Ord 0202-PROVIDING FOR A WIRE INSPECTOR AND HIS COMPENSATION FIXING HIS DUTIES AND REGULATING THE INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL WIRESORDIXANCE 2- 0
AIT ORDIiWCE PROVIDING FOR A !MIRE INSPECTOR
AND HIS CGII ENSATION, FIXING HIS DUTIES AND
RuGUTATING THE INSTALI TION OI ELECTRICAL
FIRES J AND AP.PARL.TUS IN TIM TOYM OF LOS GATOS,
AND FLEES FOR INSPECTION.
The Board of Trustees of the Torn of Los Gatos do ordain
as follows:--
SECTION I: A Fire Inspector_is hereby provided for the
Town of Los Gatos, 'Who shall be app®._'`ted by its council and shall
receive as, compensation for his services the fees hereinafter pro-
vided for. It shall be, and, is hereby made :nis duty, and he is
hereby empowered and authorized to enforce the provisions of this
ordinance and of the general laws of the state upon the same sub-
`ect, and to have and perform sub? ether or further duties, and
for such further compensation as may hereafter be provided for.
This employment shall continue at the pleasure of the appointing
power. He shall re'por't to the council. each month at the regular
meeting thereof, for the previous month, the collection of fees
by him hereby provided for by a statement filed with the clerk,
setting out in detail the fees collected, and for what collected,
and the names of the persons from whom collected.
SECTION 2. The :sire Inspector shall have the supervision
about electrical
any a buil.ding vacant
putting , appliances, apparatus in, on or all
ne
n,.ct~.ons
lot, public street, or alley in the Town of Los Gatos. It shall be
his duty to inspect all inside or outside electrical wiring in the
Town of Lo.s Gatos, whether telephone, telegraph, electric light or
power or other wiring, and to report any unsafe conditions to the
persons, firms, companies, or corporations owning or controlling the
same. It shall be the duty of the `Mire Inspector to disconnect any
electrical wiring connections, appliances or apparatus in the Town
of Los Gatos by pulling the fuses or cutting the wires controlling
the same, Vhene*e°r such e .ect.rical wiring, connections, '".appliances
or apparatus shall have been found or reported to be in an unsafe
condition, and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company or
corporation to use such equipment until it has been repaired and ap-
proved by the Fire Inspector, provided, however, that whenever such
equipment has been found or reported to be in an uns fe Condit ionthe Wire Inspector shall. give or cause to be.give persons,
~
firm., company or corporation owning or controlling the same, notice
thereof, and demand that the same be repaired within the time fixed
by the Wire Inspector before disconnecting the same, as herein
provided.
firm, company or corporation shall
SECTION 3. No person,.
supply el ectrao current AV equip with electrical wiring, fixtures; ~
or apparatus or xz a-Q any alterations Jin or additions to, any elec®-_
trical wiring or apparatus in, on or about any building,.xacant lots
public street or alley in the Town of Los Gatos, without first
notifying the vfire Inspector in writing and receiving from him a II
written permit to do such work. Such permit shall state the kind.,
of work a, o be dome and shall. cover only the kind of work so rtes rghl at
rd. Said permit shall also state the location by street and, number
of the building where said work is to be done, and shall be valid
only for the location so stated. When an equipment is found to
conform to the rules and regulations adopted herein, the Wire In-
spector shall issue a certificate that the terms of this ordinance
have been complied with, but no such certificate shall be granted
until the equipment is made, and conforms to the ruses prescribed
herein, and it shall be unlawful to use any such currents for the
sane, until such certificate has been furnished in accordance ivi.th
the terms of this ordinance, provided, however, the aYire Inspector
may, before such certificate is Issued, grant a temporary permit
to furnish and use electric current through any wiring, apparatus or
gixtures for a period not exceeding ten days, if in his judgment
such wirirnga apparatus or fixtures are in such condition that cur-
rent may be safely used therein, and there exists are urgent necessity
for such use.
SECTION 4. In the construction of all electrical wiring,
connections, appliances and apparatus an the Town of Los Gatos, the
ordinances of said city, together with the rules and regulations of
the National: Electrical Code in effect at the time the cork is in-
stalled, must be complied with.
SECTION 5. It shall be the duty of the 'daire inspector to
inspect all electrical equipment in sayd city from time to time,
and if any part of any electrical equipment in or about any building
sn said city shall be found to be dangerous to life or property,
the ;"dire Inspector shall have the right and power, and it shall be
his duty., to notify the owner of the building or equipment to cease
using electric current in such dangerous equipment, and to have the
deferbs in such equipment repaired within a reasonable time, not
exceeding ten days from date of notice< The Wire Inspector is also
4 Whorized t: o. ,give written notice to the company -furnishing the
current to any such dangerous equipment to case t-o,
until the defects are r~epa.ired. In a prosecution for a violation
of the provisions of this section, each days neglect to comply
therewith, shall be considered and taken as a separate violatioh.
SECTION 5. The placing, installing or operating of electrical
wires, appliances, apparatus, or construction in or on buildings in
the Town of Los Gatos shall 'be executed in accordance with puns
andti spec ificat i ons previously approved in rit ing by the Wire I7n-
spec±or«
SECTION 7. Mien, upon application, inspection is made of
wiring of equipment in, on or about any building, vacant lot; public
street, place or alley in the Tours of Los Gates, the person, :firma
company or corporation making such application shall at the time ap®
plioation is made, pay to the 717ire Inspector the following fees:
For each ~ Q t to install - .25
For 4 outlets, or less each - `I®__9_m= .25
For 4 or more outlets, but not exceeding ten 13
All 11 additional outlets over ten each . ---®_m--- .5G
-----°T_®
For each service connection
Ebr installation of motors generators or station
triansf9 Diners m
For each motor not less than 1-4 horse po,.,ier, nor-mare
than I horse power .50
Foof more than ? horse pok7vey and. not
-r. each x~tor 00
more than 3 horse power ~.~__m---a_a. -
For each rotor of more than ; horse poorer and not more
thiaan S herse poker _ -------_._----------->_-Is50
For each motor of more than S horse power and not more
than 15 horse power - ___--v-_ae-------------m®__2,04
For each mot.or of more than 15 horse -oovier and not
more than 50 horse power --m 2.50
For each mto' of more than 50 horse pokier 5.00 J
For each generator or station transformer of not
more than 5 killowatts capacity i,RO
2
For each generator or station transformer, of more
than 5 killo°ratts, and not more than 15 killowatts--,42.50
For each generator or station transformer of more
than 15 killowatts capacity -®e-- 3150
For each motor generator set of not more than 3.75
killowatts capacity -==--a_-_®_®-..®®_..®_®..®-®--®e 2.25
For each motor generator set of more than 3.75 killo-
,,7atts capacity -..__.------_®-.a.._®m..--®-- 5000
All switches and circuits to be rated and charged for the same
as outlets.
Each electric motor of 1,I4 house power and over, and each
electric generator, station transformer or motor generator .set of
over 1.87 killowatts capacity, shall be inspected at least once a, year,
for which inspection the fee shall be one-half OV2) that charge for
installation, the minizausa.fee being fifty (50) cents. For inspection
of ele tr ical a-woaratus for whir no fee is herein prescribed, or for
any inspection services rendered, the°ffire Inspector shall charge a
fee of seventy-five (75) cents per hour for the time actually con--
summed in making he inoection.
In case where a building permit is necessary, the electrical
De mit will not be issued until after the building permit has been
Issued.
A.11 plumbing and rather piping or tube work must be in place
oh :~rotlc is be concealed before the elec-tr. gal wiring is inspected
and 'no such wring wi. 1 be considered as completed u ntil such piping
is n place. Upon making an inspection of a electrical eauia tent,
the Inspector shall leave a notice at the service switch or other
suitable place stating that the electrical work has been inspected
by the department of electricity; and it shall be unlawful to lath,
seal or in any runner conceal: any electrical wiring or ca-her work until
the same has been inspected as herein require..
A separate permit and a separate inspection will be required
for fixture work, excepting in cases where old houses are ,Bred and
the fixtures are installed at the same time the wiring is clone so that
both wiring and fixtures can be inspected at the same time,
For the inspection of electrical apparatus for -vrhi ch no fee
is herein prescribed, or for any extra, inspection made necessary by
o±k 'Beim re ected on first inspection, an extra fee of seventy-five
.9 U
(75) cents oes inspection will be charged. Such fees Tiust by paid
before the person, firm, company or corporation doing such work il!I
be granted another pe1'in-it to do electrical wo2:k, of any lxind in said city.
I'e+ :11ts to i nptta ll electrical work must be posted in the building
covered by such a permit, at the rain cabinet and in plain sight of the
inspector or police. No „Ylspect lone ~.vi_]. be made of env electrical work
unless a pez~.wt tip install has been issued ' the " ilre Ins-c,,ectna and
' x _o°,..; a, C ® ri ; ins, . la ? e = b 1 c r. ha s
11 J..C+ees Pert?^r ate4~
--r-ininc, =,tc. arhf, sa,,n~
been rie4de of the rough -v,,r .rirg in -~.naT building and passed by the
spector, he shall post a blue '-a,g in the ruain cabinet st8.ting teat the
saa?'i- h' as been -Oa8se . -It shall be irf:lavrfui -or ~Yn;r person, w rant, ooZi2??any
or *aor ,c~;.^.ta .pan to l.ath or sea? the building in any wart' so as to con-
t- p4 }G'L) i~ hem,I ieu.
oaa! -h eat c1 wir 6 ny nipa.se the blue aE
iihen the ' fixtures have ~ee?"b insta L l.p' will f oaaTn.~.. to be in
~`a.fl~Sll and t. f s
good shape, 't'_r!e in?= pertor post 'Y 1r-J..f e taro in thuF ?.^sc 9 :~i o bi i'ne b
° } the 4uos 1 has been ~inls;,al led according to the rules and.
sLatV a1n. bg _ v
reguLa,t ions of or lJ nc3 k'ice. When eny aef c.: _1_..ti been a oLinid i x L E'
e-ec;4rica l 5'F21"ialg or t-hta. allc' lpev t.o _,Sha 12. -~a3 a~ a k rr.1 tag _J r.
.the main cabinet, stating that the work has been rejected., and when a
red tag is posted at the main cabinet by the inspector, it shall be
unlawful for any person, firm, cormpany or corponation to lath or seal
the building until the defects have been repaired and the inspector
has passed on the same.
SBCTI01, S. Any person, firm or corporation who shall do, or
attempt to do, electrical installation, fixture, or service connection
work, whethet original work or alterations, without giving notice in
writing to the Vvide inspectors and without first obtaining a permit
to do such work, ~Y.~al.l be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof. shall be punished by a fine Jr, the sum o. not less than
twenty dollars ($20.00), nor more than-one hundred d.o4laars ($100.00),
or by imprisonment in the city prison, for a period not exceeding fifty
k50) days, or by both su&_ fine and imprisonment, for each offense; and
.any person, firm, or corporation who shall= violate any of the provisions
of th.i s or d.inanee, for which a p enal.ty is t hereJ&n ot&serwi se provided,
and any occupant or owner of premises, where electric wiring or apa-
paratus is used., or to be used., who shall prevent or- interefere with the
Uvire inspector in the discharge of his duties under. thi s Ordinance, he
or they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and. upon. conviction sb~al.l be
puni,sbable bya fire of not less than five dollars near =re
than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the city prison
for a perioi not exceeding f'ifty (50) days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
Ci 9,0 No Person, fi , company or corp-oration shall. equip
with e ectrieal ,wiring, fixtures, gr_apparatus, or rake any alterations
in, or additions to, any electrical wiring or apparatus ins on or about
any bu.i`! dim, vacant lot, public street, or alley in the Town of Los
Gates, or be entitled to, or secure a pewit therefor, without first
having filed with the.To rn Clerk a, band to be approved by the council , F.
in? the penal sins of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00), executed
by the = incipal azrA two good a; fficient sureties, or an approved surety
company, payable to the Town of Logs Gatos, and conditioned that the
prin.ci.pal therein named will fully oboe--rTe and comply with all the terms,
provisions anal iequirements of this cr dinance.
SECTION 10. The Mire Inspector during the period of his
employment is probl'bited from in arty wisp: engaging in ar.9 of the work
set out in and affected by this ordinance.
SECTION-11. The rules and regulations known as "Wiring data
for Altering Current Motors" published by the Bogard of Fire Underwriters
of the Pacific *il1 be accepted as the Rules and. Regulations for the
installation of mortars.
SECTION 12. No building permit issued under Ordinance No- / l
of the Town of Los Gatos entitled, "An ordinance providing for fire
limits, and the construction and equipment of buildings in the Town
of Lois Gatos" passed arA/ adopted by e Board of Trustees of the Town
of Boas Gatos on the/ . day of 1923, shall. entitle
anyone to do ,kelectric work covered by this Ordinance upon any such
building up® h ~oerlvait has been issued, but in all cases an ad-
ditional permit Under this ordinance shall be required.
SECTION 13. All ordinance and parts of ordinance in conflict
with any of the pr-ov i si ons of this Ordinance are hereby repealed >
SE.CTIO 14. The Town Clerk is hereby directed to publish this
Ord ,nee once in the Loa Gatos Mail News, a newspap er it inted; and publishes.,
in the Town of Los Gatos
Passed and adopted at a regular meet iiV of the Board of Trustees
of the town of Los Gatos held on the 21st day of January 1924, by the
fcillotri vote:
AYSS s TRUSS:
ICES, TRUSTEES;
SENT, TRUSTEES;
y
APM MUM:
President of the Board of
Trustees of the Town of
Los Gatos.
AT 1a
C/d/l/'L•C'l/C' 9_ m
Town C~ ~r- of `the Tom of
Los Gs toss