1990-109ORDINANCE NO. 90 ya
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 9 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS ("ELECTRICAL CODE") TO
PROVIDE FOR ADOPTION OF THE 1990 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE AND
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE; TO PROVIDE
FOR ADDITIONS THERETO; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,000.00 FOR
VIOLATIONS 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, 1990 Edition;
deletions and amendments.
The National Electrical Code, 1990 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
electrical 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 250-91. Materials, paragraph (a), Grounding
Electrode Conductor, the first sentence is hereby amended
to read as follows:
The grounding electrode conductor shall be copper.
2. Section 250-92. Installation, paragraph (a), is
hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) Grounding Electrode Conductor. A grounding
electrode conductor or its enclosure shall be
securely fastened to the surface on which it is
carried. A No. 4 (four) copper or larger conduc-
tor shall be protected if exposed to severe physi-
cal damage. A No. 6 (six) grounding conductor
that is free from exposure to physical damage
shall be permitted to be run along the surface of
the building construction without metal covering
or protection where it is securely fastened to the
construction; otherwise, it shall be in rigid
metal conduit, intermediate metal conduit, rigid
nonmetallic conduit, electrical metallic tubing,
or cable armor. Grounding conductors smaller than
No. 6 (six) shall be in rigid metal conduit,
intermediate metal conduit, rigid nonmetallic
conduit, electrical metallic tubing, or cable
armor.
3. Section 250-93. Size of Direct-Current System
Grounding Conductor, paragraph (c), is hereby amended to
read as follows:
(c) Not Be Smaller Than No. 8 (eight). In no case
shall the grounding conductor be smaller than No.
8 (eight) copper.
4. Section 250-94. Size of Alternating-Current Grounding
Electrode Conductor. Exception No. 1: Grounded Systems,
paragraph (a) and Exception No. 2: Ungrounded Systems,
paragraph (a) are hereby amended to read as follows:
Exception No. 1: Grounded Systems.
(a) Where connected to made electrodes as in
Section 250-83 (c) or (d), that portion of the
grounding electrode conductor which is the sole
connection to the grounding electrode shall not be
required to be larger than No. 6 (six) copper
wire.
Exception No. 2: Ungrounded Systems.
(a) Where connected to made electrodes as in
Section 250-83(c) or (d), that portion of the
grounding electrode conductor which is the sole
connection to the grounding electrode shall not be
required to be larger than No. 6 (six) copper
wire.
5. Table No. 250-94. Grounding Electrode Conductor for
AC Systems is hereby amended by deleting the second and
fourth columns which relate to aluminum or copper-clad
aluminum conductors.
6. Section 250-95. Size of Equipment Grounding Conduc-
tors, the first sentence is hereby amended to read as
follows:
The size of copper equipment grounding conductors
shall not be less than given in Table 250-95.
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7. Table No. 250-95. Minimum Size Equipment Grounding
Conductors for Grounding Raceway and Equipment is hereby
amended by deleting the third column and footnote
relating to aluminum and copper-clad aluminum.
8. Section 250-97 is hereby amended to read as follows:
250-97. Outline Lighting. Isolated noncurrent-
carrying metal parts of outline lighting systems
shall be permitted to be bonded together by a No.
14 (fourteen) copper conductor protected from
physical damage, where a conductor complying with
Section 250-95 is used to ground the group.
9. 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.
10. Section 305-6. Ground Fault Protection for Person-
nel, paragraph (a) is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupters. All 125-
volt, single-phase, 15- 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) 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.
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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 violations 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 , 1990.
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BOB CASTLEBERRY, MAY
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY:
APPR ED A TO LEGAL FORM:
DEBRA A. DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
BY:
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