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CHAPTER 7
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ARTICLE 5
CREATION OF ELECTRICAL COMMISSION
BE IT ORDAINED BX THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
VILLAGE OF PLAINFIELD IN MEETING LAWFULLY ASSEMBLED AS FOLLOWS:
Sec. 5-=2-4: Electrical Commission Established (Composition;
Appointment). There is hereby established an Electrical
Cammissa.on which sha11 consist of six (6) members as follows:
The Chief Electrical Inspector shall be a member and
ex officio chairman of the Commission, one member shall
be a registered professional engineer, ane member an
electrical contractor. ane member a journeyman electrician,
one member a representative of an inspection bureau main-
tained by the fire underwriters or the Chief of the
_ - Plainfield Township Fire Protection District, and one
member shall be a representative of an electricity sup-
ply company,. If there is no person residing in the
Village who is qualified under any one of these de~--
criptions, the President of the Village may appoint
same other person to fill that position. All members
of the Electrical Commission shall be appointed by
the President of the Berard of Trustees with the
advice and consent of the Corporate Authorities.
Sec. 5-2-4-1: Duties. The Electrical Commission shall
from time to time recommend safe and practical standards
and specifications for the installation, alteration and
use of electrical equipment designed to meet the neces-
sities and conditions that prevail in the Village and
shall recommend reasonable rules and regulations governing
tie issuance of permits by the Electrical Inspector and
shall recommend reasonable fees to be paid for inspections
by the Inspector of all electrical equipment installed
or altered within the Village; provided that these
standards, specifications, rules, regulations and fees
so recommended shall not become effective until adopted,
by ordinance.
Sec. 5-x-5: Electrical Inspector Created. There is ,hereby
created the office o Electr~,cal Inspector.
Sec. 5~-2-5-~1: Duties. The Electrical Inspectar sha11
inspect all elect ical equipment installed ox altered
in the Village. and shall require that it conform to the
standards and specifications applicable thereto which
have been recommended and adapted by ordinance and shall
carry out and perform such other duties as may be required
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of him by the provisions of the Elegy ..cal Code, by
ordinances of the Village or as he may be directed
to perform by the President of the Board of Trustees.
The Electrical Inspector shal]. be ex officio chairman
of the Electrical Commission and shall serve without
additional compensation..
Sec. 5-2-5-2: Records of Permits and Inspections to
be Kept. The Electrical Inspector shall complete com-
plete records of all permits issued, inspections made
and other official work performed.
Sec. 5-~2-5-3: Ri ht of Entr Disconnection of Elec-
trical Current.. The Electrical Inspector shall have
the right dura.ng reasonable hours to enter any building
in the discharge of his. duties, including the inspection
or testing of an installation or alteration of electrical
equipment contained therein, and he shall have the autor-
ity to cause the turning off of all electrical current
- when wiring is defective and to cut or disconnect any
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wire in cases of emergency where electrical current
is dangerous to life or property ar may interfere with
the work of any public safety agency.
Sec. 5-2-5~-4: Certificate of Inspection; Notice to
Inspector; The Inspection of Wire is to be Concealed.
. Upon completion of the installation or alteration of
electrical equipment in any building, it shall.be the
.duty of the, person installing or altering the same to
notify .the Electrical Inspector, who shall inspect or
cause the work to be inspected within forty-eight (48)
hours after written notice is given; if the electrical
equipment is .found to be fully in compliance with
applicable codes and ordinances and does not constitute
a hazard to life and property, the Electrical Inspector
shall issue to the person performing the electrical work,
for delivery to the owner, a certificate of inspectign
authorizing connection to the electrical service and
turning an of the current. All wires which are to be
hidden from view shall be inspected before concealment
and any person installing hidden wires shall notify,
in writing, the Electrical Inspector, giving Ziim forty-
eight (48) hours in which to make the required inspec-
~` tion before the wires are concealed.
Sec„ 5-2-5w5: Subse uent Ins ections Authorized; When
New Permits Required. The provisions of inspection of
work authorx~zed by the permits issued in accordance
with the provisions of this Chapter shall not be construed
as prohibiting ,the inspection of any electrical equip-
ment now or hereafter installed whenever the Electrical
Inspector shall determine that the .public safety requires
it. No inspection fee shall be charged for such extra or
additional inspection, but in case it becomes necessary
to .replace the electrical equipment~5n account of defects
disclosed by the inspection, a permit therefor shall be
obtained in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
All ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its adoption and approval as required by law and shall be num-~
bared as ordinance No. _~~ ~ - -.
PASSED this ~ ~/ day of F 1976.
Village Clerk'
K APPROVED this ~'~1 day of r"~ ~, 1976.
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