The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-10-17
ORDINANCE NO. III.
COMMISSION SERIES

OIbG14NfA1N1E W.. OOs COH11hAS-
SION SERIES, OF THE ORDI-
NANCES OF THE CITY OF KEY
WEST, FLORIDA, REGULAT-
ING AND GOVERNING ELEC-
lyrical CONSTRUCTION AND
IT HE SALE. INSTALLATION
AND MAINTENANCE OF ELEC-
TRICAL WIRING AND AP-
| PARATUS AND ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES WITHIN THE
CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
KEY WEST, FLORIDA; SPECI-
FLYING FEES FOR PERMITS,
EXAMINATIONS, CERTIFI-
GATES OF COMPETENCY, IN
SPECTION AND LICENSES;
CREATING AND DESIGNAT-
ING A BOARD OF EXAMIN-
ERS FOR MASTER ELECTRIC
IANS, JOURNEYMEN ELEC-
TRICIANS, MAIN TENANCE
AND SERVICE ELECTRICIANS,
{ AND PROVIDING FOR SUCH
EXAMINATIONS: DEFINING
THE DUTIES AND POWERS
OF SAID BOARD AND OF THE
ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR AND
HIS AUTHORIZED ASSIST
! ANTS OR REPRES MIA
TIVES! AND PROVIDING PEN
ALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION
THEREOF. DECLARING THIS
ORDINANCE TO BE AN EN-
URGENCY MEASURE AND BY
UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE
COMMISSION DIS P EN- S ING
WITH THE NECESSITY OF
READING THIS ORDINANCE
AT TWO REGULAR MEETINGS,
| NOT LESS THAN ONE WEEK
APART: AND s PROVIDING
WHEN ORDINANCE GOES IN
TO EFFECT.
Be it enacted by the City Com
mission of The City of Key West,
Florida: .
Section l. That Ordinance No.
50, Commission Series, of the Or
dinances of The City of Kew
West, Florida, be and it is hereby
amended in the following parti-
cularS:
That paragraph (f) of Section
z be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
ID The term service electrician
as used in this ordinance shall
be held to mean a person who pos
sesSeS- the necessary training,
qualification and knowledge to
make repairs, adjustments and
install service and maintain
fixed appliances and portable ap-
pliances and motors.
That paragraph I'D of Section
II be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(d) When the electrical wiz
ing, apparatus or equipment
covered by permit shall be
found by the Electrical Inspector
to conform with rules and regu-
lations provided by the National
Electrical Code, the Electrical In
spector shall issue a final certi-
ficate' of inspection certifying
that the wiring, apparatus or
equipment has been inspected
and found to comply with the
terms of this ordinance, but no
such final certificate shall be is
sued until said work is made to
Iconform to such rules and regu-
lations.
That paragraph - of Section
II be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(f) The Electrical Inspector is
hereby empowered to inspect, or
re-inspect at his option, all wiz
ing and equipment conducting,
or using electric current for light,
heat or power. and when said
conductors or equipment are
found to be unsafe for life and
property as set forth in the Ma
tional Electric Code, shall be
made to conform to this ordin-
anCe.
That paragraph (c) Of Section
10 be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(c) Permits may be issued to
Maintenance Electricians who are
duly qualified to make reason
able alterations, additions, or re-
pairs to existing installations of
electrical wiring, apparatus or
equipment installed, contained or
used upon Or in buildings or
premises owned or occupied by
the person, firm or corporation
bv whom such Maintenance
Electrician is employed regularly.
No such addition, alteration or
extension shall be such as to
place an overload on the service
conductors, sub-feeders or branch
circuits or overload protectors
through which it is supplied with
electricity.
| That Section Is be and the
same is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Section 10. CHANGES AND
ALTERATIONS. For changes or
alterations in an existing install
1ntinr or svstem. a permit fee OF