HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2019-3473ORDINANCE NO. 3473
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
CHAPTER 15.24 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE
ADOPTING THE CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE, 2019
EDITION
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
Section I. Amended Chapter 15.24
That Chapter 15.24 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Chapter 15.24
ELECTRICAL CODE AND REGULATIONS*
Sections:
15.24.010 California Electrical Code, 2019 Edition, adopted by reference.
15.24.035 Previously used materials.
15.24.045 Distribution panels – Separate required when.
15.24.050 Circuit cards to be posted when.
15.24.055 Electric fences – Defined – Prohibited.
15.24.060 Phase arrangement – Amended.
15.24.010 California Electrical Code, 2016 Edition, adopted by reference.
There is hereby adopted by reference the California Electrical Code, 2019 Edition, known as
the California Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 3, as copyrighted by the National Fire
Protection Association and the California Building Standards Commission. Said document is
hereby adopted as the electrical code of the City of Chula Vista, regulating the installation,
repair, operation and maintenance of all electrical wiring and el ectrical apparatus of any nature
whatsoever, whether inside or outside of any building within the City, excepting such portions as
are hereinafter deleted, modified, or amended. Chapter 15.06 CVMC shall serve as the
administrative, organizational and enforcement rules and regulations for this chapter.
15.24.035 Previously used materials.
Previously used materials shall not be reused in any work without approval by the Building
Official.
15.24.045 Distribution panels – Separate required when.
Each store in a store building, each flat in a flat building, and each building used as a dwelling
shall be so wired that each store, apartment, flat or dwelling shall have separate lighting and/or
power distribution panels. Such panels shall not serve other portions of the building. Hotels,
motels, hotel apartments and similar types of buildings may be wired from one or more
distribution panels.
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15.24.050 Circuit cards to be posted when.
When requested by the Building Official, a complete schedule of circuits showing the number,
kind and capacity of each outlet on each circuit shall be posted on each job prior to rough
inspection.
15.24.055 Electric fences – Defined – Prohibited.
A. As used herein, the term “electric fence” includes all fences which in any way use electrical
energy as an additional deterrent or have wires charged with electricity which are not covered
with adequate insulation to protect persons and animals coming in contact therewith.
B. No electric fence may be constructed, maintained or operated within the City.
15.24.060 Phase arrangement – Amended.
Section 408.3(E)(1) of the California Electrical Code is hereby amended to read:
AC Phase Arrangement. Alternating-current phase arrangement on 3-phase buses shall be
A, B, C from front to back, top to bottom, or left to right, as viewed from the front of the
switchboard or panelboard. The C phase shall be that phase having the higher voltage to
ground on 3-phase, 4-wire, delta-connected systems. Other busbar arrangements may be
permitted for additions to existing installations and shall be marked.
Section II. Findings and Declaration
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista specifically and expressly finds and declares that each
of the amendments noted above to the 2019 Edition of the California Electrical Code is necessary
due to local climatic, geological and topographical conditions.
Section III. Severability
If any portion of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for
any reason held to be invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional, by a court o f competent
jurisdiction, that portion shall be deemed severable, and such invalidity, unenforceability or
unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining portions of the
Ordinance, or its application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council of the City of
Chula Vista hereby declares that it would have adopted each section, sentence, clause or phrase
of this Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, sentences, clauses
or phrases of the Ordinance be declared invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional.
Section IV. Construction
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista intends this Ordinance to supplement, not to
duplicate or contradict, applicable state and federal law and this Ordinance shall be construed in
light of that intent.
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Section V. Effective Date
This Ordinance will take effect and be in force thirty days after final passage but not before
January 1, 2020.
Section VI. Publication
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause
the same to be published or posted according to law.
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Kelly G. Broughton, FASLA Glen R. Googins
Director of Development Services City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 19th day of November 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Diaz, Galvez, McCann, Padilla, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Mary Casillas Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 3473 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 12th day of November
2019 and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
19th day of November 2019; and was duly published in summary form in accordance with the
requirements of state law and the City Charter.
Dated Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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