§ 5.04.040. California Electrical Code.

5.04.041 Adopted by reference.

The California Electrical Code, 2016 Edition ("CEC"), promulgated and published by the California Building Standards Commission 2525 Natomas Park Drive, Suite 130 Sacramento, CA 95833-2936 is hereby adopted as the City's electrical code.

5.04.042 Amendments, additions and deletions.

After due consideration, the City Council finds that as a result of existing local climatic, geological, or topographical conditions that amendments, additions, and deletions to the CEC are reasonably necessary to provide sufficient and effective levels of safety for the protection of life, health and property. Therefore, the CEC is amended, added to, or deleted from, as set forth below:

(A)

Conductors. The following is added to Article 110.5.1 to read as follows:

Aluminum Conductors. Aluminum conductors used in industrial applications under the provisions of this Code must be a minimum of #6 A.W.G. stranded conductor.

(B)

Readily Accessible Location. Article 230-70(A)(1) is amended to read as follows:

Readily Accessible Location. The service disconnecting means shall be installed at a readily accessible location either outside the building or other structure, or inside nearest the point of entrance of the service conductors. The disconnecting means shall be accessible to emergency personnel, either directly or by a remote actuating device, without requiring transit of the building interior. Dedicated electrical equipment rooms located at the building perimeter and providing direct access to the outside shall satisfy accessibility for emergency personnel.

(C)

Electrode. Section 250.52 (A)(3) is deleted and new Article 250.52 (A)(3) is added to read as follows:

Section 250.52 (A)(3) Concrete-encased electrode. An electrode encased by at least 2 inches (50.8 mm) of concrete, located within and near the bottom of a concrete foundation or footing that is in direct contact with the earth, consisting of at least 20 feet (6.1 m) of bare copper conductor not smaller that No. 4 A.W.G.

(Ord. No. 11-826, 4-12-2011; Ord. No. 13-838, § 11, 12-10-2013; Ord. No. 16-870, § 11, 12, 1-10-2017)