1985-2261176L
NO
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 9-1, ARTICLE I, CHAPTER NINE OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, RELATING TO
THE 1981 EDITION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE AND REENACTING
SAID SECTION ADOPTING THE 1984 EDITION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL
CODE WITH CERTAIN DELETIONS AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, AMENDING
SECTION 9-6 OF THE DENTON CITY CODE BY ADDING A NEW PARAGRAPH
(d) RELATING TO INSTALLATION OF SERVICE LATERAL CONDUCTORS,
REPEALING SECTION 9-30, PARAGRAPH (1) RELATING TO APPLICATIONS
FOR JOURNEYMAN'S LICENSE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1973,
AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 9-30 1 RELATING TO RECIPROCAL
LICENSING AND PROVIDING FEES THEREFOR, ADDING A NEW SECTION 9-34
REQUIRING A CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE AND ESTABLISHING A FEE THERE-
FOR, ADDING A NEW SECTION 9-36 REQUIRING BUSINESS VEHICLES OF
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS TO BEAR IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS AND
LETTERS, AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 9-46 TO REQUIRE A CON-
TRACTOR'S LICENSE BEFORE WORK PERMITS ARE ISSUED, PROVIDING FOR
THE REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND MAKING THIS ORDINANCE
CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES OR PARTS THhREOF NOT IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION HEREOF, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That Section 9-1 of Article I, Chapter 9 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, relating to the
National Electrical Code, 1981 Edition, is hereby amended and
reenacted to hereafter read as follows
Section 9-1 ADOPTING NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1984 EDITION,
DELETIONS AND AMENDMENTS
The National Electrical Code, 1984 Edition, as recommended
by the National Fire Protection Association, a copy of which
shall be filed with the Office of the City Secretary and be
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
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 deleted and
amended to read as follows
"Exception No 5 This section does not include the
joist or stud spaces in dwelling units "
Section 305-4 (Ground-Fault Protection for Personnel),
Paragraph (a) is hereby deleted and amended to read as
tollows
"(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
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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 of Article I, Chapter 9 of the code of
ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, is hereby amended by
adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows
"(d) Service lateral conductors shall not be
installed in conduits smaller than two inches
when serving permanent one and two family
dwellings and multi-family dwellings "
SECTION III
That Section 9-30, Paragraph (i) of Article III, Chapter 9
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, relating
to applications for a journeyman's license submitted prior to
January 1, 1973, is hereby repealed
SECTION IV
That section 9-30 1 of Article III, Chapter 9 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, relating to reciprocal
licensing, is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows
"Section 9-30 1 Recognition of licenses or certificates of
registration from other cities An electrician holding a
currently valid license or certificate of registration in
another city may apply for and receive a similar license or
certificate of registration in the City of Denton without
taking an examination, provided the following conditions are
met
1 The applicant shall submit evidence satisfactory to a
majority of the electrical code board that he has been
the holder of a similar license in a city from which
he is reciprocating for a period of at least twelve
(12) months and that his license or certificate of
registration was issued under conditions not less
restrictive than required by the Denton Electrical
Code for issuance of an electrical license, and that
an electrician who has made a passing grade on the
City of Denton electrical examination and who is the
holder of a valid City of Denton electrical license
would be permitted to apply for and receive a similar
license or certificate of registration in such other
city under reciprocal conditions
2 The applicant shall pay, in advance, the same fees
required of those taking examinations for a particular
license set forth in Section 9-31 of this Chapter and
comply with all other requirements of the Denton
Electrical Code
An electrician licensed in the City of Denton seeking
a license in another city with which the City of
Denton has reciprocity, shall pay a fee of ten dollars
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($10 00) for the issuance of a reciprocal letter to
such other city
SECTION V
That Article III of Chapter 9 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Denton, Texas, is hereby amended by adding a new
Section 9-34, heretofore reserved, to read as follows
Section 9-34 Contractor's license In addition to the
requirements contained in Section 9-35 of this chapter, any
partnership, association, firm, company, corporation or
individual desiring to engage in the business of installing,
repairing, changing or altering any electrical wiring or
apparatus shall first obtain a contractor's license from the
building official of the City of Denton A contractor's
license fee of eighty dollars ($80 00) shall be paid at the
time of issuance of such license Contractor's licenses
expire on December 31 of each year, and a renewal fee of
eighty dollars ($80 00) must be paid before the contractor
can obtain additional permits
A contractor's license shall not be issued to anyone who is
not the holder of a valid City of Denton master electrician's
license unless he has in his employ a properly licensed
master electrician A contractor's license shall become
invalid when there is no longer a master electrician
employed by the partnership, association, firm, company,
corporation, or individual
SECTION VI
That Article III of Chapter 9 of the Code of Orainances of
the City of Denton, Texas, is hereby amended by adding a new
Section 9-36, heretofore reserved, to read as follows
"Section 9-36 Vehicle Identification
All electrical contractors' business vehicles shall be
identified by 2 1/2 inch letters and numbers prominently
displayed on both sides of vehicles Numbers and letters
shall be assigned by the city building inspection division "
SECTION VII
That Section 9-46 of Article IV, Chapter 9 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, is hereby amended and
reenacted to read as follows
Section 9-46 Permit Required
it shall be unlawful for any person to install, change,
alter or repair any electric wiring or apparatus in the city
(except the routine replacement of fuses and lamps ano the
alleviation of short circuits) unless such person has
obtained a permit in writing from the chief building
official to perform such work Electrical permits shall be
issued only to holders of a valid City of Denton electrical
contractor's license
SECTION VIII
That this ordnance shall repeal every prior ordinance and
provision of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton in
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conflict herewith and, as to all other ordinances or provisions
of said Code not in direct conflict herewith, this ordinance
shall be and is hereby made cumulative
SECTION IX
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held invalid by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of
the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted
such remaining portions despite any such invalidity
SECTION
Any person who shall violate a provision of this ordinance,
or fails to comply therewith or with any of the requirements
thereof, or of a permit or certificate issued thereunder, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding
Two Hundred Dollars ($200 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 XI
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 passage hereof ~y~.~
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ✓ day oft &A_, 1985
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'CITY OF D NTON, TEXAS
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
BY ~1wv1 & aus~t
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