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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 28 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS ("ELECTRICAL CODE") TO
PROVIDE FOR ADOPTION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1993 EDITION;
TO PROVIDE FOR AN AMENDMENT TO MINIMUM STANDARDS OF WORK; PROVIDING
FOR AN AMENDMENT TO INSPECTION FEES TO ALLOW FOR REINSPECTION FEES
AND AFTER NORMAL WORKING HOURS INSPECTION FEES; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY IN THE
AMOUNT OF $2,000.00 FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. 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 National Electrical Code, 1993 Edition, 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 pub-
lic 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 the deletions and amendments
enumerated in section 28-62.
SECTION II. That Section 28-63 of Article III of Chapter 28
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 28-63. Minimum standards of work.
(a) In all new work or revisions of old work, new knob and
tube wiring systems shall not be used for interior wiring in the
city.
(b) All interior work shall be in metal raceways, except
wiring in single-family and multi-family dwellings not exceeding
three (3) floors above grade.
(c) All exterior wiring shall be in approved raceway except
that underground residential 120 volt, 20 ampere ground-fault
circuit-interrupter protected circuits and circuits for control of
irrigation and landscape lighting limited to not more than 30 volts
may be installed with Type OF or other approved cable or raceway.
(d) Aluminum wire and copper-clad aluminum wire smaller than
No. 2 AWG shall be prohibited. Aluminum wire and copper-clad
aluminum wire No. 2 AWG and larger may be used only with approved
connectors and terminals.
(e) Service lateral conductors shall not be installed in con-
duits smaller than two (2) inches when serving permanent one- and
two-family dwellings and multifamily dwellings.
SECTION III. That Section 28-121 of Article III of Chapter 28
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas is hereby
amended by changing the numbering of paragraphs (9) and (10) to
paragraphs (11) and (12) respectively and adding new paragraphs (9)
and (10) so that hereafter such paragraphs shall read as follows:
Sec.28-121. Inspection of fees.
(9) Re-inspection fee ................................$15.00
(10) Inspections made after normal working hours,
on weekends, or holidays $15.00
per hour, minimum
charge of one (1) hour
(11) Separate permits.
A separate electrical permit shall
be obtained for each building or
structure, except that only a
building permit shall be required
for each new one- and two-family
dwelling not exceeding four thousand
five hundred ninety-nine (4,599)
square feet or less in floor area
and for each new multifamily
complex.
(12) Delinquent permit fee.
For each job started where an electrical
permit is not obtained within seventy-two
(72) hours, Saturdays, Sundays and legal
holidays excepted ............................$15.00
SECTION IV. That 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 con-
tained in this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of any
such conflict.
SECTION V. That any person violating any provision of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined a sum not exceeding
$2,000. Each day that a provision of this ordinance is violated
shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
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SECTION VI. That this ordinance shall become effective four-
teen (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 news-
paper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the
date of its passage.
1993.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the &L. day of 1 ,
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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BY:
APPR ED A tLEGAL FORM:
DEBRA A. DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
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BY: v-
CASTLEBERRY,
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