The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-03-29
ORDINANCE 253.

An ordinance regulating the install
| ing of electric wiring and the install
ing of electrical apparatus in the city
of DenisOn, Iowa.
Be it ordained by the City Council
of Denison. Iowa
Sec. 1: The superintendent or Elec-
trical Inspector Of the Electrical De-
partment of the city of Denison. Iowa,
are hereby authorized, directed and
empowered to inspect any and all
buildings, tents and other structures
public and private and to condemn
and order removed or remedied ami
put in proper and safe condition for
the protection from fire, all electri-
cal heating and lighting apparatus,
power generators, motors, machinery
fixtures and connections, electrical
wires and electrical apparatus, and to
control the disposition and arrange.
ment of the same so that persons and
property shall not be in danger there
from.
Sec. 2: No building shall be wired
for the placing of electric lights, mo-
| tors, heating devices, signs or dis
plays, or other electrical apparatus,
nor shall any electrical apparatus be
installed in or upon any building, with.
out first securing from the electric
light committee of the city OF Denl-
son, Iowa, or it's duly authorized agent,
a permit therefor. nor shall any al
terations or changes be made in any
wiring or installations after inspec-
tiOns without securing a permit there
for
Sec. 8: Upon the completion of the
wiring of any building, it shall be the
duty of the firm. company or person
doing the same, to notify the electri-
cal department, which shall within
fCrty.eight (4S) hours from the re-
ceipt of such notice, cause said wir-
ing to be inspected
Sec 4: No person having charge of
the construction, alteration Or repair
of any building. or other person, shall
cover or conceal, or cause to be COW
cred, any wiring or electrical appar-
atus for which permit is required be-
fore the same has been inspected and
approved as required by this ordinance.
Sec. S: The electrical inspector
shall have authority to remove or cause
to be removed, all lath. plaster board
or ether Instructions which may pre-
vent the proper inspection of wires
or electrical. apparatus.
Sec, 6: For the reinspection of new
work found to be defective, a. charge
of fifty cents per hour or fraction
thereof for each inspection by reason
of such defects shall be made.
Sec. 7: In all wiring. special atten-
ton must be given to the mechanical
execution Of the work. Said work
shall be done in the latest and most
workmanlike manner.
Sec. s: The following rules shall be
observed at all times in the installing
Of electric wires or apparatus by any
person doing said work in the city of
Denison, Iowa:
First in laying out and installing,
every reasonable effort must be made
to secure distribution centers located
in easily accessible places, at which
points the cut-outs and switches con-
trolling the several branch circuits
can be grouped for convenience and
safety of operation. The load must be
divided as evenly as possible among
the branches, and, all complicated and
unnecessary wiring avoided.
Second. Wires must be so install
ed that no strain is placed on joints
or spices; each wire must have at
least four complete turns around the
other wire. In a splice OF dead end
type, the wire must be given at least
four turns. No joint will be approved
that is less than three-fOurths of an
inch in length. A properly soldered
joint has the following characters
tics to be observed: all parts OF the
wire from which the insulation has
been removed should be thoroughly
"tinned" to insure preservation. Sol
der should then be flowed freely in
to all joints and into all parts of joints