HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 965-03 08-26-2003 ORDINANCE NO. 965-0~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS AMENDING
SECTION 14-76 OF THE CITY CODE BY ADOPTING THE 2002 EDITION
OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, PROVIDING FOR THE
MODIFICATION OF THE CODE TO INCORPORATE LOCAL
AMENDMENTS; PROVIDING FOR RECORDING OF THE CODE AS A
PUBLIC RECORD; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET
FORM; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL
NEWSPAPER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Richland Hills is a home rule city acting under its charter adopted
by the electorate pursuant to Article XI, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution and Chapter 9 of the
Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richland Hills desires to adopt the 2002 Edition
of the National Electrical Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richland Hills desires to provide a mechanism
by which local modifications reflecting the specific needs of the City of Richland Hills may be made
when deemed appropriate.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
AMENDMENT OF SECTION 14-76
Section 14-76 of Chapter 14 of the Richland Hills Code of Ordinances is amended to read
as follows:
"The 2002 Edition of the National Electrical Code is hereby adopted as the
official electrical code of the City of Richland Hills, Texas. This electrical code is
fully incorporated by reference as though copied into this ordinance in its entirety.
The material contained in the 2002 edition of the National Electrical Code shall not
be included in the formal municipal codification of ordinances but shall be
maintained as a public record in the office of the City Secretary and will be available
for public inspection and copying during regular business hours."
SECTION 2.
AMENDMENT OF SECTION 14-77
• Section 14-77 of Chapter 14 of the Richland Hills Code of Ordinances is amended to read
as follows:
"The 2002 Edition of the National Electrical Code, as adopted herein is
hereby amended. The amendments, although fully adopted and incorporated by
reference, shall not be included in the formal municipal codification of ordinances.
The amendments shall instead by maintained as a public record in the office of the
City Secretary and the Building inspector. These exhibits will be available for public
inspection and copying during regular business hours."
SECTION 3.
COPY OF AMENDMENTS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT
A copy of the amendments to the 2002 Edition of the National Electrical Code adopted by
the City are attached hereto as Exhibit A.
SECTION 4.
FUTURE AMENDMENTS
The City of Richland Hills may from time to time determine that additional local
modifications to the above-referenced code adopted herein are necessary and appropriate to meet the
specific building needs of the City of Richland Hills. To effectuate modifications, the city council
may enact individual ordinances amending this ordinance fully setting forth the change to be made
in the specific code. Such subsequent amendments shall be consolidated as an exhibit to this
ordinance, and shall be maintained as a public record in the office of the city secretary.
• SECTION 5.
PROVISIONS CUMULATIVE
This Ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, except where the provisions of this
ordinance are indirect conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such code, in which event
the conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 6.
PROVISIONS SEVERABLE
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs and sections of this Ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph or section of this Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid
judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect
any of the remaining, phrase, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this Ordinance since the
same would have been enacted by the City Council without incorporation in this Ordinance of any
such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 7.
PENALTY
. Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply
with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be fined no more
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' than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for all violations involving zoning, fire safety or public
health and sanitation, including dumping or refuse, and shall be fined not more than Five Hundred
Dollars ($500.00) for all other violations of this Ordinance. Each day that a violation is permitted
to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 8.
RIGHTS AND REMEDIES FOR PAST VIOLATIONS SAVED
All rights and remedies of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, are expressly saved as to any
and all violations of the provisions of the Building Code, Electrical Code, Energy Code or any other
ordinances affecting such codes which have accrued at the time of the effective date of this
Ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and criminal,
whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances same shall not be affected by this Ordinance
but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts.
SECTION 9.
PUBLICATION
The City Secretary of the City of Richland Hills is directed to publish the caption, penalty
clause, publication clause and effective date of this Ordinance to the extent required by law.
SECTION 10.
• PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET FORM
The City Secretary of the City of Richland Hills is hereby authorized to publish this
ordinance and the exhibits to this ordinance in book or pamphlet form for general distribution among
the public, and the operative provisions of this ordinance and the exhibits to this ordinance as so
published shall be admissible in evidence in all courts without proof other than the production
thereof.
SECTION 11.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect form and after its passage and publication as
provided by law, and it is so ordained.
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PASSED AND APPRQt~E,IJ,QN THIS ~ DAY OF 6C- lcJ7 , 2003.
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,bM '~I HONORABLE NELDA STODER, MAYOR
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CITY SEC GAR`Y`'
APPROVED A O O AND LEGALITY:
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TIM G. SRALLA, CITY ATTORNEY
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EXHIBIT A
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Recommended Amendments to the
2002 National Electrical Code
North Central Texas Council of Governments Region
REGIONAL AMENDMENTS*
**Section 230.2(A) add a sixth specia/condition.
230.2 Number of Services. A building or other structure served shall be supplied by only one service
unless permitted in 230.2(A) through (D). For the purpose...{text unchanged}...shall be considered to be
supplying one service.
(A) Special. Conditions. Additional services shall be permitted to supply the following:
(1) Fire Pumps
6 In su I in electrical service to multifamil dwellin s two or more laterals or overhead service
drODS shall be permitted to a building when both of the following conditions are met
a. The bwldmp has six or more individual sang meters and all meters are orouoed at the
same location.
b. Each lateral or overhead service drop originates from the same point of service
REASON FOR CHANGE: This is currently the accepted installation practice of the region. No noteworthy
complaints have surfaced. It is more reasonable than the current NEC requirements. It allows more than
six disconnects grouped at one location, without having to divide the structure into multiple buildings by
using area separation walls. This also allows designers more flexibility in the placement of electrical meters
and main service disconnects.
**Section 230.71(A) add an exception.
230.71 Maximum Number of Disconnects.
(A) General. The service disconnecting means for each service perrnitted by 230.2, or for each set of
service-entrance conductors permitted by 230.40, Exception Nos. 1, 3, 4, or 5, shall consist of not more than
six switches or sets of circuit breakers, mounted in a single enclosure, in a group of separate enclosures, or
in or on a switchboard. There shall be no more than six sets of disconnects per service grouped in any one
location. For the purpose...{text unchanged}...shall not be considered a service disconnecting means.
Exception: Multi-occupant Buildings. Individual service disconnecting means is limited to six for each
occupant. The number of individual disconnects at one location may exceed six
REASON FOR CHANGE: The same reasoning as for multi-family dwellings in Section 230-2 here being
applied to multi-occupant buildings.
*NOTE: Underlining indicates new words and phrases to be added to the 2002 National Electrical Code.
Str+keeuts indicate existing words and phrases to be deleted.
North Central Texas 1 of 5 2/27/03
2002 NEC Amendments
**Section 250.52 add a paragraph.
250.52 Grounding Electrodes.
(A) Electrodes Permitted for Grounding.
Where a metal underground water pipe, as described in item (1) is not present a method of
grounding as specified in (2 through (4) below shall be used.
REASON FOR CHANGE: Sometimes metal underground water pipe is not available for use as a grounding
electrode system. Therefore, to provide a more positive approach for grounding electrical premise systems
for safety, a method as specified in 250.52(A)(2), (3), and (4) shall be used. This will eliminate the need to
depend solely on a driven rod, plate, or pipe as specified in Section 250-52(A)(5) and (6).
**Section 300.11(A)(1) change to read as follows:
300.11 Securing and Supporting.
(A) Secured in Place.
(1) Fire-Rated Assemblies. Wiring located within the cavity of a fire-rated floor-ceiling or roof-
ceiling assembly shall not be secured to, or supported by, the ceiling assembly, including the
ceiling support wires- unless tested as part of a fire-rated assembly. An independent means of
secure support...{text unchanged}...are part of the fire-rated design.
(delete exception)
. REASON FOR CHANGE: If luminaries were intended to be covered, it could have been conveyed in a
different manner than to introduce them in the exception. Based upon the International Building Code (IBC),
the recommendations by the Ceilings & Interior Systems Construction Association (CISCA) to separately
support luminaries is not mandated.
**Section 300.11(A)(2) change to read as follows:
300.11 Securing and Supporting.
(A) Secured in Place.
(2) Non-Fire-Rated Assemblies. Wiring located within the cavity of a non-fire-rated floor-ceiling or
roof-ceiling assembly shall not be secured to, or supported by, the ceiling assembly, including the
ceiling support wires- unless authorized bv, and installed in accordance with the ceiling svstem
manufacturer's instructions. An independent means of secure support shall be provided.
(delete existing exception)
Add exception: From the last point of independent support or base for connections within an
accessible ceiling to luminaires) (lighting fixture(s) or equipment branch circuit or fixture whip
wiring shall be allowed to be supported by the ceiling support wires
*NOTE: Underlining indicates new words and phrases to be added to the 2002 National Electrical Code.
Stfikeeats indicate existing words and phrases to be deleted.
• North Central Texas 2 of 5 2/27/03
2002 NEC Amendments
REASON FOR CHANGE: Delete existing exception -Based upon the IBC, the recommendations by CISCA
to separately support luminaries is not mandated. Add exception - To allow for a reasonable manner in
which cables and conduits may be secured up off suspended ceilings of the removable panel type.
**Section 310.15(6)(6) change to read as follows:
310.15 Ampacities for Conductors Rated 0-2000 Volts.
(B) Tables.
(6) 120/240-Volt, 3 Wire, Single-Phase Dwelling Services and Feeders. For dwelling units,
conductors, as listed in Table 310.15(6)(6), shall be...{text unchanged}...provided the requirements of
215.2, 220.22, and 230.42 are met. This Section shall not be used in conjunction with 220.30.
REASON FOR CHANGE: To provide a more reasonable margin of safety for dwelling service and feeder
conductor allowable ampacities.
**Section 334.10 change to read as follows:
334.10. Uses Permitted. Type NM, Type NMC, and Type NMS cables shall be permitted to be used in the
following:
(1) One- and two-family dwellings.
• (2) In anv multifamily dwelling not exceeding three floors above grade.
Exception: An additional level shall be permitted in multifamily dwellings where the entire structure is
protected throughout by an approved automatic sprinkler system.
(3) Other structures not exceeding 3 stories in height.
Note: In parr. 2 & 3 above: For the puroose of this article, the first floor of a building shall be that floor that
has 50 percent or more of the exterior wall surface area level with or above finished grade. One additional
level that is the first level and not designed for human habitation and used only for vehicle parking, storage.
or similar use shall be permitted.
REASON FOR CHANGE: Historically NM cable has been limited to a 3-story or less wiring method since
1975. The allowance to increase the use of NM cable to buildings in the 3-6 story range in the 2002 NEC
has come about as a result of an appeal action by the Multi-National Housing Council to the NFPA
Standards Council and not as a result of the normal code revision action through NEC Code-Making
Panel 7, the NEC Technical Committee, and the positive vote of the NFPA membership at the NFPA
Annual Meeting. In that the NCTCOG Electrical Advisory Board believes that the current language in the
NEC Section 334.10 may again be revised in the 2005 NEC edition, due to the need for basic
consistency of regulations, and due to the fact that there is no evidence that the current installation
allowances for NM cable do not adequately serve the needs of the local electrical industry and citizens
alike, the NCTCOG Electrical Advisory Board believes the use of NM cable in the area served by the
NCTCOG would best be benefited by the installation rules as recommended over the past 3 NEC code
cycles.
*NOTE: Underlining indicates new words and phrases to be added to the 2002 National Electrical Code.
Str+keeuts indicate existing words and phrases to be deleted.
• Norfh Central Texas 3 of 5 2/27/03
2002 NEC Amendments
**Section 334.12 add another use not permitted, (11):
334.12 Uses Not Permitted.
(A) Types NM, NMC, and NMS. Types NM, NMC, and NMS cables shall not be used as follows:
(1) As open runs...{text unchanged}
~{11) In non-residential metal frame structures.
REASON FOR CHANGE: Limiting the use of NM cable in non-residential metal frame construction is
suggested due to the inherent problems with soft jacketed wiring methods in buildings that utilized mainly
metal stud and other metal frame construction with sharp edges of unknown proportion. It is believed that
the potential safety issues against the use of allowing a soft jacketed wiring method in such construction
far outweighed any positive benefits.
**Section 500.8(A)(1) change to read as follows:
500.8 Equipment.
(A) Approval for Class and Properties.
(1) Equipment shall be identified...{text unchanged}...the maximum surface temperatures specified in
503.1.
FPN: Luminaries (lighting fixtures) and other heat-producing apparatus...{text
unchanged}...see Exception No. 3 to 500.8(6).
REASON FOR CHANGE: "Identified" is already defined in Chapter 1.
**Section 600.21 (E) change to read as follows:
600.21 Ballasts, Transformers, and Electronic Power Supplies.
(E) Attic and Soffit Locations.
Ballasts, transformers, and electronic power supplies shall be permitted to be located in attics and soffits,
provided there is an access door at least 900 mm by 600 mm (3 ft by 2 ft) and a passageway of at least 900
mm (3 ft) high by 600 mrn (2 ft) wide with a suitable permanent walkway at least ''n^ 600 mm (2
ftj wide extending from the point of entry to each component.
*NOTE: Underlining indicates new words and phrases to be added to the 2002 National Electrical Code.
Strikeeuts indicate existing words and phrases to be deleted.
. North Central Texas 4 of 5 2/27/03
2002 NEC Amendments
REASON FOR CHANGE: To allow a more reasonable and safer width for the required walkway and to
make the requirement consistent with the International Mechanical Code (IMC).
. REGIONAL INTERPRETATIONS
220.36.OptionalGalculation -New Restaurants.
[this specification may apply to restaurants regarding new occupancy, new buildings, change of
occupancy in existing building, or upgrading existing buildings to new electrical load requirements.]
END
*NOTE: Underlinin4 indicates new words and phrases to be added to the 2002 National Electrical Code.
StcfkeeEits indicate existing words and phrases to be deleted.
North Central Texas 5 of 5 2/27/03
2002 NEC Amendments
Recommended Amendments to the
2002 National Electrical Code
North Central Texas Council of Governments Region
REGIONAL AMENDMENTS*
**Section 230.2(A) add a sixth special condition.
230.2 Number of Services. A building or other structure served shall be supplied by only one service
unless permitted in 230.2(A) through (D). For the purpose...{text unchanged}...shall be considered to be
supplying one service.
(A) Special. Conditions. Additional services shall be permitted to supply the following:
(1) Fire Pumps
~6) In supplving electrical service to multifamily dwellings two or more laterals or overhead service
drops shall be permitted to a building when both of the following conditions are met:
a. The building has six or more individual gang meters and all meters are grouped at the
same location.
b. Each lateral or overhead service drop originates from the same point of service.
REASON FOR CHANGE: This is currently the accepted installation practice of the region. No noteworthy
complaints have surfaced. It is more reasonable than the current NEC requirements. It allows more than
six disconnects grouped at one location, without having to divide the structure into multiple buildings by
using area separation walls. This also allows designers more flexibility in the placement of electrical meters
and main service disconnects.
•
**Section 230.71(A) add an exception.
230.71 Maximum Number of Disconnects.
(A) General. The service disconnecting means for each service permitted by 230.2, or for each set of
service-entrance conductors permitted by 230.40, Exception Nos. 1, 3, 4, or 5, shall consist of not more than
six switches or sets of circuit breakers, mounted in a single enclosure, in a group of separate enclosures, or
in or on a switchboard. There shall be no more than six sets of disconnects per service grouped in any one
location. For the purpose...{text unchanged}...shall not be considered a service disconnecting means.
Exception• Multi-occupant Buildings. Individual service disconnecting means is limited to six for each
occuoant The number of individual disconnects at one location may exceed six.
REASON FOR CHANGE: The same reasoning as for multi-family dwellings in Section 230-2 here being
applied to multi-occupant buildings.
*NOTE: Underlining indicates new words and phrases to be added to the 2002 National Electrical Code.
Stfikee~?ts indicate existing words and phrases to be deleted.
• North Central Texas 1 of 5 2/27/03
2002 NEC Amendments
• **Section 250.52 add a paragraph.
250.52 Grounding Electrodes.
(A) Electrodes Permitted for Grounding.
Where a metal underground water pipe, as described in item (1) is not present a method of
grounding as specified in (2) through (4) below shall be used.
REASON FOR CHANGE: Sometimes metal underground water pipe is not available for use as a grounding
electrode system. Therefore, to provide a more positive approach for grounding electrical premise systems
for safety, a method as specified in 250.52(A)(2), (3), and (4) shall be used. This will eliminate the need to
depend solely on a driven rod, plate, or pipe as specified in Section 250-52(A)(5) and (6).
**Section 300.11(A)(1) change to read as follows:
300.11 Securing and Supporting.
(A) Secured in Place.
(1) Fire-Rated Assemblies. Wiring located within the cavity of a fire-rated floor-ceiling or roof-
ceiling assembly shall not be secured to, or supported by, the ceiling assembly, including the
ceiling support wires: unless tested as part of afire-rated assembly. An independent means of
secure support...{text unchanged}...are part of the fire-rated design.
(delete exception)
• REASON FOR CHANGE: If luminaries were intended to be covered, it could have been conveyed in a
different manner than to introduce them in the exception. Based upon the International Building Code (IBC),
the recommendations by the Ceilings ~ Interior Systems Construction Association (CISCA) to separately
support luminaries is not mandated.
**Section 300.11(A)(2) change to read as follows:
300.11 Securing and Supporting.
(A) Secured in Place.
(2) Non-Fire-Rated Assemblies. Wiring located within the cavity of a non-fire-rated floor-ceiling or
roof-ceiling assembly shall not be secured to, or supported by, the ceiling assembly, including the
ceiling support wires: unless authorized bv, and installed in accordance with the ceiling system
manufacturer's instructions. An independent means of secure support shall be provided.
(delete existing exception)
Add exception: From the last point of independent support or base for connections within an
accessible ceiling to luminaires) (lighting fixture(s)) or equipment branch circuit or fixture whip
wiring shall be allowed to be supported by the ceiling support wires
*NOTE: Underlining indicates new words and phrases to be added to the 2002 National Electrical Code.
Str+keetfts indicate existing words and phrases to be deleted.
• North Central Texas 2 of 5 2/27/03
2002 NEC Amendments
CISCA
ASON FOR CHANGE: Delete existing exception -Based upon the IBC, the recommendations by
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o se arately support luminaries is not mandaue off uspended ceil ngslof he removable panel typer m
t p be secured p
• which cables and conduits may
**Section 310.15(8)(6) change to read as follows:
310.15 Ampacities for Conductors Rated 0-2000 Volts.
(B) Tables.
6 1201240-Volt, 3-Wire, Single-Phase Dwelling Services and Feedoe ided the requilrements of
conductors, as listed in Table 310.15(8)(6), shall be...{text unchanged}..p
215.2, 220.22, and 230.42 are met. This Section shall not be used in con'unction withr22~3a d feeder
REASON FOR CHANGE: To provide a more reasonable margin of safety for dwelling se
conductor allowable ampacities.
**Section 334.10 change to read as follows:
. Uses Permitted. Type NM, Type NMC, and Type NMS cables shall be permitted to be used in the
334.10
following:
(1) One- and two-family dwel)ings.
.
(2) In an multifamil dwellin not exceedin threme ttedr multifamiaedwellin s where the entire structure is
Exce tion: An additional level shall ~e
rotected throu hout b an a roved automatics rinkler s stem.
(3) Other structures not exceedin 3 stories in hei ht.
• In arr. 2 & 3 above: For the u se of thie a e'a level w'i
h oabove fini hed srade~Onetadditional
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has 50 rcent or more of the exterior wall surfac
level that is the first level and not desi ned for human habitation and used onl for vehicle arkin s ora
or similar use shall be aermitted. method since
or less wiring
ran a in the 2002 NEC
REASON FOR CHANGE: Historically NM cable has been limited to a 3-s ory Council to the NFPA
1975. The allowance to increase the us eal actincnbbYttheu'MultgNationa3Housing g
has come about as a result of an app
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d the ositive vote of the NFPA membership atuta eNn the
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• **Section 334.12 add another use not permitted, (11):
334.12 Uses Not Permitted.
(A) Types NM, NMC, and NMS. Types NM, NMC, and NMS cables shall not be used as follows:
(1) As open runs...{text unchanged}
j11) In non-residential metal frame structures.
REASON FOR CHANGE: Limiting the use of NM cable in non-residential metal frame construction is
suggested due to the inherent problems with soft jacketed wiring methods in buildings that utilized mainly
metal stud and other metal frame construction with sharp edges of unknown proportion. It is believed that
the potential safety issues against the use of allowing a soft jacketed wiring method in such construction
far outweighed any positive benefits.
'"""Section 500.8(A)(1) change to read as follows:
500.8 Equipment.
(A) Approval for Class and Properties.
(1) Equipment shall be identified...{text unchanged}...the maximum surface temperatures specified in
503.1.
• FPN: Luminaries (lighting fixtures) and other heat-producing apparatus...{text
unchanged}...see Exception No. 3 to 500.8(6).
REASON FOR CHANGE: "Identified" is already defined in Chapter 1.
**Section 600.21 (E) change to read as follows:
600.21 Ballasts, Transformers, and Electronic Power Supplies.
(E) Attic and Soffit Locations.
Ballasts, transformers, and electronic power supplies shall be permitted to be located in attics and soffits,
provided there is an access door at least 900 mm by 600 mm (3 ft by 2 ft) and a passageway of at least 900
mm (3 ft) high by 600 mm (2 ft) wide with a suitable permanent walkway at least 3A~~3 600 mm (2
t1 wide extending from the point of entry to each component.
*NOTE: Underlining indicates new words and phrases to be added to the 2002 National Electrical Code.
StfilEeeuts indicate existing words and phrases to be deleted. ,
• North Central Texas 4 of 5 2/27/03
2002 NEC Amendments
REASON FOR CHANGE: To allow a more reasonable and safer width for the required walkway and to
make the requirement consistent with the International Mechanical Code (IMC).
• REGIONAL INTERPRETATIONS
220.36.Optional Calculation -New Restaurants.
[this specification may apply to restaurants regarding new occupancy, new buildings, change of
occupancy in existing building, or upgrading existing buildings to new electrical load requirements.]
END
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*NOTE: Underlinino indicates new words and phrases to be added to the 2002 National Electrical Code.
S#ilEeeuts indicate existing words and phrases to be deleted.
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North Central Texas Council Of Governments
March 28, 2003
TO: City Managers in the North Central Texas Region
RE: Electrical Code Recommendations for North Central Texas
On February 27, 2003, the Executive Board of the North Central Texas Council of Governments
(NCTCOG) adopted a resolution endorsing the 2002 National Electrical Code with regional
amendments. The regional amendments were formulated during open meetings conducted by
the Electrical Advisory Board of the Regional Codes Coordinating Committee. Therefore, in the
interest of simplifying the construction process, advancing the safety of building systems,.
promoting common code interpretation, facilitating the mobility of contractors, and reducing
construction costs, NCTCOG encourages your jurisdiction to adopt the National Electrical Code -
002 Edition published by National Fire Protection Association and the recommended regional
amendments.
A memo encouraging the adoption of the 2002 National Electrical Code with regional
amendments was also sent to your Building Official. The amendments are available online at
www.dfwcodes.com. If you have any questions, please contact Jenny Crosby at 817/695-9108 or
icrosbv~ nctcoa.ora.
Sincerely,
~
Patrick Baugh, Chairman
Regional Codes Coordinate Committee BAR 3 ? 2~~3
(Director of Public Works and Utilities,
City of Rowlett) ,
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Jen Crosb nvironmen Planner
Department of Environmental Resources
North Central Texas Council of Governments
cc: RCCC, Electrical Advisory Board
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