04-79 ORDINANCE NO. 4-79
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 13 "ELECTRICITY" OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH,
FLORIDA, BY REPEALING SECTON 13-4(f)(2) RELATING TO
FEES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ELECTRICAL PERMITS; REPEALING
SECTION 13-4(f)(3) RELATING TO FEES FOR POOL HOOKUP AND
ENACTING A NEW SECTION 13-4(f)(2) AND (3); AMENDING SEC-
tion 13-4(g) TO REFLECT THE OPERATION OF ALL ELECTRICAL
APPARATUS WITHIN THE CITY SHALL CONFORbI TO THE RULES AND
REGULATIONS OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1978 EDI-
TION; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 13-4(f)(2) and (3) is hereby repealed
and new Section 13-4(f)(2) and (3) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
(2) The minimum fee for issuance of an electrical permit
shall be:
Residential $5.00
Commercial 10.00
Temporary & Construction Service 10.00
Number Amperes Fee
1-99 ........................ $25.00
100-149 ........................ 40.00
150-199 ........................ 55.00
200-399 ........................ 85.00
400-599 ........................ 175.00
600-799 ........................ 250.00
800-999 ........................ 350.00
1000 ........................ 500.00
When amperes are increased, the fee for change of service
shall be based upon the amount of additional amperes as
shown on the above schedule. Where the amperes remain the
same or are decreased, the fee for change of service shall
be $25.00.
Where outlets are added but no increase in amperes, the
fee for. 1 to 5 outlets shall be $10.00, and the fee for
each additional 5 outlets or fraction thereof shall be $2.50.
The electric service shall be grounded at meter can with
proper size wire in rigid metal conduit with approved hub at
water pipe. Any water pipe at dead ends must have a hose
bib.
To secure an electrical permit for a State approved Modular
Home, the fee for building the service shall be $25.00.
(3) Pool Hookup. When a pool is added to an existing struc-
ture as distinguished from being part of'a new structure,
the permit fee is $10.00. A pool hookup may include one
or more of the following:
Pump;
Grounding;
Light;
Light transformer;
Time clock.
If other equipment is being installed in connection with
a pool hookup and this equipment generates amperes, then
in addition to the ten dollar ($10.00) hookup fee provided
in this paragraph, a permit fee will be charged based upon
the number of amperes according to the fee schedule set
forth above.
Section 2. That Section 13-4(g) is hereby amended to read as
follows:
(g) Adoption of National Electrical Code. Except as in this
chapter otherwise provided, all electrical construction
and all material and appliances used in connection with
electrical work and the operation of all electrical appa-
ratus within the City shall conform to the rules and
regulations of the National Electrical Code, ~§ 1978 edi-
tion, as recommended and published by the National
Fire Protection Association for the installation of
wiring and electrical apparatus for electrical purposes,
of which copies are on file in the office of the City
Clerk, which rules and regulations are hereby adopted and
approved and made a part of this chapter as fully as if
set out in length herein; provided that the rules and
regulations of the National Electrical Code are not in
any respect in conflict with the provisions of this
chapter, this Code, the laws of the state or subsequent
ordinances and resolutions of the City.
Section 3. That should any section or provision of this ordinance
or any portion thereof, any paragraph, sentence, or word be declared by a
Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remainder hereof as a whole or part thereof other than
the p~rt declared to be invalid.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall become effective ten days
after passage on second and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading
on this 26th day of February , 1979.
ATTEST: LEON M. WEEKES
~/City Clerk
First Reading February 12, 1979
Second Reading February 26, 1979
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