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AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNTY OF BUTTE ADOPTING THE 1965 EDITION
OF THE UNIFORM ELECTRICAL CODE, PROVIDING FOR THE APPLICATION
OF THE REGULATIONS THEREIN CONTAINED TO THE UMNCORPORATED AREAS
OF THE COUNTY, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF,
1 AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT THEREI+ftTH.
2 The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte do ordain as follows:
3 SECTION I
4. Ordinance No. SL. and Section 7A-1 of the County Code are hereby repealed.
5 SECTION II (Purpose)
6 In order to provide minimum standards for the proper regulation of the
7 installation of electrical systems, the Uniform Electrical Code, 1965 Edition,
8 published. by the Pacific Coast Electrical Bureau, which adopts by reference the
g 1965 National Electric Code and the 196,3 Electrical Safety Orders of the State
10 of California are hereby adopted, incorporated and made a part of this ordinance
11 by reference without further publication, as though set forth at Length herein,
12 and is hereby declared to be the Electrical Code for the County of Butte and
13 shall. apply to and govern all electrical installations in the unincorporated
14 areas of said County, except as hereinafter provided.
15 SECTION III (Definition)
16 ldhenever in any of the codes adopted hereunder the following names or terms
17 are used, such name or term shall have the meaning ascribed to it by this section
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19 1. Chief Electrical Inspector shall mean the Director of Public Works of
20 the County of Butte.
21 2. Legislative Body of local agency shall mean the Board of Supervisors
22 of the County of Butte.
23 SECTION IV (Prohibition}
24 It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation either as an
2g owner, lessee, architect, contractor, artisan, or otherwise to make arty installa-•
26 tion, alteration, or repair, or to cause, permit, or suffer the same t3 be done
2'7 of any electrical wiring, devices, appliances, or equipment in the unincorporated
28 areas of said Gouaty contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of this
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30 SECTION V (Exceptions)
31 Section "2A" of the Uniform Electrical Code, 1965 Edition, is hereby
32 amended by adding thereto Paragraphs 5, 6, and 7, which as added shall read as
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5. No permit shall be required for arty' agricultural building or structure.
Agriesultural buildings are defined as follows: ~~Agricultural building
is a building located on agricultural property and used to shelter farm
implements, hay, grain, poultry, livestock, or other farm produces in
which there is no human habitation and which is not used by the public°.
6. No permit shall be required for small unimportant detached structures,
i.e., tool sheds, ~~tood sheds, and work shops with a total area including
additions of less than 200 square feet and whose occupancy is classified
as Type Jas defined in the 196. Uniform Building Code as published by
the International Conference of Building Officials, except that this
exemption shall. not apply to laundry buildings, bath houses, carports,
and garages.
7. No permit shall be required for the installation, alteration or repair
of agricultural water pumps used solely far agricultural purposes.
SECTION VI (Permit Expiration)
Every electrical permit issued under the provisions of this ordinance shall
sire by limitatian and become null and void after one (1) year from the date
issuance of said permit; prrovided however, if said electrical permit is issued
conjunction with a building permit, said electrical permit will remain active
long as the building permit is native,
SECTION VII (Transfer Fee)
Section 3 of the Uniform Electrical Code, 1965 Edition, is hereby amended
adding thereto the following paragraph:
"An electrical permit may be transferred from the original permittae to
another person due to Change in ownership or contractor and the transfer fee
shall be Two Dollars (~2.00).~~
SECTION VIII (Appeals Board)
The Loaal.Appeals Board of the County of Butte which was established by
olution No, 6/~~-3 by the Butte County Board of Supervisors shall hear any and
appeals regarding the application and enforcement of this ordinance.
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1 SECTION TX (Severability - Valiiity)
2 If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance
3: is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
4` decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
5 ordinance. The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it would have passed
6 this ordinance and each section, sub-section, sentence, clause, and phrase
7 thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sub-sections,
8 sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid.
9 SECTION X (Violations)
10` Any person, firm, or corporation violating or causing or permitting the
11 violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a
12 misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more
13' than $500.00 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a term not exceeding six
14' (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
15 SECTION XI
16 This ordinance shall take effect and be in force at the expiration of thin
17 (30) days from and after its passage and before the expiration of fifteen (15)
18 days after its passage shall be published once with the names of the members
19' voting for and against the same in a newspaper of general circulation printed
20 and published in the County of Butte.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 31st day of May , 1966, by the
fallowing vote:
AYES: Supervisors iiowsden, Maxon, McKillop and Chairman Giles
NOES: idone
ABSENT: Supervisor Pryde
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Chaff of the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Butte
ATTEST:
JESSIE ROGERS
Butte County Glerk and ex-officio
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
BY ~J~
Dep~y~ Clerk
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