18-69 ORDINANCE NO. 18-69.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH,
FLORIDA, A~ENDING SECTION 13-5 (b), CHAP-
TER 13, AND ORDINANCE NO. G-350, PERTAIN-
ING TO THE ELECTRICAL CODE FOR THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO
ALL REGULATIONS RELATING THERETO, AND
CONFORMANCE WITH THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL
SAFETY CODE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 13-5 (b), Chapter 13 of the
Code of Ordinances, City of Delray Beach, Florida, be and is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"(b) SERVICE WIRES FROM THE OUTSIDE OF A BUILDING.
Overhead service entrance conductors must be install-
ed in rigid metal conduit. Direct buried service is
permitted for Florida Power and Light Company and
any approved utility company. The direct buried
service shall be installed and maintained at a mini-
mum depth of not closer than 24 inches to the surface
of the ground. Such service shall be restricted to
single family and duplex dwellings only. All such
service shall be installed, operated and maintained
by a public utility company or a communications com-
pany. No direct buried cable shall be installed
under any construction unless in transite or conduit
and in conformance with the National Electrical Safe-
ty Code."
Section 2. ~Fnoever shall violate the provisions of
this section, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished in
accordance with Section 1-6, Code of Ordinances of the City of
Delray Beach, Florida.
PASSED in regular session on the second and final read-
ing on the 14th day of April , 1969.
First Reading .. March 24~ 1969
Second Reading A~ril 14, !~69
DELRAY BEACH NEWS,JOURNAL
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at Delray Beach, in said Palm Beach County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has
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has been entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Delray Beach, in said
Palm Beach County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication
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NOTARY PUc!lC ~°-,T~,TE O~ FLO~ID.'~ AT LARGE
f,lY CCM;.;:S$10:: EXFhq~S MAR. 19,
FLORIDA POW GHT COMPANY
240 14. E. 2ND AYENUE
P. O. BOX 2409
J. W. RAY DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA
MANAGER 33444
April 4, 1969
Mr. R. H. Abbott, Director
Planning and Zoning and Building Inspections
City of Delray Beach
P. O. Box 2469
Delray Beach, Florida 33444
Re: URD Ordinance
Dear Mr. Abbott:
In confirmation of our conversation of April 3, the I/RD ordinance that
is presently coming before the City Commission for approval is for direct
buried services for residential and duplex type buildings. At the present
time under the present codes, this type of service is not covered. This
is why we have requested the City of Delray Beach to pass the URD ordinance.
We do not use any direct buried services to commercial and industrial buildings
for the simple reason that they are normally three-phase services with large
load requirements and require primary underground feed into transformer vaults
or large overhead services. We are, in fact, at the present time installing
underground feeds to industrial and commercial buildings which are covered
under present coding. I can assure you and the Commission that the passage
of this URD ordinance is in no way discriminatory to the industrial and
commercial buildings. An example of a commercial application would be the
new Quality Court building at the Intracoastal Waterway and Atlantic Boulevard.
We will have an underground primary feed from our overhead facilities to the
transformer vault.
I trust that this information will be satisfactory. If I can be of further
help, please call me.
Very truly yours,
W. Ray~
~w/Manager
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