OR 304 Adopts the Electrical Code, 1984 edition AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 304
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, ADOPTING THE
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1984 EDITION AND INTERIM AMENDMENTS (TIA 70-
84-1 AND TIA 70-84-2); PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF ELECTRICAL WORK
WITHIN THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS; AND DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS; PROVIDING
FOR CERTAIN DELETIONS AND EXEMPTIONS; PROVIDING SPECIFICATIONS,
MATERIALS AND METHODS OF ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION; PROVIDING
REGULATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS AND EQUIPMENT
INSTALLED WITHIN OR ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BUILDINGS OR OTHER STRUCTURES,
INCLUDING MOBILE HOMES AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES; AND OTHER PREMISES
SUCH AS YARDS, CARNIVAL, PARKING AND OTHER LOTS, AND INDUSTRIAL
SUBSTATIONS; PROVIDING REGULATIONS FOR CONDUCTORS THAT CONNECT THE
INSTALLATIONS TO A SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY AND OTHER OUTSIDE CONDUCTORS
ON PREMISES; REPEALING ALL PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS
ORDINANCE; SPECIFICALLY REPEALING ORDINANCES NO. 276 AND NO. 276-A-1;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF
THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00)
FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. TITLE.
This ordinance shall be known as the "City of Coppel] Electrical Code" and
Article 15-2 of the City Code shall be amended to reflect its adoption.
SECTION 2. ADOPTION OF "NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE," 1984
EDITION AND INTERIM AMENDMENTS TIA 70-84-1 and 70-84-2.
There is hereby adopted by the City of Coppell, Texas, for the purpose of
providing requirements for the safeguarding of persons and property and promoting the
welfare of the public, that certain National Electrical Code, 1984 Edition, together
with interim amendments (TIA 70-84-1 and 70-84-2), adopted by the National Fire
Protection Association, save and except portions as hereinafter deleted, modified or
amended. A copy of said adopted code is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and made a
part hereof, the same as if fully set out at length herein, and from the date this
ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the
corporate limits of the City.
SECTION 3. GENERAL AMENDMENT TO NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE,
1984 EDITION.
In addition to the provisions of the Electrical Code attached hereto as Exhibit
"A", the fees set out in the fee schedule attached hereto as Exhibit "B" shall be
collected in connection with Electrical Code matters.
SECTION 5. REPEALING CLAUSE.
All parts of ordinances inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed. Ordinances No. 276 and No. 276-A-1 are hereby
specifically repealed.
However, the repeal of existing ordinances by this ordinance shall not affect
or prevent the prosecution or the punishment of any person for any act done or committed
prior to the effective date of this ordinance in violation of any ordinance hereby
repealed; and the prosecution of such offenses may be instituted and causes presently
pending prosecuted as if such prior ordinance or ordinances had not been repealed.
SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
If any article, paragraph or subdivision, clause, phrase or provision of this
ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not affect
the validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof, other than
the part so decided to be invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 7. PENALTY CLAUSE.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined
not to exceed the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense, and each
and every day such offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate offense.
SECTION 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This ordinance shall take effect i~m~d~at~- f~m eP'~ after its passage and
publication of its caption, as the law in such eases provides.
SECTION 9. SPECIAL HANDLING OF ORDINANCE.
Due to the size of the volume attached hereto as Exhibit "A", it is hereby
directed that the original of this ordinance, with Exhibit "A" attached, be kept as a
separate file in the office of the City Secretary, and that a duplicate original of this
ordinance, with a photocopy of the cover sheet of such volume, be placed in the official
ordinance book.
DULY PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Coppell,
Texas, this the o2-qs~: day of ~e_./~ , 1984,