HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1980-0399INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMU?BER MERKL
ORDINANCE NO. 399
Series of 1980
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION 6-1 AND
SECTION 6-2 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL
CODE, 1978 EDITION, COPYRIGHT 1978, PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN
AMENDMENTS THERETO AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION
THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO:
Section 1. Section 6-1 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat
Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows:
"The National Electrical Code, 1978 Edition, copyright by
the National Fire Protection Association, is hereby adopted
by reference thereto and incorporated into this chapter as
though fully set forth herein as the Electrical Code of the
City of Wheat Ridge. Three (3) copies of said National
Electrical Code shall be filed in the office of the City
Clerk and may be inspected during regular business hours.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, such Code is
adopted in full, including the index and appendix contained
therein."
Section 2. Section 6-2 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat
Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows:
(a) Section 310-1 is amended by adding a new paragraph which
reads:
"Aluminum conductors under size 8 are not allowed."
(b) 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 5(A), (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 3. Purpose. The purpose of this Code is to provide minimum
standards to insure the health, safety and welfare of the general
public by regulating and controlling the design, construction,
quality of materials, installation and all related uses of electri-
cal wiring and equipment within the City as provided herein.
Section 4. Violation and Penalties. It shall be unlawful for any
person, firm or corporation to wreck, construct, enlarge, alter,
repair, move, improve, remove, convert or demolish, equip, use
occupy or maintain any building or structure in the City, or cause
or permit the same to be done, contrary to, or in violation of any
of the provisions of the Uniform Building Code.
Section 5. Severability. If any part or parts of this ordinance
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are for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this
ordinance and each part or parts thereof, irrespective of the
fact that any one part or parts be declared invalid.
Section 6. 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 convenience and welfare. The City Council
further determines that the ordinance bears a rational relation
to these objectives.
Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect 14 days after final
publication.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8
to 0 on this 17th day of March , 1980; 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 Monday, April 14, , 1980, at
7:30 o'clock p.m., at Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue,
Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading
by a vote of 8 to 0 on this 14th day of April
1980.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 15th day of April 1980.
Frank Stites, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Carol Hamp , City .erk
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lst Publication Mar. 20, 1980
2nd Publication Apr. 17, 1980
Effective Date Mail, 1980
APPROVED AS TO FORM
BY THE OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY:
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