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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 9 OF THE CODE OF ORDI-
NANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS ("ELECTRICAL CODE") TO PROVIDE
FOR ADOPTION OF THE 1987 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE AND ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR ADDI-
TIONS THERETO, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH,
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY IN AN AMOUNT OF $2,000 00 THEREFOR, AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I That Section 9-1 of Article 1 of Chapter Nine of
the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas is hereby
amended to read as follows
Sec 9-1 Adopting National Electrical Code, 1987 Edition,
deletions and amendments
The National Electrical Code, 1987 Edition, as recommended by
the National Fire Protection Association, a copy of which shall be
filed with the office of the city secretary and available for
public inspection, is hereby adopted and designated as the electri-
cal code of the City of Denton, Texas, the same as though said
edition of such code were copied at length herein, subject to the
deletions and amendments enumerated hereafter
(1) Section 300-22 Wiring in Ducts, Plenums, and Other Air -
Handling Spaces, paragraph (c), Other Space Used for
Environmental Air, Exception No 5, is hereby amended to
read as follows
Exception No 5 This section does not include the joist
or stud spaces in dwelling units
(2) Section 305-6 Ground Fault Protection for Personnel,
paragraph (a) is hereby amended to read as follows
a Ground -fault Circuit -Interrupters All 125-volt,
single-phase, T5- and 20-ampere receptacle outlets which
are not a part of the permanent wiring of the building
or structure and which are in use by employees shall
have ground -fault circuit -interrupter protection for
personnel Providing ground -fault circuit -interrupter
protection shall be the responsibility of the employee
using the outlet and his employer without regard to
whether such persons are performing electrical work or
are engaged in some other trade on the premises
SECTION II That Section 9-6(c) of Article 1 of Chapter Nine
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton is hereby amended
to read as follows
(c) Effective January 1, 1988 aluminum wire and copper -clad
aluminum wire smaller than No 2 gauge shall be prohibited
Aluminum wire and copper -clad aluminum wire No 2 gauge
and larger may be used only with approved connectors and
terminals
SECTION III All ordinances or parts of ordinances in force
when the provisions of this ordinance become effective which are
inconsistent or in conflict with the terms or provisions contained
in this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of any such
conflict
SECTION IV Any person who shall violate a provision of this
ordinance, or fails to comply therewith or with any of the require-
ments thereof, or of a permit or certificate issued thereunder,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding
Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000 00) Each such person shall be
deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or
portion thereof during which any violation of this ordinance is
committed, or continued, and upon conviction of any such viola-
tions such person shall be punished within the limits above
SECTION V That this ordinance shall become effective thirty
(30) days from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary is
hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be
published twice in the Denton Record -Chronicle, the official
newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of
the date of its passage
PASSED AND APPROVED this the (�� day of 2A , 1987
ATTEST
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NIF L ERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
BY