Ord 2024-4026_Building Codes Update

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ordinance or code or regulation of the city, the provision which establishes the higher standard for the promotion of the health and safety of the people shall prevail. (c) Any person who shall violate any provision of the standards adopted or established in this article shall be deemed to have committed a class C misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine in an amount as provided in appendix B of this Code. (d) All applicable fees shall be in accordance with appendixAof this Code. Sec. 82-337. -Same—Amendments. The electrical code adopted in section 82-336 is amended to read as provided in sections 82-338 through 82-350. Sec. 82-339. - Installation of electrical devices. All electrical devices (including, but not limited to, outlets and switches) shall be installed With the screw -wrap or approved screw clamp installation. Back or quick stab installation is prohibited. Secs. 82-340, - 82-341. Reserved Sec. 82-343-82-347. - Reserved. Sec. 82-348. - Franchise to install equipment in streets No person or public service company that does not operate under a franchise granted by the city shall have the right to install any electrical conduit, wires, ducts, poles or equipment of any character for the transmission, distribution or utilization of electrical energy, or for the operation of signals or the transmission of intelligence on, over or under the streets in the city, without first obtaining from the city council a franchise right or grant for the particular installation so desired to be made. Any such installation so made under such franchise or grant shall be in strict conformity with all rules and regulations and ordinances of the city. Sec. 82-349. - Suspension of approval of materials. The building codes appeal board (BCAB) may, for the good and justifiable reasons suspend or revoke the approval of certain materials or wiring. Sec. 82-350. - Prohibition of installation of nonconforming goods. (a) No electrical materials, apparatus, devices appliances, fixtures or equipment shall be installed In the city unless they are in conformity with the provisions of this article and the statutes of the state.