of approved materials equipment
or devices is required by the National Electrical Code 1971 the label
of or listing by the Underwriter's Laboratory Inc will be accepted as
an approval Alternate material may be approved by the Building Inspector
All electrical signs shall be apporoved before any permit for the installs
tion or erection of such sign is granted
Section 4 Any person firm or corporation violating any provision
of the Code adopted by this Ordinance shall be guilty of a violation of
the Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins punishable as provided in the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins Each day that a violation
continues shall be a separate and distinct offense
Section 5 The Code adopted herein as changed by this Ordinance
together with Sections 4 115 4 through 4 115 15 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Fort Collins Colorado 1958 as amended may be known and
cited as the City of Fort Collins Electrical Code
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Section 6 Sections 4 115 1 4 115 2 and 4 115 16 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins Colorado 1958 as amended be and
the same hereby are repealed
Introduced considered favorably on first reading and ordered
published this 4th day of May A D 1972 and to be presented for final
passage on the 25th day of May A D 1972
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ATTEST
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 29th day of May A D
1972
ATTEST
City Clerk
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING.
Notice is hereby given of a public hearing on a proposed Ordinance
adopting the National ELectrical Code, 1971, recommended by the National Fire
Protection Association, said hearing to be held in the Council Chambers of the
City Hall of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, on the 2Sth day of May, A.D.
1972, at the hour of '1:30 P.M. , or as soon thereafter as the matter may come on
for hearing, at which hearing the parties in interest and citizens shall have
an opportunity to be heard. Copies of the National Electrical Code, 1971, are
on file with the City Clerk and are open to public inspection and are available
for distribution and sale to the public at a price not to exceed Four ($4.00)
Dollars per copy. The purpose of the Code to be adopted is the regulation of
the installation, alteration or repair of electrical wiring systems in the City,
and said Code includes comprehensive provisions governing such matters. Said
Code was promulgated by the National Fire Protection Association, 60 Battery
March Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.
Dated at Fort Collins, Colorado, this 4th day of May, A.D. 1972.
City Clerk
(NOTE: This notice must be published once at least fifteen (15) days before
the date set for hearing and once at least eight (8) days prior to the
date of hearing.)
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