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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance 343ORDINANCE N0. '" AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 316 OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADOPTION BY REFERENCE OF THE "UNIFORM WIRING CODE,"1961 EDITION, PUBLISHED FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS, AS THE ELECTRICAL CODE OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. The City Council of the City of Beaumont, California, does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1. Ordinance No. 316 of the City of Beaumont, and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 2. (A) ADOPTION OF UNIFORL WIRING CODE. The Uniform Wiring Code, 1961 Edition, compiled, Edited and Indexed by Southern California Chapter International Association of Electrical Inspectors, is adopted as the Electrical Code of the City of Beaumont, creating the office of Electrical Safety Engineer, prescribing his duties and authority, providing for the issuance of electrical permits and for inspections and fixing the fees therefor, regulating the installation, arrangement, alterations, repair, maintainance and operation of electrical wiring, electrical fixtures and other electrical appliances and equipment. Each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of such Uniform Wiring Code, 1961 Edition, are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as though fully set forth herein. (B) COPIES TO BE ON FILE. Three copies of the Uniform Wiring Code adopted by the preceding section shall be kept permanently on file in the office of the City Clerk. (C) PENALTIES. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of the Code adopted in Section (A) hereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punish- able by a fine of not more than 500.00 or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in the Beaumont Gazette, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of Beaumont and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty days after its adoption. Passed and adopted this 25th _ day of June 1962. ATTEST: City Clerk. Mayor of the ' ity of Beaumont. I, Bernice Conine, City Clerk of the City of Beaumont, California, hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City duly held on the 28th day of May 1962, and that the same was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting held on the 25th day of June , 1962 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen NOES: Councilmen ABSENT: Councilmen (Seal) }Iouston,Leeb, Moore, McClellan and Allen. None one None 7, City Clerk.