HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2010-3173ORDINANCE NO.3173
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
CHAPTER 15.24 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE
ADOPTING THE CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE, 2010
EDITION
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
SECTION I. 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, 2010 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.
15.24.065 Photovoltaic Pre-wiring Requirements.
* For statutory provisions exempting electrical contractors from licensing under an electrical repairman's
statute, see Bus. and Prof. Code § 9804. For statutory provisions authorizing cities to regulate the materials used in
wiring structures for electricity and in piping them for water, gas or electricity, and to regulate the manner of such
piping, see Gov. Code § 38660.
15.24.010 California Electrical Code, 2010 Edition, adopted by reference.
There is hereby adopted by reference the California Electrical Code, 2010 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 electrical 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 aze 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) of the California Electrical Code is hereby amended to read:
Phase Arrangement. The phase arrangement on three-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 ground on three-
phase, four-wire delta-connected systems. Other busbaz arrangements may be permitted for
additions to existing installations and shall be mazked.
15.24.065 Photovoltaic Pre-wiring Requirements.
All new residential units shall include electrical conduit specifically designed to allow the
later installation of a photovoltaic (PV) system which utilizes solaz energy as a means to provide
electricity. No building permit shall be issued unless the requirements of this section and the
Chula Vista Photovoltaic Pre-Wiring Installation Requirements aze incorporated into the
approved building plans.
The provisions of this chapter can be modified or waived when it can be satisfactorily
demonstrated to the building official that the requirements of this section aze impractical due to
shading, building orientation, construction constraints or configuration of the pazcel.
SECTION II FINDINGS AND DECLARATION
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista specifically and expressly finds and declazes that each
of the amendments noted above to the 2010 Edition of the California Electrical Code is necessary
due to local climatic, geological and topographical conditions.
SECTION III EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance will take effect and be in force thirty days after final passage but not before
January 1, 2011.
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 23rd day of November 2010, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bensoussan, Castaneda, McCann, Ramirez and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Cheryl Cox, ayo
ATTEST:
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 3173 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 9th day of November
2010 and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
23rd day of November 2010; and was duly published in summazy form in accordance with the
requirements of state law and the City Charter.
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Dated Donna R. Norris- ,~MC, City Clerk