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HomeMy WebLinkAbout311-A - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 31lA AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CTI?AMONGA, CALIFORNIA, AME~D~ ~ 15.24 Rr.WCTRICAL CODE, OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE; AND ADOPTING BY REFERtl~CE THE NATIONAL k~.WCTRICAL CODE, 1990 ~DITION; WITH CERTAIN AM~)I~RVi~, ADDITIONS, D~r.RTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS TO SAID CODE A. Reoitals. (i) Article 2 of C~apter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the California Government Code authorizes the adoption, by reference of the National Electrical Code, 1990 Edition as published by the National Fire Protection Association. (ii) At least one copy of said Code certified as full, true and correct copy thereof by the City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga has been filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga in accordance with the provisions of Government Code Section 50022.6. (iii) A duly noticed public hearing, as required by California Government Code Section 50022.3, has been conducted and concluded prior to the adoption of this Ordinance. (iv) Ail legal prerequisites to the adoption of this ordinance have NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does hereby find, determine and ordain as follows: SECTION 1: In all respects as set forth in the Recitals, Part A, of this Ordinance. SECTION 2: C~apter 15.24 of Title 15 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code, entitled "Electrical Code", of the City of Rancho Cucamonga is hereby amended, provided that said amendment shall not apply to or excuse any violation thereof occurring prior to the effective date of this Ordinance and provide further that the National Electrical Code, as adopted by reference and amended by Ordinance No. 311 of this City shall continue to be applicable to construction for which permits have been issued prior to the effective date of this ordinance. Chapter 15.24 CODES ADOPTION Sections: SECTION 3: Chapter 15.24 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code is amended hereby to read, in words and figures as follows: Ordinance No. 31lA Page 2 ~apter 15.24 ~ .MCIRICAL CODE SECTIONS: 15.24.010 Code Adoption 15.24. 020 Section 210-52 (g) Amended-Basement Receptacle Outlets 15.24.030 Section 210-54 Added-Buildings Accessory to Multiple Dwelling Units 15.24.040 Section 210-70 (a) Amended-Lighting Outlets Required 15.24.050 Section 210-70 (d) and (e) Added-Buildings Accessory to Dwelling Units 15.24.060 Section 220-10 (a) Amended-Ampacity and Computed Loads 15.24.070 Section 230-43 Amended-Wiring Methods for 600 Volts or I~ss 15.24.080 Section 230-212 Added-Service Equipment Capacity 15.24.090 Section 300-15 (d) Added-Spare Raceways. 15.24.100 Section 310-14 Amended-Aluminum Conductor 15.24.110 Section 336-3 (b) Amended-Type NMC Cable 15.24.120 Section 336-4 Amended-Uses Not Permitted 15.24.130 Section 336-12 Deleted 15.24.140 Articles 550 and 551 Deleted. 15.24.010 Code ~opt ion. 15.24.010 - Code Adoption. The "National Electrical Code", 1990 Edition is hereby adopted in its entirety as the Electrical Code of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, together with the amendments, additions, deletions and exceptions set forth below; provided, however, that the provisions of Chapter 15.08 of this Code shall apply with respect to permits, fees and administra- tion of said National Electrical Code. 15.24.020 - Section 210-52 Amended-Basement Receptacle Outlet-~. Section 210-52 (g) of the National Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 210-52(g) Basements. For a one-family dwelling at least one receptacle outlet, in addition to any provided for laundry equipment, shall be installed in each basement. See Sections 210-8(a)(4). 15.24.030 - Section 210-54 Added-BuildinGs Accessory to Dwelli~j_~ Units. The National Electrical Code is amended by the addition of a new Section 210-54 to read as follows: Section 210-54(a) Buildings accessory to multiple dwelling uses. Garages and carports accessory to multiple dwelling uses shall be provided with at least one receptacle. Garages or carports designed for use by more than one dwelling unit shall be provided with at least one receptacle for each four (4) parking spaces or fraction thereof. Where such garages or carports are separated by walls or partitions so as to form individual areas serving individual dwelling units, at least one receptacle shall be provided in each individual area. Separated areas shall be wired either on individual dwelling unit meters or on a house meter or meters. Ordinance No. 31lA Page 3 Receptacles provided in c~mnon-use garages or carports shall be energized frc~ a house meter or meters. When energized from a house meter or meters, the number of receptacles per circuit shall not exceed six and no such circuit shall supply any other cutlets. (b) Buildings accessory to single family dwelling uses. Carports and garages, accessory to single family dwellings or duplexes, shall be wired with a minimum of one grounding type convenience receptacle on a separate 20 amp circuit. Additional receptacle outlets, not exceeding 3, may be installed on the same circuit. See Section 210- 8 (a) (2). (c) Detached garages or carports. Wiring to all new or reconstructed detached garages or carports accessory to residential uses shall be installed underground in minimum 3/4" raceway from the distribution panel. Laundry receptacles as required by Section 210-52(f) shall not be construed as meeting the minimum garage or carport receptacles required by this section. 15.24.040 - Section 210-70(a) Amended-Lightinq Outlets Require. Section 210-70(a) of the National Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 210-70 Lighting Outlets Required. Lighting outlets shall be installed where specified in (a) and (b) below. (a) Dwelling Units. At least one wall switch-controlled lighting outlet shall be installed in every habitable rock, bathroom, hallway, stairway, garage, carport, basement, utility rock, and at outdoor entrances to or exits from dwelling units. Where lighting outlets are installed according to (a) above in interior stairways, there shall be a wall switch provided at each floor level to control the lighting outlet where the difference between floor levels is six steps or more. Where attic or under floor spaces contain equipment requiring servicing, a switched light outlet shall be provided located at or near the equipment requiring servicing. The switch controlling an equipment lighting outlet shall be located at the point of entry to the attic or underflcor space. 15.24.050 - Sections 210-70~d) and (e) Add_~__-Buildinqs Accessory t~ Multiple Dwellinq Units. The National Electrical Code is hereby amended by adding Section 210-70(d) to read as follows: Section 210-70(d) Buildings Accessory to Multiple Dwelling Units. Garages or carports designed for use by more than one dwelling unit shall have at least one light outlet for each four (4) parking spaces or fraction thereof. Where garages or carports are separated by walls or partitions so as to form individual areas serving individual dwelling units, at least one switched lighting outlet shall be provided in each individual area. Ordinance No. 31lA Page 4 Separated garage or carport areas shall be wired on individual dwelling unit meters or on a house meter or meters. Lighting outlets provided in cu~u~n-use garage or carport areas shall be energized from a house meter or meters. (e) See Section 210-54(c) for underground wiring requirements to detached garages or carports. 15.24.060 - Section 220-10(a) Amended-Ampacity and Computed Lo~d~. Section 220-10(a) of the National Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 220-10(a) Ampacity and Computed Loads. Feeder conductors shall have sufficient ampacity to supply the load served. In no case shall the computed load of a feeder be less than the sum of the loads on the b~anch circuits supplied as determined by Part A of this Article after any applicable demar~ factors permitted by Parts B, C or D have been applied nor less than 50 amperes ampacity, whichever is greater. 15.24.070 - Section 230-43 Amended-Wirinq Methods for 600 Volt~ Nominal or I~ss. Section 230-43 of the National Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 230-43. Wiring methods for 600 volts nominal or less. Service entrance conductors shall be installed in accordance with the applicable requirements of this code covering the type of wiring method used and limited to following methods for the occupancies as outlined in (a) or (b) below: (a) Nonresidential Occupancies. 1. Rigid Metal Conduit. Exception No. 1: Aluminum conduit shall not be used for overhead service entrance raceway. Exception No. 2: Aluminum conduit shall not be used for underground service raceway. 2. Intermediate Metal Conduit. 3. Electrical Metallic Tubing. Exception No. 1: Electrical Metallic tubing shall not be used where supporting or intended to support service drop attachments. Exception No. 2: Electrical metallic tubing shall not be used as underground service entrance raceway. 4. Wirew~ys. 5. Busw~ys. 6. Auxiliary Gutters. Ordinance No. 31lA Page 5 7. Rigid Non-Metallic Conduit. Exception: Rigid non-metallic conduit shall not be used for overhead service entrance raceway. 8. Cablehus. 9. Metal-Clad Cable. 10. Mineral Insulated M~tal-Sheathed Cable. 11. Flexible Metal Conduit not over 6 feet (1.83m) long between raceway, or between raceway and service equipment, with equipment bonding jumper installed around the flexible metal conduit according to provisions of Section 250-79(a), (c), (d) and (f). Also, see Section 350-2. 12. Approved cable tray systems shall be permitted to support cables approved for use as service entrance conductors. (b) Residential Occupancies. In addition to the methods outlined in subsection (a), buildings regulated by Section 17921 of the California Health and Safety code may utilize the following methods for service entrance conductors when installed in accordance with applicable requirements of this code: 1. Open Wiring on Insulators. 2. Service Entrance Cable. 3. Liquidtight flexible nonmetallic conduit. 15.24.080 - Section 230-212 ~ded-Service Equ~,_~r~ent Capacit%r. ~ne National Electrical Code is hereby amended by adding Section 230-212 to read as follows: Section 230-212 Service equipment capacity. Service equipment capacity shall be as follows: 1. Service equipment installed to serve single family dwellings shall have a capacity of not less than 20 single pole overcurrent protective devices in addition to a min switch or circuit breaker. Service conduit serving single family detached dwelling units shall be not less than one and one- quarter inches (1-1/4") trade size conduit. 2. Service equipment installed to serve c~,~rcial or industrial buildings shall have an ampacity rating to serve the intended load but not less than 60 amperes. Service conduit or feeder raceways shall not be less than 1" size except that where service conduit or feeder raceway is concealed, the minimum size raceway shall be one and one- half inches (1-1/2") trade size. Ordinance No. 31lA Page 6 3. Feeders serving individual units of multi-family dwellings shall be installed in not less than one-inch trade (1") size conduit and run from the meter location to a distribution panel within each unit. 15.24.090 - Section 300-15(d) Added-Spare Raceways. The National Electrical Code is hereby amended by adding Section 300-15(d) to read as follows: Section 300-15(d) Spare raceways. For attached or detached single family dwellings, two (2) three-quarter inch (3/4") spare raceways for future use shall be provided for each dwelling unit, one running from the pane~ to an accessible location in the attic and one to an accessible location under the floor. Where either space is not available because of method of construction, such termination of spare raceways shall be as approved by the Building Official. 15.24.100 - Section 310-14 Amended-Aluminum Conductors. The National Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 310-14 Aluminum Conductors. (a) Material. Solid aluminum conductors, No. 8, 10 and 12 AWG, shall be made of an AA-8000 series electrical grade aluminum alloy conductor material. Stranded aluminum conductors, No. 8 AWG through 1000 MCM, marked as type XHHW, THW, THWN, THHN, service entrance type SE, Style U and SE, Style R, shall be made of an AA-8000 series electrical grade aluminum alloy conducting material. Exception: Aluminum conducted smaller than No. 6 shall not be used for circuit conductors, feeders or subfeeders, unless installed under full-time inspection by a Special Ir~or as a "special case" outlined in Section 306(a)14 of the Uniform Administration Code as adopted in Chapter 15.08 of this Title. 15.24.110 - Section 336-3 (b) Amended-Type NMC Cable. Section 336- 3(b) is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 336-3(b) Type NMC. Type NMC cable shall be permitted: (1) for concealed work in dry, moist, damp or corrosive locations; (2) in outside and inside walls of masonry block or tile; (3) in a shallow chase in masonry, concrete or adobe and covered with plaster, adobe or similar finish. Where embedded in plaster or run in a shallow chase in masonry walls and covered, NMC cable shall be protected against damage from nails by a cover of corrosion resistant steel at least 1/16" in thickness. 15.24.120 - Section 336-4 Amended-Uses Not Permitted_. Section 336-4 of the National Electrical Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 336-4 Uses not permitted. (a) Type NM or NMC. Types NM and NMC cables shall not be used: (1) in any dwelling structure exceeding three stories above grade; (2) as service-entrance cable; (3) in any co~t,,~rcial or industrial building; (4) in any hazardous location; (5) in hoistways; (6) in unenclosed locations of private garages or carports; (7) embedded in poured cement, concrete or aggregate; (8) in unenclosed underfloor areas. Ordinance No. 31lA Page 7 (b) Type NM. Type NM cable shall not be installed: (1) where exposed to corrosive fumes or vapors; (2) where embedded in masonry, concrete adobe, fill, or plaster; (3) in a shallow chase in masonry, concrete, or adobe and covered in plaster, adobe, or similar finish. 15.24.130 - Section 336-12 Deleted. Section 336-12 of said National Electrical Code is hereby deleted. 15.24.140 - Articles 550 and 551 Deleted. Articles 550 and 551 of the National Electrical Code are hereby deleted. SECTION 4: Penalities, Remedies, and Severability. A. Penalty for Violation of Ordinance. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation to violate any provision or to fail to comply with any of the requirements of this Ordinance or the Codes adopted hereby. Any person, firm, partnership, or corpora- tion violating any provision of this Ordinance or the Codes adopted hereby or failing to comply with any of its requirements shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person, firm, partnership, or corpora- tion shall be deemed guilty of separate offense for each and every day or any portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance or the Codes adopted hereby is c~,~tted, continued or permitted by such person, firm, partnership or corporation, and shall be deemed punishable therefor as provided B. Civil Remedies Available. The violation of any of the provisions of this OrdiD2~nce or the Codes adopted hereby shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated by the City through civil process by means of restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or in any other manner provided by law for the abatement of such nuisances. C. Severability. The City Council hereby declares that should any provision, section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Ordinance or the Codes hereby adopted be rendered or declared invalid by any final court action in a court of competent jurisdiction, or by reason of any preemptive legislation, the remaining provisions, sections, paragraphs, sentences and words of this Ordinance and the Codes hereby adopted shall remain in full force SECTION 5: The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk shall cause the same to be published within fifteen (15) days after its passage at least once in the Inland Valley Daily Bu]letin, a newspape~ of general circulation published in the City of Ontario, California, and circulated in the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California. PASS~D, APPROVq~, and ADOPI]~ this 18th day of September, 1991. Ordinance No. 31lA Page 8 AYES: Alexander, Buquet, Stout, Williams, Wright NOES: None ABS~T: None ~~ L. Stout, Mayor Debra J. Ada~, City Clerk I, DEBRA J. ADAMS, CITY CLR~K of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 4th day of September, 1991, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 18th day of September, 1991. Executed this 19th day of September, 1991 at Rancho Cucamonga, California. D~a J. 3~ _&~s, City Clerk