2002-309S:\Our Documents\Ordinances\02\Electrical Ordinance Amendment.doc
ORDINANCE NO. A00~--309
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 28
"BUILDING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS" BY AMENDING SECTION 28-111(a),
LICENSE - REQUIRED; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES THAT
CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2,000 FOR EACH
VIOLATION; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 28, Section 28-111(a) of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Denton is hereby amended so that said section shall hereafter be and read as follows:
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to install electric wiring or apparatus or to make any
repairs, alterations or changes to electric wiring or apparatus used in connection with electric
lighting, heating, power or signage unless such person shall have previously obtained a master or
journeyman electrician license, or residential wireman's license, or master or journeyman sign
electrician's license from the building official of the city or unless such person is a bona fide
employee working under the direct supervision of a licensed electrician or a licensed residential
wireman or a licensed sign electrician or unless such person is performing electrical work in a
building owned or occupied by such person as homestead property.
SECTION 2. That if any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any
person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
applications, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 3. 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the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the ordinances of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 4. 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.
SECTION 5. 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 day of 2002.
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EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY:
HERBERT L. PROV3-y, CITY ATTORNEY