1995-071E:\WPDOCS\ORD\28-63
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
REPEALING SECTION 28-63(b) OF CHAPTER 28, ARTICLE III OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE REQUIRED USE OF METAL RACEWAYS FOR
INTERIOR ELECTRICAL WORK IN CERTAIN TYPES OF STRUCTURES; PROVIDING
THAT SECTION 28-61 OF CHAPTER 28, ARTICLE III OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES ADOPTING THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE SHALL REMAIN IN FULL
FORCE AND EFFECT; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Electrical Code Board has passed a motion that
Section 28-63(b) of the Code of Ordinances be repealed to eliminate
the requirement that all interior work shall be in metal raceways
unless required by the National Electric Code; NOW, THEREFORE;
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That Section 28-63(b) of the Code of Ordinances is
hereby repealed.
SECTION II. That Section 28-61 of the Code of Ordinances
adopting the National Electric Code, 1993 Edition, shall remain in
full force and effect, and any requirement for the use of metal
raceways by the National Electric Code, as adopted, shall remain in
full force and effect.
SECTION III. That the provisions of this ordinance govern and
control over any conflicting provision of Section 28-63 of the Code
of Ordinances, but all other provisions of Section 28-63 of the
Code of Ordinances not herein repealed shall continue in full force
and effect.
SECTION III. 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 ~,1995-
BOB CASTLEBERRY, MAYO;
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