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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance No. 05-1628 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 05- 1""< 8 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE I, SECTION 6-2(a), BY DELETING ALL REFERENCES TO THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1999 EDITION, AND THE AMENDMENTS THERETO AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE, 2005 EDITION; AND, BY AMENDING SECTION 6-3, SAME-AMENDMENTS, BY REPEALING ALL AMENDMENTS TO THE 1999 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE AND REPLACING THE SAME WITH THE AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 2005 EDITION; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENAL TY FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of The Colony, Texas be, and the same is, hereby amended by amending Chapter 6, Article I, Section 6-2(a), by deleting all references to the National Electrical Code, 1999 Edition and providing for the adoption the National Electrical Code, 2005 Edition, which shall read as follows: "ARTICLE 1. IN GENERAL Sec. 6-2. Electrical code - Adopted. (a) Title; adoption. The title of this section is "The City of The Colony Electrical Code." It may be cited as such, and it is referred to in this section as "this code." The National Electrical Code, 2005 Edition, as published by the National Fire Protection, is hereby adopted by reference as the electrical code of the city, subject to all amendments and conflicting provisions contain in this Code or ordinances. A true and correct copy of said National Electrical Code shall be kept in the office of the city secretary and be made available for inspection during regular business hours. Page 1 79782 Sec. 6-3. Same - Amendments. The following are hereby adopted as amendments to the National Electrical Code ("NEC") adopted herein, and such amendments shall be and become a part of the code as adopted: Section 230.71 (A) add an exception. 230.71 Maximum Number of Disconnects. (A) General. The service disconnecting means for each service permitted by 230.2, or for each set of service-entrance conductors permitted by 230.40, Exception Nos. 1,3,4, or 5, shall consist of not more than six switches or sets of circuit breakers, mounted in a single enclosure, in a group of separate enclosures, or in or on a switchboard. There shall be no more than six sets of disconnects per service grouped in anyone location. For the purpose of this section, disconnecting means used solely for power monitoring equipment, transient voltage surge suppressors, or the control circuit of the ground-fault protection system or power-operable service disconnecting means, installed as part of the listed equipment, shall not be considered a service disconnecting means. Exception: Multi-occupant Buildings. Individual service disconnecting means is limited to six for each occupant. The number of individual disconnects at one location may exceed six. Section 300.11 add an exception. 300.11 Securing and Supporting. (A) Secured in Place. Raceways, cable assemblies, boxes, cabinets, and fittings shall be securely fastened in place. Support wires that do not provide secure support shall not be permitted as the sole support. Support wires and associated fittings that provide secure support and that are installed in addition to the ceiling grid support wires shall be permitted as the sole support. Where independent support wires are used, they shall be secured at both ends. Cables and raceways shall not be supported by ceiling grids. Exception: Ceiling grid support wires may be used for structural supports when the associated wiring is located in that area, not more than two raceways or cables supported per wire, with a maximum nominal metric designation 16 (trade size Yz"). Section 310. 15(B)(6) change to read as follows: 310.15 Ampacities for Conductors Rated 0-2000 Volts. (B) Tables. Page 2 79782 (6) 120/240-Volt, 3-Wire, Single-Phase Dwelling Services and Feeders. For dwelling units, conductors, as listed in Table 310.15(B)(6), shall be permitted as 120/240-volt, 3-wire, single-phase service-entrance conductors, service lateral conductors, and feeders conductors that serve as the main power feeder to each dwelling unit and are installed in raceway or cable with or without an equipment grounding conductor. For applications of this section, the main disconnect and the lighting and appliance branch-circuit panel boards. The feeder conductor shall be permitted to be smaller than the ungrounded conductors, provided the requirements of215.2, 220.61, and 230.42 are met. This Section shall not be used in conjunction with 220.82. Section 500.8(A)(1) change to read as follows: 500.8 Equipment. (A) Approval for Class and Properties. (1) Equipment shall be identified not only for the class oflocation but also for the explosive, combustible, or ignitable properties of the specific gas, vapor, dust, fiber, or flyings that will be present. In addition , Class I equipment shall not have any exposed surface that operates at a temperature in excess of the ignition temperature of the specific gas or vapor. Class II equipment shall not have an external temperature higher than that specified in 500.8(C)(2). Class III equipment shall not exceed the maximum surface temperatures specified in 503.1. FPN: Luminaries (lighting fixtures) and other heat-producing apparatus, switches, circuit breakers, and plugs and receptacles are potential sources of ignition and are investigated for suitability in classified location. Such types of equipment, as well as cable terminations for entry into explosion proof enclosures, are available as listed for Class I, Division 2 locations. Fixed wiring, however may utilize wiring methods that are not evaluated with respect to classified locations. Wiring products such as cable, raceways, boxes, and fittings, therefore, are not marked as being suitable for Class I, Division 2 locations. Also see Exception No.3 to 500.8(B). " SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, phrase or work in this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas hereby declares it would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity. SECTION 3. That the repeal of any ordinance or any portion thereof by the preceding sections shall not affect or impair any act done or right vested or accrued or Page 3 79782 any proceeding, suit or prosecution had or commenced in any cause before such repeal shall take effect; but every such act done, or right vested or accrued, or proceedings, suit or prosecution had or commenced shall remain in full force and effect to all intents or purposes as if such ordinance or part thereof so repealed shall remain in force. SECTION 4. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance or the Code of Ordinances as amended hereby, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the City of The Colony, Texas, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense; and each and every day such offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate offense. SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall become effective immediately from and after its passage and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide. PASSED ~ND APPRO]D by the Cit.y Council of the City of The Colony, this the ~ day of. ~ &2.. ,2005. Texas, ~L . Ai. N~~ stie Wilson, City Secretary , City Attorney ~ (REH/cdb .lJ/f.~05L , '-YWl.bM. \-;3E:{~ Page 4 79782