160 Electrical Code Inspections
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ORDINANCE NO... 160
AMENDING TITLE II, CHAPTER III OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF MERIDIAN, 1955, DEALING WITH INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ELECTRICAL
CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF' THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA
COUNTY, IDAHO:.
Section 1. That Title II, Chapter 3, of the Revised and Compiled Ordi-
nances of the City of Meridian, be and the same is hereby amended to read as
follows:
2-305:; INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS:, It shall be the duty of the City Super-
intendent ..... or the State Inspector if the City so choos~~__.** to inspect or
cause to he inspected any and all work for which permits have been issued within
forty-eight hours_CSundays and holidays excluded) after time of notice, in
writing by the person, firm, contractor or corporation doing the ,said work, that
same is ready for inspection, which will not be considered ready for inspection-
and covering until all enclosed plumbing, stearn heating, furnace work and gas
fittings are in place. Inspection shall, when necessary, be made two or three
times during progress of installation; first when work is roughed in, and last,
when work is completed; and it shall be the duty of the City Superintendent or
person qualified and delegated by him and his qualified representative, to
indicate inspection of any work by a tag or label, shall state the date and
whether first or final inspection has been made and it shall be unlawful forany
workman or other person to lath or otherwise conceal any electrical wiring until
such first inspection tag has been placed.
A. Upon application for inspection of any wlrlng apparatus, or appliances
as hereinafter provided, the City Superintendent shall after inspection and ex-
amination issue a certificate showing the results of such examinations and re-
quire to be made the necessary corrections.
B. If the said City Superintendent shall find any part of any electric
light or power wiring apparatus or fixtures in or on any building in the City of
Meridian to have been installed without a permit or not in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter or to be dangerous to life or propertYl the City
Superintendent shall have the right and power and it is hereby made his duty to
disconnect such Defective wiring and place a seal upon it. He shall at the same
time give written notice of such disconnection to the owner or occupant of the
building. After such disconnected wiring, apparatus, or fixtures have been put
in the condition required by this chapter, the seal or seals so placed shall
be removed by said City Superintendent. It shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to use any current, through, or by means of such disconnected
wiring, apparatus or fixtures or to attai:h,bther wiresf'or tHe, supply_of current
toauchdiscopnec1:oed wi..riDg~. &pt)aratuso:t,fixt1lres' or~-to' reli()Y:e" break ordefaae
any" seal so Ph(;~d~_- _ "(Ez)'- -o.'iI!Iut: .City-_ Su~rintend~:nt,~"sM.ll;_:reqlrlre~all:bath_ room ,,';
ligh~8jto be_equipped idth,'a receptacle-.;ucLsvitch vhi(:hreceptacle~$hall be so
attached as to prevent any person while standing in the bath tub to reach or touch same
Passed by the City Council and approved by the Mayor of the City of
Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, this 1st. day of May, 1967.
A})PROVED:
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