The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-06-04

AN to create an Electrical Bu-
reau and the Office of Eleetrical. Inspector
in the City of Pleasantville, and to regu-
late the erection, installation. alteration,
repair and use of electrical installations
and constructions in the City of Pleasant
vile.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common
Council of the City of Pleasantville that here
after in the City of Pleasantville there shall
be established and maintained an Electrical
Bureau, which bureau shall be charged With
and have supervision and control over the
erection, installation, alteration, repair and
use of electrical constructions in the said
City of Pleasantyille.
SECTION La it fuEther -ordained that The.
TectricaI Inspector shall hold office Tor the
term of one year from the first day of lanu-
airy of the year of his appointment and until
his successor is duly appointed and qualified.
Section 3. BE it further ordained that it
shall be the duty of the Electrical Inspector
to inspect all overhead street constructions.
poles. brackets, fixtures and crossarms, all
electrical constructions Of whatever eharae-
ter, all connections with buildings, both in
side and outside, and all installations of
wires and shall have power to order any
defective construction repaired, removed or
rebuilt whenever in his judgment life or
property is endangered by such defective con-
structions and it shall be his duty to see
that all laws and ordinances now or hereafter
enacted governing electrical work or con-
structiOn are strictly complied with, and that
no electrical work is done or is in use that
does not comply with and conform to the
rules and requirements Of the National Board
of Fire Underwriters as now or hereafter set
forth in the National Electrical Code, or such
notifications or supplements thereto as may
from time to time be adopted by the Common
Council of the City of Pleasantville, and that
no electrical work be done or be in use which
endangers life or property. Said Electrical
Inspector shall have the right during reason
able hours to enter any building. manhole or
other place in the discharge of his official
duties, or for the purpose of making any
electrical tests of the electrical apparatus or
appliances therein contained, and for that
purpose he shall be given prompt access to
all buildings, private or public, and to all
manholes and subways upon application to
the company or individual owning or in
charge or control of the same.
Said Electrical Inspector shall have power
in the event of fire within the city limits or
upon the occasion Of severe storm or other
emergency or in case of any defective electro
cal construction, turn off or cause to be
turned off any electric current that in his
judgment is dangerous to life or property,
and it shall be unlawful to turn on such cur
rent without a permit from said Electrical
Inspector.
Section 4. Be it further ordained that
every person, firm or corporation making ap-
p~lication for any permit to do electric work
under the terms Of this ordinance shall at the
time Of making such application, file with
the Electrical Inspector a plan or statement
showing the character and amount of such
work and shall, at the same time, deposit
with the said Electrical Inspector the amount
of the fees for the permit and for the inspec-
'ASi " "a WIN 9llONA WI HhHA Iidi - oLhLtT
ment in accordance with the terms of this
ordinance. If any addition shall be made to
such work or any extra inspection of the
work shall be necessary, the person, firm or
corporation to whom the permit is issued
shall pay to the Electrical Inspector the fees
therefor, according to the terms of this ordi-
nance within ten days after demand therefor
by SAID Electrical Inspector, and IL such per-
son, firm or corporation shall fail or refuse
to pay such fees within said time. said Elec-
trical Inspector shall refuse to issue to any
such person, firm or corporation any permit
for the doing of any further electrical work
until such fees are paid.
section B. Be it further ordained that 1t
shall hereafter be unlawful for any person,
persons or corporations to string, add to.
change or alter any wires for transmission
OF electric current or cause the same to be
done. or make any electrical connection
whatever, without first obtaining from the
Electrical Inspector a permit for which there
shall be paid to the said Electrical Inspector
at the time application is made the following
rates. viz
Motors and Generators.
From L to 10 (inclusiye) horsepower
or kllowatt $500
From II TO 20 tinclusive) horsepower
From Fl to 40 Cinclusive) horsepower
or kilowatt 400
Al horsepower or kilowatt and over. -. 500
Small fan or desk motors, same as for in
candescent lamps.
Incandescent Lamps.
0ncluding Incandeseent arc.)
! to 10 light, inclusive ....... $3.50
II to 20 light, inclusive ............. ESQ
II to 30 light, inclusive 800
81 to 80 light, inclusive. ............. 400
81 to 100 light. inclusive. ........... 800
For each additional 100 light or frac-
Fixture work and signs at above rate.
iSnIiy permit . = :. 3lO.OO
75% of said fees shall be retained by said
urer.
Section G. Be It further ordained that If
the Electrical Inspector shall find any part
OF any electrical wiring, apparatus or fixtures
In or about any building In the City to have
been installed without a permit or not IN
with the provisions Of this ordi-
nance, or to be dangerous to life or property,
the said Electrical Inspector shall have the
right and power to dlsconnoct such defective
work and place a seal upon such defective
work so disconnected. He shall at the same
time give written notice OF such disconnec-
tion to the owner or occupant of the building
in which such disconnecting has been done
or to the person using current by means of
such disconnected wiring, apparatus or fix