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ORDINANCE NO. 0< ()(}6 - 03 q
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 28 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, ("ELECTRICAL CODE") BY
REPEALING THE 1999 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE WITH CERTAIN
AMENDMENTS AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE 2005
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE WITH CERTAIN DELETIONS AND
AMENDMENTS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $2000.00
FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE CITY 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:
See. 28-61. Adoption of electrical code.
The 2005 National Electrical Code 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 public 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 deletions and amendments enumerated in Section 28-62.
SECTION 2. That Section 28-62 of Article III of Chapter 28 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Denton is hereby amended to read as follows.
Sec. 28-62. Deletions and Amendments
The National Electrical Code adopted by Section 28-61 is amended as follows:
Amendments to the
2005 National Electrical Code
(1) ""Section 230. 71(A) add an exception.
230.71 Maximum Number of Disconnects.
(AI General. The service disconnecting means for each service permitted by 230.2, or for each set
of service-entrance conductors permitted by 230.40, Exception Nos. 1, 3, 4, or 5, shall consist of not
more than six switches or sets of circuit breakers, mounted in a single enclosure, in a group of
separate enclosures, or in or on a switchboard. There shall be no more than six sets of disconnects
per service grouped in anyone location. For the purpose...{text unchanged}...shall not be
considered a service disconnecting means.
Exception: Multi-occupant Buildings. Individual service disconnecting means is limited to six for
each occupant. The number of individual disconnects at one location may exceed six.
(2) ""Section 300.11 add an exception.
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300.11 Securing and Supporting.
(A) Secured In Place. Raceways, cable assemblies, boxes, cabinets, and fittings shall be securely
fastened in place. Support wires that do not provide secure support shall not be permitted as the
sole support. Support wires and associated fittings that provide secure support and that are
installed in addition to the ceiling grid support wires shall be permitted as the sole support. Where
independent support wires are used, they shall be secured at both ends. Cables and raceways
shall not be supported by ceiling grids.
Exception: Ceiling grid support wires may be used for structural supports when the associated
wiring is located in that area, not more than two raceways or cables supported per wire, with a
maximum nominal metric designation 16 (trade size WJ.
(3) ""Section 310.15(8)(6) change to read as follows:
310.15 Ampacities for Conductors Rated 0-2000 Volts.
(B) Tables.
(6) 120/240-Volt, 3-Wlre, Single-Phase Dwelling Services and Feeders. For dwelling
units, conductors, as listed in Table 310.15(8)(6), shall be...{text unchanged)...provided the
requirements of 215.2, 220.61, and 230.42 are met. This Section shall not be used in
conjunction with 220.82.
(4) ""Section 500.8(A)(1) change to read as follows:
500.8 Equipment.
(A) Approval for Class and Properties.
(1) Equipment shall be identified...{text unchanged}...the maximum surface temperatures
specified in 503.1.
FPN: Luminaries (lighting fixtures) and other heat-producing apparatus...{text
unchanged}...see Exception NO.3 to 500.8(8).
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SECTION 3. That if any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
applications, and to this end provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 4. That all provisions of the ordinances of the City of Denton in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions
of the ordinances of the City of Denton, not in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance, shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. That any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall,
upon conviction, be fined a sum not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2000.00). Each day
that a provision of this ordinance is violated shall constitute a separate and distinct
offense.
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SECTION 6. 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 JilL
day of , -f~
2006.
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EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY:
BY:
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