O#23 ORDINANCE NO. 2~.
Electical Ordinance.
An Ordinance establishing an Electical Department
for the Town of Boynton, Florida, and providing for the
Regulation and Inspection of certain Electrical installa-
tions and for other purposes.
Be It Ordained by the Town Commission of the To~
of Boynton, Florida:
Section 1. That any and all electrical wiring,
switchboard apparatus or appliances installed or connected
in the Town limits of Boynton, Florida, ~hall be installed
and connected in conformity with the latest edition of the
regulations of the National Board of Fire Underwriters of
Electrical wiring and apparatus commonly and hereinafter for
the purpose of this Ordinance known and described as the
"National Electrical Code", a copy of the same being filed
with the Town Clerk and marked for indentification by t he
signature of the I~ayor and Town Clerk, ~ud which latest
edition is hereby made a part of this Ordinance, and that
all wiring devices.and material used in such installation
or connections shall be such as have been inspected and
listed as approved by the Underwriters Laboratories of the
National Board of Fire Underwriters.
Section ~. That the position of Electrical Inspector
is hereby established. The Electrical Inspector shall be a
competent man appointed by the Town Commission. He shall
receive such compensation as the T~vn Commission may fix
by resolution.
It shall be the duty of the Electrical Inspector to
issue permits as hereinafter provided for the installation,
extension, alteration or rearrangement of all electrical
wiring and service connections for light, pov~r and other
purposes, and to see that all such wiring and all electrical
appliances and devices are installed and maintained in accor-
dance with the latest edition of the National Electrical
Code, and that all materials and wiring devices used are
such as have been approved and listed by the Underwriters
Laboratories, a copy of which is filed herewith and marked
for indentification by the signature of the Mayor and the
Town Clerk, and the same is hereby made a part of this
Ordinance.
The Electrical Inspector is hereby authorized, em-
powered and directed to enter any building, store, resi-
dence or enclosure at all reasonable hours to inspect the
installation or condition of electrical wiring or the
appliances connected thereto. ?~ilful hindrance of, or
refusal to permit~entrance of the Electrical Inspector
during reasonable hours, or interference with him in the
performance of his duties shall be deemed to be a violation
to this Ordinance.
Section 3. The Electrical Inspector shall issue permits
to install, remodel or enlarge electrical wiring and appli-
ances and such permits shall be obtained for each new installa-
tion or extensive alteration before such ¥~ork begins. At
the time such permit is requested the Electrical Inspector
may demand plans showing the number and arrangement of
circuits or outlets and the size of conduits and con-
ductors, and the nu~nber and type of the appliances to
be connected and the r~ame or names of the manufacturers
of the material and devices to be used. In all cases
it shall be definitely shown that the material and de-
vices to be used are approved by the Underwriters Lab-
oratories and the burden of making such proof shall rest
on the licensee making application for permit.
Section 4. That it shall be the duty of the Electri-
cal Inspector or his authorized assistant, to make inspec-
tion within 24 hours, when requested by auy licensee and
to avoid, as far as possible, causing delay or inconvenience
to building operations. All new work to be concealed shall
be inspected before being lathed, plastered, floored or
covered over or otherwise rendered inacessible for inspec-
tion; all finished work, alteration work or the wiring of
finished buildings shall Oe so installed that the inspec-
tortor can satisfy himself that the requirements of the
National Electrical Code have been complied v~ith and this
provision is and sha~.l be construed to mean that, whereever
possible and practicable, when wiring pockets have been cut
or floor or siding removed or partially removed to permit
the installation of wiring or wiring devices the said
openings shall not be closed until opportunity has been
given the inspector to examine the wiring installed.
Section 8. That on the completion of any new in-
stallation or extensive alteration a final inspection shall
be made before a Service Permit is issued.
It shall be unlawful for any Power Company, Public
Service Corporation or other person, firm, tr~st or asso-
ciation engaging in the furnishging, sale or delivery of
electrical power to connect from any of their mains, cir-
cuits or other wires if conductors to the light or wiring
on any store, dwelling, building or enclosure or any other
wiring system other than their own or to furnish any elec-
trical power to such system unless authorized in a Service
Permit issued by the Electrical Inspector.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpora-
tion to use any electrical current in or through any wiring
apparatus or fixtures for light, heat or power in or on any
building or structure within the limits of the To'~m of
Boynton until the sa~e shall have been inspected and approved
by the Electrical Inspector, and the certificate hereinafter
provided for shall have been issued therefor.
The Electrical Inspector is authorized to issue temporary
Service Permits when he can satisfy himself that an emergency
exists or that it will not endanger life or property. Tem-
porary permits shall not continue in force for a period of
more than three months.
Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as re-
quiring the issue of a new service permit where a vendor
makes seasonal delivery of current to any premises and dis-
continues said service during portions of the year unless
such service has been discontinued by order of the Electri-
cal Inspector as hereinafter provided.
Section 6. That each wiring permit and each service
permit shall bear a serial number, the permit to be de-
tachable from a similarly numbered bound stub ~hich shall
be filled in by the Electrical Inspector or his authorized
assistant listing the date of the issue, and the name of
person, firm, corporation, trust or person to whom issued.
The Electrical Inspector shall be responsible for each and
every blank pa~rmit lost, torn or destroyed or otherwise re-
moved from any book in his oossession or in the possession
of any of his assistants.
The wiring and Service Permit books shall be audited
monthly by the Town Clerk.
Section V. That whenever and wherever in the judg-
ment of the Electrical Inspector any electrical wires or
appliances connected thereto shall become defective and
dangerous either through the insufficient insulation, im-
proper location or installation or any other cause whereby
the same may become a menace to life or property, the said
inspector shall cause the removal or correction of such de-
fect by at once giving notice in writing, or verbally con-
firmed by writing to the owner or user of such defective
wiring or device or appliance specifying a limit of not
more than ten days during which time the said defect and
danger shall be removed, in event of failure on the part
of the owner or user to comply within the specified time with
such notice the Electrical Inspector shall order the elec-
trical service to the premises immediately disconnected and
discontinued and it s~all be unlawful for any person to re-
connect such service until the defect shall have been cot-
rected and a Service ?er~nit issued.
Section 8. That Electrical Inspector or any other
competent person delegated by him shall have power to re-
move or authorize the removal of any wires or the turning
off of any current on any circuits where such wires or
current may interfere with the work of the Fire Department
or endanger the lives or property of persons in proximity
to a burning building, shed, house or other st~uctu~e.
If upon inspection where taped joints are found un-
soldered, the inspector shall require all joints untaped
and left untaped until an inspection of all Joints have
been made. All plumbing and other piping, tubing or
metal work in any building shall be in place on concealed
work before the electric wiring is reported for inspec-
tion. No wiring will be considered as complete until
such piping is in place.
Section 9~ That all electrical wiring installed in
any building within the inner fire limits and to be used
for carrying power or lighting currents shall be installed
in metallic conduit and in accordance with the National
Electrical Code governing conduit work. Rigid metallic
conduit shall be used on all concealed work where it is
practicable to install same where the installation of
rigid conduit is impracticable, the Electrical Inspector
shall give pezm~ission for the use of flexible metallic
conduit and said permission shall state the reason rigid
conduit cannot be used. The Electrical Inspector shall
keep a file copy of all such permissions issued and this
file be open to public inspection at all reasonable hours.
(This Section 9 held for l~rther consideration)
Section 10. That all ordinances and parts of Ordi-
nances in ccnflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section ll. That any person violating any of the pro-
visions of this Ordinance shall be punished by fines not ex-
ceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or imprisonment in the
Town Jail or at hard labor on the streets or other public
works of said To~n for a period not exceeding sixty days
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section l~. This Ordinance shall take effect imme-
diately upon its passage, or as soon thereafter as it can
become effective under the Town Charter.
The above Ordinance No. 23, having been read in full
at a meeting of the Town Commission of the To~wn of Boynton,
Florida, held on the 16th day of ~iay A. D. 19~, was adopted
and passed at a regular meeting of said Commission held on
the 16th day of ~ay A. D. 19~°, and a copy thereof posted
at the front door of the To~n Hall at Boynton, Florida, on
the l~th day of ~,~ay A. D. 19~?.
F. L. Muster (Signed)
~V. B. ~iller,Vice ~ayor (Signed)
J. C. Powell,Clerk (Signed)
Co~missioners of the Town of
Boynton, Florida.