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e e Page 13 Ordinance #96-2079-C DIVISION 5 : STANDARDS Section 82-336 is amended to read as follows: 82-336 National Electrical Code - Adoption, The National Electrical Code, 2002 edition, is hereby adopted as the regulations to govern and to be observed and followed in all electric wiring and in all electrical construction, installation, repair, alteration, operation and maintenance of electric wiring, apparatus and fixtures, except for the amendments adopted in Sections 82-337 through 82-350. Section 82-342 is amended to read as follows: 82-342 Wiring within buildings. (a) Nonmetallic sheathed cable shall be used only for residential work and apartment houses. Conductors in or on all tile and masonry walls of such buildings shaH be encased in rigid conduit, flexible conduit, PVC conduit or electrical metallic tubing. Minimum size nonmetallic sheathed cable shall be limited to No. 12 A WG except No, 14 A WG may be used for switch legs when the load is less than 500 watts. Section 82-345 is amended to read as follows: 82-345 Feeders. AH services, except residential and interior feeders, shall be installed in rigid metal conduit, electric metallic tubing or approved busways, except that underground services and feeders may be installed in approved ducts or plastic conduit. Overhead services or feeders between two buildings less than six feet apart shall be installed in rigid metal conduit, electric metallic tubing, approved busways or duct. Where wiring is installed in approved nonmetallic duct or conduit, a continuous ground wire as sized per Table 250-66 ofthe National Electrical Code shall be installed within the duct to ensure continuity of ground, and the entire wiring system must be installed in a manner approved by the city. Where approved underground duct is used, it shaH in no case be smaller than two inches inside diameter, buried at least 18 inches below the ground surface. The portion of the service ahead of the meter cabinet shaH not be run through attic spaces, Where conduit fittings are used ahead of meter cabinets, such fittings shall be of sealable type and shall be plainly visible. Subfeeders in residential (single and multiple) buildings may be nonmetallic sheathed cable, grounded type, Section 82-349 is amended to read as follows: 82-349 Suspension of approval of materials, The city may, for good and justifiable reasons, suspend or revoke the approval of certain materials or wiring, Such suspension or revocation of approval shall not become effective until thirty (30) days after the date of such notice, 13