Ord G-096(03-50)AN ~!RDINANCE of THE CITY COUNCIl', (if Tile CITY ~.~F DELl{AY B~\CI!~
FI,O!IIDA, ItEP~\IING OttI)INANCE NO. &-76, AND ~I;~INANCE NO. G-87~
AMENBING SECTION 14, OF CIiAPTEI~ YI ~.0,' ThE CITY COLE, P~t'rAINING
TBE ~)O~ED OF EI~CTJ{ICAL ET~IMI.XLhS, AND I'llOVIDING TIIE qUALIFICA-
TIONS OF TiiOSE IYHO SEI~VE oN SAID BOA}{D; AMENDING SECTION 15 OF
CI~APTER VI OF Tile CITY CODE, PEllTAINING TO Tile DUTIES OF THE BOA~
0!' EIECTI[ICAL ~)~ilNE}~S; AND ~JI;TilE}{ AMENDING SECTION 17 OF ClfiPT~
VI OF TIlE CITY CODE, PE.}{]bilNING To EX~D, IINATIONS c~F APPLICANTS FOil
CLiSS i ELECTt{ICAI~ C~NY[o~CTt)~iS' LICENSES, AND CLASS 2 ELECTi{ICAL
[uAINTENANCE LICENSES, PI~ESCi~IBING eUAL~'ICATIONS FOR APPLICANTS
TIiEIIE]vOR, PI[ESCIilBING Fi)II OIhil, AND ~ilIlTT~N ~XgMINATIONS F~ffl iH~PLI-
CANTS TilE~IEF{&-I, AND FURTHEr[ iq:ESCt,:IBING FOil T~IE !iECOM}i~NDATIONS
~}F THE ELCTRICAL BOAi~) TO BE S~}MITTED TO TIrE CITY COUNCIL FOR
FINAL DECISION AS TO TIlE GliNTING OF EITHER of SAID C~SSES OF
I,ICENSES FO}~ THE 7~PLICANTS
BE IT OHDAINED by the City Council of the City of belray
};epcb~ Florida~ as Follows:
Section 1: Tt:mt Ordinsnce G-76 be, snd the sgme is, here-
by repealed.
Section 2: That Ordinance No. G-87 be, snd the same
hereby repealed.
Section 3: That Section 1,1 of Chapter VI of the City
Code of the C:ity off Delray Beach, Florida, be, and the sgr:te is~
hereby ,~menrled to ret~d ~s follows:
"T~ere is hereby created ~ Board of Klectricsl ~aminers
which shall consist of the Electrical Inspector and F~mr other
members appointed by the City Council as follows: One grsduate
~ ~ a ' ' lectors of the City of l;e]rsv
electrical engineer, two ou, l.~F~ed e . ~.
1leach, Florida, and one representative of the Local Power and
Light Comp any.
it~pointment sha. ll be made for terms of t~¥o years, but any
member may, CoP caase~ be retaoved From office or substitute(I for
any length of time, by the City Council."
Section 4: ,h,t Section ]5 of Ci,~pter. VI of the City Code
of ti'~e City of Delrsy .Beach, Florida, be, and the same is, hereby
a.uended to read as Follows:
"Section 15: Laties of Board of Electrical Examiners:-
It shp]] be the duty of the Eoard of LlectrJ. c~l Examiners to imld
a meeting when called by the Electrical Inspector to examine re-
presentatives off applicants For licenses; to make reco~mnendstions
based on org, 1 and written examinm, tions and intervie~vs, to the
co~.mcil flor Final decision as to the gr~'..ntin.~ of either ,~ said
classes of licenses; to revoke or suspend licenses For good and
sufCicient cause ~,s prescrLbed in Section 21; to review decisions
of the Electric~.~ Inspector as provided For in Section 29, and to
take such other ~ctions ~s m~y be ~ound necessary or desirable
for carrying out the provisions off t;~is ordinance.
'~he l~oar'd sttal], keep record off ~11 meeting, s wl'tictt records
shall be open For inspection ~.t ~11 times. The Board shell keep
a record of all licenses issued by it and sh. all prepare a manual
of its rules and regulations For the conduct of exan~inations.
Three (3) ~ne~nbers of the 14oard present at any nieeting shal
ounstitute a quoru~ for tl~e granting¢ revocation~ or suspension of
licenses end the transaction of other business and e majority vote
of such quorum sh~.;ll preve, il."
Section 5: That Section 17 of Ch,,pter VI of tile City ~Jode
of the City of' i)elray Beach, Florida, Be, ~,~(~ the sa:ne is hereby
a;~ended to read ss follows:
,~e designated representative of eac~ applicant for 5
license simll be examined by the i'loard of Electrical Exa~niner's
to his knowledge of the rules ~nd regulations for the installation
of electrical wiring, derices, appliances, Fixtures and equipment
ss set Forth in the st~tutes of the State of Flo~ida~ in the ord-
inances of the City of i)elray Bes~cf~ and in the N~tjonsl '.~lectrics~[
Code, and to determine the general qualifications and Fitness of
each applicant For executing the class of work covered by the
license applied For; provided, however, that such personal repres-
entative shall have had at least Five year's of electrical experi-
ence before taking such exsmim~tion, and f'urther provided thai sucl:
personal represe¢~tative shall Furnish to the Bosrd of Electrical
~5~aminers three letters off reco;mnendatjon as to his character and
to his ability in the Field of idlectrical work."
"Eo. ch persona] representative sh~,ll be .~;iven s written test
which shall be completed withi~ a re,,~sonsble ti;,m and which ques-
tions are to be compiled ~nd graded by the I~oard of Electrical
sminers; and each personal represent~tive s[~all be given an oral
exm~instion by the Board of Electrical Examiners. In arriving st
'the final grade given to such personal representative, the written
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examination shall be counted for seventy-five percent (75~) there.
o£ and the oral examination for twent,'-Cive percent ("5`/) thereof
that the necessary experience and letters of reco~uendetion which
the personal representative ~nust have are merely factors which
qualify the personal representative to take the examinations and
in norway shall they be co~sidere(l in arriving at the finial
grade of such,~rsonal representative.~g~-~/ ~b' ~,~,--~/~~/
~'~~~' "The Electrical Inspector sitall report the grede received
by the personal representstive to the City Council and the Llec-
trical Bosrd simll make its recommendations to the City Council,
such recommendations to be based upon the result of the
tion ' ~ '
. TneC~.ty Council shal1 h~ve the firm1 decision es to the
grant~ng of either of said classes of licenses to the ~pplic~nts
therefor."
"The complete record of their written examination
and the result of the said oral examination shall be kept on file
until three (3) years after the date ()f such examinations."
"~xaminations for license will be helq monthly~ Upon
the tliird Saturday ~orning~ whenever such examination is requested
by an applicant, provided such application is on file with the
Electrical Inspector for at least fifteen days previous to said
examination."
Section 6: Each personal representative ~pplying for
an exmnin~tion shall pay to the City of Delray :!e,~ch five dol]~rs
(~5.00) For suclt examination, which sum shall be no pert of ~ny
other fee or license to be paid to said City.
Section 7: If such personal rcpr~sentr~tive taking
an examin~tion fails the sa,ac, i~e shall not take ~,noth~2r ex~mina-
tian for at !e~st ninety (90) days from ti~e d~)te of t~t<in~ suci~
Section 8: Any valid applicution for examination
whicl~ is on file with ti. to C.kt3 Of Delrsy [~ep~ch, ~' ' ici~
been duly executed nt the ti~,e of the psssa;;e oF tl~is ordinance,
shall he dee;~ed to bo v~lid accordin,~ to tt~e provisions oF ti:is
Ord' n
Section 9: Ali ordinances or pnrts oF ordirmnces
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conflict i~er. ew:[th ar'e t~e:~eby repesled.
}'ASr;ED in reg~ali~r session on the second r,n~t final
peading on this the ~ day of Ma~eh , ~. . .
~',a~ City Council
ATTE~;T:
City fflerk-- ~
t~irst resding - February 28, 1950
Second re,.ding - Marc~ 14, 1950.
~'asse,t. She a~i,pted - March 14, 1950.
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TI~E
DELRAY BEACH JOURNAL
Published
Weekly
Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH:
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared
Robert L. ~ritt
who on oath says that he is Editor of The Delray Beach
.lournal, a weekly newspaper published at Delray Beach in AN ORdINAnCE OF' T~ C~TY
Palm Beach County, Florida; that the attached copy of ad- COm~CIL Or THE crrY o:r
RAY BEACH. FLORIDA, REPEAL-
vertisement, being a Legal Notice in the matter of ~a ~m~a~ ~o. ~
O~DINAN~ NO. O-~, AMEND-
0r~nance repealing ordinance ~76 and ~o SECTION 1~, Or
VI OF THE CITY ~DE, PER-
TAINING TO THE BOARD OF
ordinance G-87 - electrical code ELECTRICAL EXAMINrRS, AND
PROVIDING T H E QUALIFICA-
~io~s or ~UOSE WUO S~RV~
City of Delray Beach ON s~m no~u:
SECTION ]5 OF CHAPTER VI OF
T~E CITY CODE, PERTAINING
TO THE DUTIES OF THE BOARD
OF EL~TRICAL EXAMINE~;
AND FURTHER ~MENDING SE ,-
TION 17 0F CHAPTER VI OF
THE CITY CODE, PERTAINING
T0 EXAMINATIONS OF APPLI-
CANTS FOR CLAS~ I ELECTRI-
c~ CO~TU~CTOR'S ~CE~SZS,
~D C L ~ S.S ~ SLECTS~C~
in the ...................... Court, was published in said rou ~rPL~CA~VS
WRITTEN E~MIN~TIONS ,FOR
newspaper in the issues of ~rch 2, 1950 ~USTUEU PRESCRIBING FOR
............................ ~}~ ~.Omm~Va'~OXS O~
THg ~LE~RICAL BOARD
BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY
.COUNCIL FOR FINAL DECISION
AS TO THE GRANTING
EITHER OF SAID CLA.SSES OF
LICENSES FOR THE APPLL
CANTS THEREFOR,
The above Ordinance is published
by caption only. ~opy of same is on
' file in the Clt-y ~lerk's Office for in-
spection of interested ~rsons. This
Affiant further says that the said The Delray Beach Journal is a Ordinance was placed on first read-
ing by the City Council at a Regular
newspaper published at Delray Beach, in said Palm Beach Co~ty, . Meeting held on ~February 28th, ~9~,
Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continu- . and said City Council will sit on the
Ously published in said Pa~ Beach County, Florida, each week and ~ 14th day of March, 1~, in the Coun-
cil Chambers in the City Hall, at
has been entered as second cl~s mail matter at the ~stoffice in which t~e the above Ordinan~ shall
Delray Beach, in said Palm Beach County, Florida, for a period of one ~ be read in full, and all persons inter-
year next preceding the first publi~ion of the attached copy of ad- ~ ested shall be given an opportunity to
vertisement; and affiant furthe~a~s that he has neither paid nor be heard.
p~mised any person, firm or~r~ation any discount, r,ebate, corn- RUTH R. SMIT~
City Clerk
mission or refund for the ~rpose~ securing this adge~ement for Publish ~-2~.
publication in the said n~sp~.~ ~ ~ -; ~ .. '~ ?~
Sworn ~ and subscribed ~fore me th~ ................ da~ of
................................ A. D.
(SEAL) ~otary Public, S~te of Flo~da at Large.
~o+e~ Public, Sta~e o[ F]orid~ ~* ~ar~e
~'~"~'~ :t}on exDire~ Feb,
My Commission