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Home My WebLink AboutNS-2153 - Revising Article V of Chapter 8 of Santa Ana Municipal Code to Adopt 1990 Edition of National Electrical Code with Certain Amendments145 REL: 12/9/91 ORDINANCE NO. NS-2153 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA REVISING ARTICLE V OF CHAPTER 8 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT THE 1990 EDITION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That section 8-667 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-667. Adoption by reference. There is adopted by the city that certain code known as the National Electrical Code, 1990 Edition. The said code is adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth at length herein, as provided for in Section 419 of the Charter of the city, subject to all amendments set forth in this article Any provision of this article amending the "electrical code" or "National Electrical Code" shall be construed as amending the above-said code edition. The above-said code edition, as thus amended, together with all other provisions of this article, shall be known as the electrical code of the City of Santa ana. SECTION 2: That section 8-711 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Bec. 8-711. Permits-Required. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to install, alter, repair, move, or convert any electrical equipment regulated by this code, or cause the same to be done without first obtaining a separate permit for each building or structure, each office suite, and each unit in a commercial or industrial building, from the building official. SECTION 3: That section 8-720 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: sec. 8-720. Same--Expiration. Every permit issued by the building official under the 1 147 provisions of this code shall expire by limitation and become null and void if the building or work authorized by such permit is not commenced within 180 days from the date of such permit, or if the building or work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a period of 180 days. Before such work can be recommenced, a new permit shall be first obtained to do so, and the fee therefor shall be one half that amount required for a new permit for such work, provided no changes have been made or will be made in the original plans and specifications for such work; and provided further that such suspension or abandonment has not exceeded one year. In order to renew action on a permit after expiration, the permittee shall pay a new full permit fee. Any permittee holding an unexpired permit may apply for an extension of the time within which he may commence work under that permit when he is unable to commence work within the time required by this section for good and satisfactory reasons. The building official may extend the time for action by the permittee for a period not exceeding 180 days upon written request by the permittee showing that circumstances beyond the control of the permittee have prevented action from being taken. No permit shall be extended more than once. SECTION 4: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a. section, to be numbered 8'723, which said section reads as follows: sec. 8-723. Expiration of plan review. Applications for which no permit is issued within 180 days following the date of application shall expire by limitation, and plans and other data submitted for review may thereafter be returned to the applicant or destroyed by the building official. The building official may extend the time for action by the applicant for a period not exceeding 180 days upon request by the applicant showing that circumstances beyond the control of the applicant have prevented action from being taken. No application shall be extended more than once. In order to renew action on an application after expiration, the applicant shall resubmit plans and pay a new plan review fee. SECTION 5: That section 8-941 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 8ec. 8-941. Uses permitted (Section 336-3). Section 336-3 of the National Electrical Code is amended 2 149 to read as follows: 336-3. Uses Permitted. Type NM and Type NMC cables shall be permitted to be used in one- and two-family dwellings, multifamily dwellings and other structures, except as prohibited in Section 336-4. Where installed in cable trays, cables shall be identified for this use. (FPN) See Section 310-10 for temperature limitation of conductors. (a) Type NM. Type NM cable shall be permitted for concealed work in normally dry locations. It shall be permissible to install or fish Type NM cable in air voids in masonry block or tile walls where such walls are not exposed or subject to excessive moisture or dampness. (b) Type NMe. Type NMC cable shall be permitted: (1) for concealed work in dry, moist, damp, or corrosive locations; (2) in outside and inside walls of masonry block or tile; (3) in a shallow chase in masonry, concrete, or adobe protected against nails or screws by a steel plate at least 1/16 inch (1.59 mm) thick and covered with plaster, adobe, or similar finish. SECTION 6: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 8-942, which said section reads as follows: Sec. 8-942. Uses not permitted (Section 336-4). Section 336-4 of the National Electrical Code is amended to read as follows: 336-4. Uses Not Permitted. (a) Type NM or NMC. Types NM and NMC cables shall not be used: (1) in any dwelling or structure exceeding three floors above grade; (2) as service-entrance cable; (3) in any nonresidential building or structure; (4) in hoist- ways; or (5) embedded in poured cement, concrete, or aggregate. For the purpose of this article, the first floor of a building shall be that floor that has fifty percent or more of the exterior wall surface area level with or above finished grade. One additional level that is the first level and not designed for human habitation and used only for vehicle parking, storage, or similar use shall be permitted. 151 (b) Type NM. Type NM cable shall not be installed: (1) where exposed to corrosive fumes or vapors; (2) where embedded in masonry, concrete, adobe, fill, or plaster; (3) in a shallow chase in masonry, concrete, or adobe and covered with plaster, adobe, or similar finish. SECTION 7: That the following sections of the Santa Ana Municipal Code are hereby repealed: 8-714, 8-717, 8-719, 8-803, 8- 821, 8-823, 8-828, 8-829, 8-830, 8-838, 8-839, 8-843, 8-854, 8-856, 8-862, 8-863, 8-867, 8-913, 8-914, 8-915, 8-943, 8-961, 8-972, 8- 973, 8-1018, 8-1025, and 8-1080. SECTION 8: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the city of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 9: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and 4 153 obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. ADOPTED this 6th ATTEST: COUNCILMEMBERS: Young Yes Pulido .Yes Acosta Yes Griset ~hsent McGuigan Yes Norton Absent Richardson Yes day of January Mayor 199~_. APPROVED AS TO FORM: city Attorney CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION State of California County of Orange I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Ordinance ~S-~/~3 to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on /-- ~- ~(~ ; and that said ordinance was published in accordance with the Charter of the city of Santa Ana. ~le~ of the C~un~'~ll Date City of Santa Ana