HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 348-1953[Electrical Code]
O~INANCE NO. 348
AN ORDINANCE ADORING THE ELECTRICAL CODE OF -.
THE COUNTY OF SAN ~TEO, CALIFORNIA, EFFECTI~ "'
OCTOBER 1, 1953, AS THE ELECTRICAL CODE OF
THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN F~NClSCO, A~ REP~LING
ORDINANCE. NO. 126 PASSED OCTOBER 20, 1924.
The City Council o£ the City o£ South San Francisco,
does ordain as follows:
Section 1. That certain Electrical Code, entitled,
"ELECTRICAL CODE OF THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA",
hereinafter referred to as "ELECTRICAL CODE", which was
adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San
Mateo and became effective on October l, 1953, is hereby
adopted as the Electrical Code for the City of South San
Francisco.
Three (3) copies of said code have been filed for
use and examination by the public in the office of the
city clerk of said city.
Section 2. Subject to amendments, and also provided
that the words and phrases of the said Electrical Code here-
inafter respec%ively set forth shall have the respective
meanings, next herein specified:
(a) "County of San Mateo" shall mean "City
of South San Francisco.
(b). "Board of Supervisors" shall mean "City
Council",
(c) "County Building Inspector" shall mean
"Building Inspector of the City",
(d) "County Manager" shall mean "City Manager",
(e) "Unincorporated Area of San Marco County"
shall mean "Incorporated Area of the
City of South San Francisco",
Section 3, Exception 1 to Section 1 of Article 2 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Exception 1. Any electrical contractor having
in his possession a valid State of California
contractors' license C-10 shall be considered
as duly licensed in respect to the provisions
~f this Code referring to Certificate of Compe-
tency Class A required. Said contractor shall
pay all permit fees required in this Code and
comply with all the requirements pertaining to
electrical work as set forth in this Code."
Section 4. Exception 2 to Section i of Article 2 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Exception 2. Any electrical sign contractor
having in his possession a valid State of
California. contractors' license C-45 shall be
considered as duly licensed in respect to the
provisions of this Code referring to Certificate
of Competency Class B required. Said contractor
shall pay all permit fees required in this Code
and comply with all the requirements pertaining
to electrical work as set forth in this Code.
"Firms hanging electrical fixtures only
shall be required to have a C-61, SC license
and shall be classified in this Code under
Class B."
Section 5. Subsection (c) of Section 3 of Article 2
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(c) Exception 1. Any electrical contractor
having in his possession a valid State of
California contractors' license C-10 shall be
considered as duly licensed in respect to the
provisions of this Code referring to Certificate
of Competency Class A required. Said contractor
shall pay all permit fees required in this Code
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and comply with all the requirements pertaining
to electrical work as set forth in this Code."
"Exception 2. Any electrical sign contractor
having in his possession a valid State of
California contractors' license C-45 shall be
considered as duly licensed in respect to the
provisions of this Code referring to Certificate
of Competency Class B required. Said contractor
shall pay all permit fees required in this Code
and comply with all the requirements pertaining
to electrical work as set forth in this Code.
"Firms hanging electrical fixtures only
shall be required to have a C-61, SC license
and shall be classified in this Code under
Class B."
Section 6. Any person, persons, firm or corporation
who shall violate any provision of this ordinance or of said
electrical code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not less than
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($25.00) and not exceeding THREE HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($300.O0), or by imprisonment for a period not exceed-
ing three (3) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Each day's violation of said electrical code shall be deemed
a separate offense and shall be punished accordingly.
Section 7. Ordinance numbered 126 of the City of
South San Francisco entitled "AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THE
OFFICE OF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR IN AND FOR THE CITY OF SOUTH
SAN FRANCISCO, TO REGULATE AND DEFINE THE DUTIES OF SUCH
OFFICE AND TO ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE
INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRICAL WIRING
AND APPARATUS, TO FIX PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF ITS
PROVISIONS AND REPEALING ALL LAWS IN CONFLICT THEREWITH",
passed and adopted the 20th day of october, 1925, is hereby
expressly repealed.
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Section 8. This ordinance shall be published once
in the Enterprise-South San Francisco Journal, a newspaper
of general circulation, published and circulated in said
City of South San Francisco.
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Introduced this 7th day of December, 1953.
PASSED AND ADOPTED as an ordinance of the City of
South San Francisco at a regular meeting of the City Council
of said city this 21 day of December , 195 3, by the
following vote:
AYES, Councilmen John Noonan, Adolph Saui, Emilio Cortesi,
Joseph Bracco~ Telford Smith
NOES, Counci linen Noue
ABSENT, Councilmen None
APPROVED:
Nayor
San Francisco.
City Clerk
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