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ORDINANCE NO
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 28 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, "ELECTRICAL CODE" BY
REPEALING THE 1996 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE WITH CERTAIN
AMENDMENTS AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE 1999 NATIONAL
ELECTRICAL CODE WITH CERTAIN DELETIONS AND AMENDMENTS, PROVIDING
FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A REPEALER CLAUSE,
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $2000 00 FOR VIOLATIONS
THEREOF, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION 1. That Section 28-61 of Article III of Chapter 28 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Denton, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows
Sec 28-61. Adoption of electrical code.
The 1999 National Electrical Code as published 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 electrical code of the city, the same as
though that edition of such code were copied at length herein, subject to deletions and
amendments enumerated in Section 28-62
SSECTION 2. That Section 28-62 of Article III of Chapter 28 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Denton is hereby amended to read as follows
Sec. 28-62. Deletions and Amendments
The National Electrical Code adopted by Section 28-61 is amended as follows
(1) Section 230-2(a) is amended by adding a sixth Special Condition to read as follows
(6) In supplying electrical service to multifamily dwellings, two or more laterals or
overhead service drops shall be permitted to a building when both of the following
conditions are met
a The building has six or more individual gang meters and all meters are
grouped at the same location
b Each lateral or overhead service drop originates from the same point of
service
(2) Section 230-71(a) is amended by adding an exception to read as follows
Exception: Multi -occupant Buildings Individual service disconnecting means is
limited to six for each occupant The number of individual disconnects at one location
may exceed six
(3) Section 250-50 is amended by adding a fifth paragraph to read as follows
Where a metal underground water pipe, as described in item (a) is not present, a
method of grounding as specified in (b) through (d) below shall be used
(4) Section 250-104(b) is amended to read as follows
(b) Metal Gas Piping. Each interior portion of a metal gas piping system upstream
from the equipment shutoff valve shall be electrically continuous and bonded to the
grounding electrode system The bonding jumper shall be sized in accordance with
Table 250-122 using the rating of the circuit that may energize the gas piping
(5) Section 310-15(b)(6) is amended to read as follows
(b) Tables
(6) 120/240-Volt, 3-Wire, Single -Phase Dwelling Services and Feeders. For
dwelling units, conductors, as listed in Table 310-15(b)(6) shall be (text
unchanged) conductors The grounded conductor shall be permitted to be smaller than
the ungrounded conductors, provided the requirements of Sections 215-2, 220-22 and
230-42 are met This Section shall not be used in conjunction with Section 220-30
(6) Section 336-5(a)(1) is amended by adding an exception to read as follows
Exception: An additional level shall be permitted in multifamily dwellings where the
entire structure is protected throughout by an approved automatic sprinkler system
(7) Section 336-5(a) is amended by adding a tenth restriction to read as follows
(10) In non-residential metal frame structures
SECTION 3. That if any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
applications, and to this end provisions of this ordinance are severable
SECTION 4. That all provisions of the ordinances of the City of Denton in conflict with
the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the ordinances
of the City of Denton, not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance, shall remain in full
force and effect
SECTION 5 That any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction, be fined a sum not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2000 00) Each day that a
provision of this ordinance is violated shall constitute a separate and distinct offense
SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14) 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 , 1999
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY
APPROVED• LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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