1987-1661885L
No
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 Nlne of
the Code of Ordlnances of the Clty of Denton, Texas is hereby
amended to read as follows
Sec 9-1 Adopt~n~ National Electrical Code~ 1987 Edition,
deletions and amendments
The Natlonal Electrical Code, 1987 Edition, as recommended by
the Natlonal F~re Protection Association, a copy of which shall be
filed w~th the office of the city secretary and available for
public inspection, ~s hereby adopted and designated as the electr~-
cal code of the City of Denton, Texas, the same as though said
edltlon of such code were copied at length herein, subject to the
deletions and amendments enumerated hereafter
(1) Section 300-22 Wiring ~n 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 ~nclude the ]o~st
or stud spaces ~n dwelling units
(2) Section 305-6 Ground Fault Protectlon for Personnel,
paragraph (a) ls 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 w~r~ng of the building
or structure and which are in use by employees shall
have ground-fault c~rcult-lnterrupter protection for
personnel Providing ground-fault c~rcu~t-lnterrupter
protection shall be the responsibility of the employee
using the outlet and his employer w~thout 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 w~re and copper-clad
aluminum w~re smaller than No 2 gauge shall be prohibited
Aluminum w~re and copper-clad aluminum w~re No 2 gauge
and larger may be used only w~th approved connectors and
terminals
SECTION III All ordinances or parts of ordinances ~n force
when the provisions of this ordinance become effective which are
~nconslstent or ~n conflict w~th the terms or provisions contained
· n th~s ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of any such
conflict
SECTION IV Any person who shall v~olate a provision of this
ordlnance, or falls to comply therewith or with any of the requlre-
ments thereof, or of a permlt or certificate issued thereunder,
shall be guilty of a mlsdemeanor punlshable 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
port~on thereof during whlch any v~olat~on of th~s ordinance is
committed, or continued, and upon conviction of any such v~ola-
t~ons such person shall be punished wlthln the l~m~ts above
SECTION V That th~s ordlnance shall become effective thirty
(30) days from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary ~s
hereby d~rected to cause the captlon of th~s 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 ~ts passage
PASSED AND APPROVED th~s the ~4~day of ~, 1987
ATTEST
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCHt CITY ATTORNEY