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HomeMy WebLinkAbout028 - 05/03/1977 - AMENDING CHAPTER 47 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS AND LICENSING OF ELECTRICI ORDINANCE NO. 23, 1977 BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 47 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS RELATING TO ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS AND LICENSING OF ELECTRICIANS, AND REPEALING SECTIONS 47-5, 47-11, 47-12 AND 47-13 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS. Section 1. That Section 47-4 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows. "§ 47-4 Permits required for electrical construction work "No person shall do any electrical contruction work, including the installation of new electrical apparatus or the repairing of electrical apparatus already in use, unless such person has first applied for and obtained a permit describing the scope of such work Such permit shall give the location of the work by street and number and shall be countersigned by the person under whose supervision the work is to be done No permits for electrical contruction work shall be issued to anyone other than a person registered as an electrical contractor in the City Before any permit is issued, the Building Inspector may require that such plans and specifications of the proposed work be furnished as are deemed necessary. No person, firm or corporation shall allow any person not registered as an electrician in the City to work on any electrical construction pro3ect, except that this provision shall not apply to any person entitled to a permit under the exception contained in $ 73-117B of Chapter 73 of this Code. Where work for which a permit is required by this code is proceeded with prior to obtaining said permit, the fee specified shall be doubled, but the payment of such double fee shall not release any person from the obliga- tion to fully comply with the requirements of the code in the execution of the work nor from any other penalties prescribed herein. This provision shall not be construed to apply to bona fide emergency work when it shall be established to the satisfaction of the Chief Building Inspector that such work was urgently necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit therefor before the commencement of the work In all such cases, a permit must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so, and if there be an unreasonable delay in obtaining said permit, a double fee as provided herein shall be charged. A delay beyond the succeeding regular working day shall be deemed to be unreasonable. " Section 2 That Section 47-9 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows "§ 47-9. Registration required for electricians. "A Any and all electricians must register with the Building Inspection Department of the City before engaging in any electrical construction work in the City of Fort Collins All registrations shall expire on the 31st day of December of each year It shall be unlawful for any electrician to engage in electrical construction work without being currently registered as required herein, and it shall further be unlawful for any person to employ any electrician in connection with electrical construction work in the City who is not so registered "B Any person desiring to register as an electri- cian in the City shall pay the registration fee herein- after provided to the Director of Finance of the City and obtain a receipt showing payment of such fee. Upon presentation of a current receipt from the Director of Finance and a current state license (or registration in the case of an apprentice or trainee) issued by the State Electrical Board, the Building Inspector shall register the applicant as an electrician authorized to engage in electrical contracting work in the City "C. The registration fee to be paid in order to register as an electrician in the City shall be an annual fee of ten dollars ($10. ) for any person registering under a state master's or journeyman' s license and five dollars ($5 ) for any person registering as an apprentice. "D. Registrations shall be valid for the period January 1 through December 31 of any year. There shall be no proration of registration fees for portions of a year. " -2- Section 3. That Section 47-10 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows "S 47-10 Electrical contractors. "A For the purpose of this section, electrical contractor means any person, firm, partnership, corpora- tion, association or combination thereof who undertakes or offers to undertake for another the planning, laying out, supervising and installing or the making of addi- tions, alterations and repairs and the installation of wiring apparatus and equipment for electric light, heat and power. A registered professional engineer who plans or designs electrical installation shall not be classed as an electrical contractor. "B. No person shall engage in the business of contracting for the installation of electrical work in the City without registering as an electrical contractor with the Building Inspection Department of the City. In order to register as an electrical contractor, the person desiring to engage in such business must do the following "1. Be licensed as a master electrician by the State Electrical Board and registered as an electri- cian in the City, or have an employee so licensed and registered. The registration as an electrical contractor shall be valid only so long as the person registered is licensed as a master electrician by the State Electrical Board or employs a person licensed as a master electri- cian by such State Board. "2. File with the Building Inspection Depart- ment a good and sufficient corporate surety bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000. ) conditioned that all electrical work installed by said electrical contractor or his employees shall be in accordance with the requirements of the ordinances of the City of Fort Collins. "3 Submit to the Building Inspector a list of all employees working for the electrical contractor. At least monthly after registration as an electrical contractor, the contractor must advise the Building Inspection Department of any changes in the list of employees working for such contractor. All such employees must at all times be registered as electricians. " -3- i Section 4. If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or of any code or standard adopted hereby is for any reason held invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections of this ordinance or of said standards. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and I adopted said standards in each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more parts, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid. Section 5. That Sections 47-5, 47-11, 47-12 and 47-13 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby are, repealed SECTION 6 THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE, 1977 Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ! ordered published this 15th day of March, A.D. 1977, and to be presented for final passage on the 3rd day of May, + A.D. 1977. ATTESTMayor City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 3rd day of May, A.D 1977. ATTEST- Mayor ity Clerk I I I -4-