HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1981-0475-'INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEM_?ER DAVIS
ORDINANCE NO. 475
Series of 1981
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTIONS 6-1 ANT) 6-2
OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, ADOPTING
THEREBY THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1981 EDITION, BY
REFERENCE AND ADOPTING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS THERETO.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF '"HE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO:
Section 1. Sections 6-1 and 6-2 of the Code of Laws of the City
of Wheat Ridge are hereby repealed and reenacted as follows:
"Section 6-1. National Electrical Code--Adontion.
The National Electrical Code, 1981 Edition, copyright by
the National Fire Protection Association, is hereby adopted
by reference thereto and incorporated into this chapter as
though fully set out herein as the electrical code of the city.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, such code is
adopted in full, including_ the index and appendix contained
therein.
Section 6-2. Same--Amendments.
The National Electrical Code, 1981 Edition, adopted by
section 6-1 is hereby amended as follows (section numbers
refer to section numbers of the National Electrical Code):
310-2. Section 310-2(b) is amended by adding a new sentence
which reads:
'Aluminum conductors under size 8 are not allowed.'
336-3. Section 336-3, 'Use,' paragraph (c), 'Uses not
permissible for either NM or NMC Non-metallic-sheathed
cable' is amended by changing the entire paragraph to
read:
'These types shall not be used as: (1) service entrance
cable, (2) in any group A, B, E, H or I occupancy
(as defined in the Uniform Building Code, 1979 Edition,
Chapter 5, Table 5A), (3) in any hazardous location, (4)
embedded in poured cement, concrete or aggregate, (5) and
as secondary feeder from the main service to individual
panelboards in group R-1 occupancies."
Section 2. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds, determines
and declares that this ordinance is promulgated under the police power
of the City of Wheat Ridge; that it is promulgated for the health, safety
and welfare of the public, and that this ordinance is necessary for the
preservation of health and safety for the protection of public con-
venience and welfare. The City Council further determines that the
ordinance bears a rational relation to these objectives.
Section 3. Severabilitv. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or
part of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or cir-
cumstances shall for any reason be adjudged by a court of competent
jurisdiction invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or
invalidate the remainder of this ordinance or its application to other
persons or circumstances.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect 15 days after
final publication.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8
to 0 this 12th day of October , 1981; ordered published in
full in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge
and Public Hearing and consideration on final passage set for
October 26 , 1981, at 7:30 o'clock p.m., at Council Chambers,
7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
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READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading
by a vote of 7 to 0 this 26th day of October , 1981.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 29th day of October , 1981.
Frank Stites;-Mayor
ATTEST:
carol F. Hampf, City Clerk
1st Publication Oct. 15, 1981
2nd Publication Nov. 5, 1981
Wheat Ridge Sentinel
Effective Date Nov. 20, 1981
APPROVED AS TO FORM
BY OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY:
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