Section 27-3001
§ 27-3001 Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as
the "electrical code".
Section 27-3002
§ 27-3002 Purpose. Since there is danger to life and property inherent
in the use of electrical energy, the electrical code is enacted to
regulate the business of installing, altering or repairing wiring and
appliances for electrical light, heat, power, signaling, communication,
alarm or data transmission in the city of New York and the licensing of
all persons who engage in such business.
Section 27-3003
§ 27-3003 Construction. This chapter shall be liberally construed to
accomplish its purpose. Words used herein which have acquired a
particular meaning in the usage of the electrical trades shall be
construed as understood in the trade.
Section 27-3003.1
§ 27-3003.1 Areas of special flood hazard and shaded X-Zones.
Electrical work performed on structures located in areas of special
flood hazard and shaded X-Zones, as defined in section G201.2 of the New
York city building code, shall also comply with the provisions of
appendix G of the New York city building code. Where, in any specific
case, the provisions of this code conflict with the provisions of
appendix G of the New York city building code, the more restrictive
shall govern.
Section 27-3004.
§ 27-3004. Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the
following terms, whenever used in this chapter or in any rule or
reference standard promulgated pursuant to this chapter, shall mean:
COMMISSIONER: The commissioner of buildings.
CITY AGENCY: A city, county, borough, or other office, position,
administration, department, division, bureau, board or commission, or a
corporation, institution or agency of government, the expenses of which
are paid, in whole or in part, from the city treasury.
DEPARTMENT: The department of buildings.
DIRECT EMPLOY: Direct employment shall be evidenced by payroll
records, such as social security payments, income tax withholding or the
disbursement of other funds as required by law for the benefit of such
employee, timekeeping records, such as time cards and sign-in sheets,
work orders, and assignment or route logs.
DIRECT SUPERVISION: Control exercised by a licensed individual, either
personally or through one or more demonstrated levels of competent
supervision over individuals (i) in the direct employ of a master
electrician's business or (ii) in the direct employ of an individual,
partnership, corporation or city agency employing a special electrician.
Direct supervision includes field inspection, supervision of job sites,
and the maintenance of records of such supervision and such other
records required by the commissioner.
ELECTRICAL WORK: The installation, alteration, maintenance, or repair
of electric wires and wiring apparatus and other appliances used or to
be used for the transmission of electricity for electric light, heat,
power, signaling, communication, alarm or data transmission.
EMPLOYEE: An individual who is on the payroll of an employer and who
under the usual common law rules applicable in determining the
employee-employer relationship has the status of an employee. Such term
shall not include an independent contractor.
JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN: An individual who has demonstrated a
progressive understanding, proficiency and competence in the electrical
trade, which shall include:
a. A working familiarity with the electrical code and the electrical
code technical standards and the ability to apply the code requirements
correctly;
b. The application of basic electrical theory and the utilization of
trade math skills on the job site;
c. A working knowledge of the tools of the trade and the ability to
utilize them properly; and
d. An ability to draft simple diagrams and interpret from drawings for
the purpose of the installation, alteration or repair of electric wiring
or appliances for light, heat and power.
LOW VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL WORK: The installation, alteration, maintenance
or repair of electrical wiring that is designed to operate at less than
fifty volts for signaling, communication, alarm, and data transmission
circuits except that such term shall not include the installation,
alteration, maintenance or repair, regardless of voltage, of any such
wiring which connects to, is a part of or is located within:
(a) life safety systems as defined by rule of the commissioner,
including but not limited to (i) those safety systems and features
listed in subparagraphs a through n of paragraph three of subdivision a
of section 27-228.2 of the administrative code and (ii) alarm and
extinguishing systems subject to building code reference standards RS
17-3, RS 17-3A, RS 17-3B, and/or RS 17-3C,
(b) class I, II or III hazardous locations as described in the
electrical code technical standards, including but not limited to
certain areas within commercial garages as set forth therein, aircraft
hangers, gasoline dispensing and service stations, bulk fuel storage
plants and facilities which may be utilized for spray applications or
for a dipping and coating process,
(c) intrinsically safe systems as described in the electrical code
technical standards, or
(d) a point of connection to or interfacing with a control circuit
which activates light, heat or power circuits.
LOW VOLTAGE INSTALLER: An individual who is certified by the
commissioner to act as the representative of a business entity
authorized pursuant to this chapter and the rules of the department to
perform low voltage electrical work in or on any building, premises or
lot in the city. An individual so certified shall have full
responsibility on behalf of such business entity for the manner in which
such work is done and for the selection, supervision and control of
employees of such business entity who perform such work. Such individual
shall be an employee of the business entity which he or she represents
and shall supervise, direct and be responsible for only the work of the
employees of such business entity. Such individual shall not represent
more than one business entity.
MASTER ELECTRICIAN BUSINESS: A sole proprietorship, partnership or
corporation authorized by the commissioner to engage in or carry on, as
an independent contractor and as its regular business, the business of
performing electrical work in or on any building, premises or lot in the
city under a license issued to a master electrician.
MASTER ELECTRICIAN'S LICENSE: The license issued to an individual who
has passed the required examination and tests and who otherwise
qualifies for the issuance of such license pursuant to this chapter. An
individual who holds such license shall be known as a master
electrician.
RESPONSIBLE REPRESENTATIVE: A master electrician who has the authority
to make final determinations and who has full responsibility on behalf
of a master electrician business for the manner in which electrical work
is done and for the selection, supervision and control of all employees
of such business who perform such work. A partnership or corporation
shall designate one master electrician who is a partner of such
partnership or an officer of such corporation to be the responsible
representative of such partnership or corporation. The proprietor of a
sole proprietorship shall be the responsible representative of such sole
proprietorship. A master electrician shall not be the responsible
representative of more than one partnership or corporation and shall
file for, supervise, direct and be responsible for only the work of such
partnership or corporation. If the master electrician business is in the
form of a sole proprietorship, only the master electrician who owns such
business shall be the responsible representative of such business and
shall file for, supervise, direct and be responsible for only his or her
own work and the work of his or her employees. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions, where the department has issued a violation notice
for work performed by an unlicensed person or work performed without the
required permit and where such work is otherwise in compliance with the
electrical code and the electrical code technical standards, a
responsible representative may file an application for a permit or take
any other actions with respect to such work directed by the department
to address the violation.
SPECIAL ELECTRICIAN'S LICENSE: The written authorization of the
commissioner to an individual who is an employee of an individual, a
partnership or a corporation owning, leasing or managing a building,
buildings or parts thereof to perform electrical work in or on specific
buildings, lots or parts thereof owned, leased or managed by such
individual, corporation or partnership. An individual who has obtained
such authorization shall be known as a special electrician. A special
electrician shall determine the method of doing the work in or on such
buildings and shall have sole responsibility for supervising and
directing the employees of such owner, lessee or manager who perform
such work. A special electrician shall not supervise the work of
individuals who are not employees of the owner, lessee or manager of the
buildings on which the special electrician is authorized by his or her
license to perform electrical work. A special electrician's license
shall not authorize the holder to engage in or carry on the business of
performing electrical work as an independent contractor.
SPECIAL PERMISSION: The written approval of the commissioner in
circumstances involving the exercise of his or her discretion and in
circumstances not covered by this chapter.
Section 27-3005
§ 27-3005 Jurisdiction, powers and duties of the commissioner. a. The
commissioner is authorized to exercise all powers necessary to enforce
the electrical code and the electrical code technical standards,
including but not limited to the power to:
1. Promulgate rules respecting the installing, altering, maintaining
or repairing of (i) electric wires and wiring apparatus and other
appliances used or to be used for the transmission of electricity for
electric light, heat, power, signaling, communication, alarm or data
transmission and (ii) low voltage electrical wiring in or on any
building, premises or lot in the city of New York.
2. Cause any wiring or appliances for electrical light, heat or power
to be examined and inspected, and the approval thereof to be certified
in writing,
(a) by an officer or employee of the department designated by him or
her for that purpose, or
(b) by any inspection agency certified by the commissioner in
accordance with rules promulgated by the commissioner, or
(c) when such wiring or appliances are located in a building owned by
the city or any city agency, (i) by a licensed professional engineer, or
(ii) by a person with a baccalaureate degree in electrical engineering,
or (iii) by any person who holds the job title of electrical inspector
or any job title equivalent thereto, as classified by the commissioner
of citywide administrative services pursuant to section eight hundred
fourteen of the charter; provided, however, that such licensed
professional engineer or person with a baccalaureate degree in
electrical engineering or person holding the job title of electrical
inspector shall not have performed the work to be inspected and shall be
an officer or employee of the city agency which contracted for such
work.
3. Order the remedying of any defect or deficiency in the installing,
altering or repairing of electric wires and wiring apparatus and other
appliances used or to be used for the transmission of electricity for
electric light, heat, power, signaling, communication, alarm or data
transmission.
4. Cause any order issued by him or her which has not been complied
with to be enforced and to take any civil or criminal proceedings or
actions for its enforcement.
5. Order any person or corporation engaged in supplying electrical
energy to discontinue such supply as specified in such order if the
wiring or appliances for electric light, heat, power, signaling,
communication, alarm or data transmission shall be dangerous to persons
or property therein.
6. (a) Promulgate rules fixing the date, scope and subject matter of
examinations of applicants to become licensed as master electricians and
special electricians and, upon recommendation of the license board,
promulgate rules respecting the issuance, suspension and revocation of
such licenses.
(b) Promulgate rules fixing the date, scope and subject matter of
examinations of applicants for certification as low voltage installer
and respecting the issuance, suspension and revocation of such
certification.
7. Appoint, in accordance with the rules of the department and at his
or her discretion, special boards or committees to provide advice or
assistance in the implementation, interpretation, variation or amendment
of any provision of the electrical code or the electrical code technical
standards or any rule promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
8. Promulgate rules regarding the issuance of approvals for the use of
electrical appliances and materials and the granting of special
permission to use wiring or appliances in cases involving the exercise
of his or her discretion and in cases not covered by this chapter.
9. Designate as prescribed in section 14-106 of title fourteen of the
code, with the consent of the police commissioner, certain electrical
inspectors as special patrolmen of the police department. Such special
patrolmen shall possess powers to perform the duties of and be subject
to the orders, rules and regulations of the police department in the
same manner as regular patrolmen. Each special patrolman shall have a
badge and card, as furnished by the police department. He or she shall
have power to issue summonses returnable in the New York city criminal
court, covering violations of this chapter.
b. The foregoing provisions are detailed statements of certain powers
possessed by the commissioner and shall not be construed as limiting his
or her authority.
Section 27-3006
§ 27-3006 Federal and state buildings. Nothing in this chapter shall
be construed to apply to any building, the electrical equipment of which
is under the control of the United States of America or the state of New
York or of any department, bureau or officer thereof.
Section 27-3007
§ 27-3007 City departments. The various departments, boards and
officers of the city shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.
Section 27-3008
§ 27-3008 Public service corporations. a. Except as provided for in
subdivision b of this section, the provisions of this chapter shall not
apply to:
1. Electrical equipment used exclusively for the operation of
railroads, railways and trackless trolleys, or
2. Installations, including associated lighting, under the exclusive
control and use of electric utilities for the purpose of communications,
metering, generation, control transformation, transmission or
distribution of electric energy. Such installations shall be located in
buildings used exclusively by utilities for such purpose, in buildings
in enclosures containing only metering equipment, outdoors on property
owned or leased by the utility, on public highways, streets or roads or
outdoors on private property by established rights such as easements, or
3. Communication equipment used exclusively for communicating or
signal purposes provided that such equipment is installed by and under
the exclusive control and use of communications utilities subject to the
jurisdiction of the public service commission and is located outdoors or
in building spaces used only for such equipment.
b. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to such portions of
commercial, industrial or office buildings owned or leased by the above
mentioned persons or corporations, not used for the operations of such
persons or corporations, such as public spaces leased or rented to other
persons or corporations.
Section 27-3009
§ 27-3009 Master electrician's and special electrician's license
board. a. For each calendar year, the commissioner shall appoint a
board to review the character and fitness of applicants for a master
electrician's or special electrician's licenses and the approval of
master electrician businesses, to advise the commissioner regarding
allegations of illegal practices on the part of master and special
electricians or master electrician businesses, to investigate and report
on all proposed suspensions or revocations of licenses and approvals of
master electrician businesses and all proposed penalties, and to perform
any other responsibilities as may be requested by the commissioner and
as set forth in rules promulgated by the department. The commissioner
may, for good cause shown, remove any member thereof and shall fill any
vacancy therein, which board shall consist of:
1. Two officers or employees of the department.
2. Two licensed master electricians actively engaged in the trade.
3. A journeyman electrician.
4. An electrical inspector in the employ of an inspection agency
certified by the commissioner.
5. An electrician in the employ of a public service corporation of the
city.
6. A registered architect or licensed professional engineer of at
least five years experience.
7. A real estate owner or manager.
b. A member of the board who is an officer or employee of the
department shall serve as chairperson and all members shall serve
without compensation. Five members including the chairperson, who shall
be entitled to vote, shall constitute a quorum of the board for the
transaction of business; but no recommendation for the issue,
modification, suspension or revocation of a license or of a proposed
penalty shall be adopted except by the vote of at least five members of
the board.
c. The license board shall investigate the character and fitness of
all applicants for licenses who shall have passed the required
examination and shall report to the commissioner the results of such
examination. It shall investigate and hear all written complaints
against holders of such licenses and master electrician businesses and
report to the commissioner its findings and recommendations. It shall
keep minutes of its proceedings and hearings and records of its
investigations and examinations of applicants for licenses and approvals
of master electrician businesses. Upon the holding of any hearing, the
chairperson of the board presiding at such hearing may administer oaths,
and the board may issue and cause to be served subpoenas requiring the
attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers pertinent
to any hearing held by it upon written complaint. Such subpoenas shall
be signed by the commissioner and the fees and mileage paid to witnesses
upon the service of such subpoenas shall be those prescribed in section
fifteen hundred thirty-nine of the civil practice law and rules.
Section 27-3010
§ 27-3010 Qualification and Examination of applicants for master
electrician's and special electrician's licenses. a. Qualification of
Applicant. An applicant for a license as a master electrician or special
electrician must be over the age of twenty-one years, of good moral
character and, at the time of applying for examination, shall have had,
during the ten (10) years immediately preceding his or her application,
at least seven and one-half (7 1/2) years or the equivalent as indicated
below and during such time a minimum of ten thousand five hundred
(10,500) hours or the equivalent as indicated below of satisfactory
experience in the installation, alteration and repair of wiring and
appliances for electric light, heat and power in or on buildings or
comparable facilities. Except as otherwise provided below, such
satisfactory experience must have been obtained while under the direct
supervision of a licensed master electrician or special electrician or,
with respect to experience outside the city, under the direct
supervision of an individual with comparable qualifications as
determined by the commissioner, and while in the employ of (i) a master
electrician business as defined herein, or (ii) an individual, a
partnership or a corporation owning, leasing or managing a building,
buildings or parts thereof and employing a special electrician to
perform electrical work in or on specific buildings, lots or parts
thereof owned, leased or managed by such individual, corporation or
partnership, or (iii) an individual, a partnership or a corporation
deemed acceptable by the commissioner. No more than twenty-five percent
(25%) of such satisfactory experience shall have been gained while
working outside the United States unless the commissioner determines
that the licensing system and electrical code of the foreign
jurisdiction is essentially similar to licensing systems and electrical
codes in the United States. The following shall be deemed to fulfill the
satisfactory experience requirement:
1. A journeyman electrician who has worked at least seven and one-half
(7 1/2) years and during such time a minimum of ten thousand five
hundred (10,500) hours of such experience must have been obtained by
working with his or her tools on the installation, alteration and repair
of wiring and appliances for light, heat and power in or on buildings or
comparable facilities, or
2. A graduate of a college or university who holds a degree in
electrical engineering, either a master of science (M.S.) or bachelor of
science (B.S.) and has in addition worked at least (i) with respect to
an applicant with an M.S. degree, two and one-half (2 1/2) years and
during such time a minimum of thirty-five hundred (3500) hours of such
experience or, (ii) with respect to an applicant with a B.S. degree,
three and one-half (3 1/2) years and during such time a minimum of
forty-nine hundred (4900) hours of such experience must have been
obtained by working with his or her tools on the installation,
alteration and repair of wiring and appliances for electric light, heat
and power in or on buildings or comparable facilities, or
3. A graduate of a vocational, industrial, trade school, or
apprenticeship program registered with the New York state department of
labor, specializing in electrical wiring, installation and design or
applied electricity, who has worked at least five and one-half (5 1/2)
years and during such time a minimum of seventy-seven hundred (7700)
hours of such experience must have been obtained by working with his or
her tools on the installation, alteration and repair of wiring and
appliances for electric light, heat and power in or on buildings or
comparable facilities, or
4. Any person who attended courses in a college or university leading
to a degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, bachelor
of science in electrical engineering or mechanical engineering, who
passed all subjects in the required courses shall be credited with
satisfactory experience equal to fifty per cent (50%) of the number of
curricula years he or she has satisfactorily completed which, in no
event, however, shall exceed two and one-half (2 1/2) years credit of
satisfactory experience, the balance of the required seven and one-half
(7 1/2) years, i.e., five (5) years and during such time a minimum of
seven thousand (7000) hours of such experience must have been obtained
by working with his or her tools on the installation, alteration and
repair of wiring and apparatus for light, heat and power in or on
buildings or comparable facilities, or
5. Any person who attended courses in a vocational, industrial or
trade school, registered with the New York state department of labor,
specializing in electrical wiring, installation and design or applied
electricity who has passed all subjects in the required courses shall be
credited with fifty per cent (50%) of the number of curricula years that
he or she has satisfactorily completed which, however, in no event,
shall exceed two (2) years credit of such experience, the balance of the
required seven and one-half (7 1/2) years, i.e., five and one-half
(5 1/2) years of such experience and during such time a minimum of
seventy-seven hundred (7700) hours must have been obtained by working
with his or her tools on the installation and repair of wiring for
electric light, heat and power in or on buildings or comparable
facilities, or
6. An employee of a government agency, private inspection agency or
other entity, acceptable to the commissioner, whose duties primarily
involve the inspection of electrical work for compliance with the
electrical code and the electrical code technical standards and/or other
laws relating to the installation, alteration or repair of electrical
wiring or appliances shall be credited with fifty percent (50%) of the
number of years that he or she has been satisfactorily employed in such
duties within the ten (10) year period prior to application, which,
however, in no event, shall exceed two and one-half (2 1/2) years credit
of satisfactory experience. The balance of the required seven and
one-half (7 1/2) years, i.e., five (5) years and during such time a
minimum of seven thousand (7000) hours of such experience must have been
obtained by working with his or her tools on the installation,
alteration and repair of wiring and appliances for electric light, heat
and power in or on buildings or comparable facilities except that the
requirement of subdivision a of this section that an applicant's working
experience must have been within the ten (10) year period prior to
application shall not apply to such balance of five (5) years working
experience required pursuant to this paragraph.
b. Examination of Applicant.
1. Every application for a master electrician's or special
electrician's license shall be made in writing in such form and shall
furnish such information as the commissioner may, from time to time,
prescribe, and set forth in the rules of the department. It is a
condition of the license that information in the application be kept
correct and current. Any change in required information that occurs
prior to the issuance of the license shall be reported to the department
within fourteen days of the change.
2. Every applicant shall be required to take an examination in
accordance with the rules of the department. However, where the
application is on behalf of a city agency, the commissioner may waive
the examination requirement if the applicant has sufficient experience
qualifications of a type and duration comparable to those set forth in
subdivision a of this section as determined by the commissioner.
3. Every applicant shall submit to such investigation by the license
board as may be proper to determine the applicant's character and
fitness. Every applicant shall commence the application process with the
department within one year of passing the examination for licensure and
shall furnish to the department a completed application within one year
of submission of the first filing. Failure to provide all requested
documents in a timely manner will constitute an incomplete application
and may result in denial of the license.
4. Every applicant shall be required to submit such documentation as
is required to establish a place of business within ninety days after
the license board's recommendation that the applicant has the required
character and fitness for licensure. Where all requested documents are
not provided in a timely manner an application will be deemed incomplete
and may result in the denial of the license.
Section 27-3013
§ 27-3013 Business establishments and master electricians. a. Place of
Business, generally.
1. Every master electrician business shall at all times have a place
of business at a specified address in the city at which the licensee may
be contacted by the public and the department by mail, telephone or
other modes of communication, located in a business zone in conformity
with the zoning regulations and kept open during the usual business
hours unless other means acceptable to the commissioner is provided.
2. At such place of business, there shall at all times be prominently
displayed a permanent sign of a minimum size of one hundred fifty square
inches, stating the name of such license holder, the license number of
such licensee, and the words "licensed electrician" or "licensed
electrical contractor" on a plate glass window and the name of the
master electrician business if different than the name of the license
holder; or an outside sign of permanent construction fastened and
readily visible to pedestrians; or if such place of business be an
office, commercial or industrial building, the names shall be indicated
on the entrance door of the particular portion of the premises or on a
bulletin board on the main floor.
3. All business vehicles, advertising, websites and stationery used in
connection with electrical work required to be performed under a license
issued to a master electrician shall display prominently the words
"N.Y.C. Licensed Electrician", the license number of the responsible
representative of such business and of all other master electricians
associated with such business, the authorization number of the master
electrician business and the business address. If the business is
conducted under a trade name, or is a partnership or corporation, the
trade name, partnership, or corporate name shall contain the root word
"electric" and be displayed prominently.
4. The applicant for approval of a master electrician business under a
license issued to a master electrician shall have filed with the
commissioner, in such form as the commissioner may direct, proof that
such applicant carries all insurance required by law including, but not
limited to, workers' compensation, disability and one million dollars of
general liability insurance listing the department as certificate
holder, and that the applicant business is financially responsible. Each
policy of insurance shall contain a provision of continuing liability
notwithstanding any recovery under such policy.
5. The applicant shall indicate the name and license number of the
master electrician who shall serve as the responsible representative of
such business, and, if the business is a partnership or corporation, the
names of all other master electricians associated with such business.
Upon approval of such application the commissioner shall issue an
authorization number to the business. The authorization number shall be
included on all applications for permits and any other documents
required to be filed with the department.
6. The office or other place where the master electrician business is
to be conducted may be shared by one or more master electrician
businesses. However, each business whether in the form of a sole
proprietorship, partnership or corporation, shall distinguish its
identity from any other business sharing the same office space. Such
distinctions shall be maintained in a manner satisfactory to the
department.
b. Business Conduct
1. A master electrician business shall be principally engaged in the
business of performing electrical work in or on buildings, premises or
lots in the city.
2. In the case of a partnership or corporation, a master electrician's
license may be separately held by more than one partner or officer as a
representative of such partnership or corporation; however, only one
master electrician shall be the responsible representative of such
corporation or partnership. Under no circumstances shall any one
licensee represent more than one business at any one time.
3. A master electrician representing a master electrician business
shall, during the hours the business is engaged in the performance of
electrical work, devote his or her full time to the operation of such
business.
4. (i) Applications for permits and any other document that the
commissioner may require to be filed with the department, shall bear the
stamp of the master electrician's seal as well as the signature of the
responsible representative of the master electrician business or, if the
business is a partnership or corporation, such document may bear the
stamp of the seal and the signature of a master electrician who files on
behalf of such business acting pursuant to a written delegation, filed
with the department, from the responsible representative of such
business. For applications and other documents submitted electronically,
the digital signature and imprint of the seal may be submitted in a
manner authorized by the commissioner.
(ii) The responsible representative of a business may not delegate
such authority to a master electrician who is not an officer of such
corporation or a partner of such partnership. Such person shall
personally sign applications for permits. The responsible representative
of a business shall have the authority to make final determinations and
shall have full responsibility for the manner in which the work is done,
except that where work is done under a permit issued pursuant to an
application bearing the signature and seal of a master electrician
acting pursuant to a written delegation from the responsible
representative of such business, both the responsible representative of
such business and the master electrician who signed and affixed his or
her seal to the application for such permit shall be jointly and
severally responsible for the manner in which the work is done.
c. Changes to Business.
1. The holder of a master electrician's license shall report in
writing to the license board any change in the place of business within
thirty (30) days of the change. If such change occurs prior to issuance
of the license, an applicant shall report the change to the license
board within fourteen (14) days of the change.
2. The approval of a master electrician business is valid only as long
as the responsible representative identified on the application for
approval of the master electrician business actively participates in the
actual operation of the business. In the event a responsible
representative leaves a master electrician business, both the
representative and the business must notify the license board within
thirty (30) days of the change.
(i) A corporation or partnership must notify the license board of the
death of a responsible representative within thirty (30) days after such
death. Failure to do so shall be deemed sufficient cause for suspending
or revoking the approval to do business of the master electrician
business or the license of the master electrician. The decedent
licensee's legal representative may, with the commissioner's consent,
retain the licensee's license and seal for the purpose of completing all
unfinished work of such licensee for which plans have been approved and
permits issued, provided that such work is performed by or under the
direct supervision of a licensed electrician.
(ii) Except as otherwise provided by rule, a master electrician
business whether in the form of a corporation, a partnership or a sole
proprietorship, may continue to engage in the business of performing
electrical work only so long as the responsible representative of such
business identified on the application for approval of the master
electrician business remains an officer of such corporation, a partner
of such partnership or the proprietor of such sole proprietorship unless
the department approves a change in the responsible representative as
provided in this section. The commissioner may promulgate rules
providing for the continuation of a master electrician business pending
the approval of a new responsible representative.
(iii) Except as otherwise provided in such rules, the revocation,
suspension, license deactivation or non-renewal of the master
electrician's license of the responsible representative of a master
electrician business automatically revokes its approval to do business
and cancels any delegation of authority given by such responsible
representative to another master electrician associated with such
business pending the approval by the department of a new responsible
representative.
3. Except as otherwise provided by rule, a master electrician business
shall not change its name, form or designate a new responsible
representative without the prior approval of the license board. Approval
of an application for a change is conditional upon the following: filing
the necessary forms, payment of the prescribed fee and full payment of
all fees incurred with respect to such business prior to the date of the
change. Except as otherwise provided by rule, a requested change shall
not be approved if there are any outstanding fees related to the
licensee's or master electrician business's professional dealings due
and owing to the department or outstanding violation notices
attributable to the licensee or the master electrician business.
4. A master electrician's license and a special electrician's license
and seal shall not be held by any person at the same time.
5. The holder of a master electrician's license, upon entering
employment as a special electrician, shall deactivate his or her master
electrician's license and seal and change over to a special
electrician's license and seal to cover the building, buildings, or
parts thereof, for which he or she will be employed.
6. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent two or more
master electrician businesses from entering into a joint venture of
limited duration for a particular project in accordance with the rules
of the department. An application for a permit involving a joint venture
shall so indicate on the application and shall identify all of the
master electrician businesses that are parties to such joint venture by
name and authorization number and the names and license numbers of the
responsible representatives of such businesses. The application shall be
signed by the responsible representative of one of the parties to the
joint venture on behalf of all such parties and all of such parties
shall be jointly and severally liable for any fees due with respect to
electrical work performed by such joint venture and for violations of
this chapter and the rules of the department arising out of such work.
Section 27-3013.1
§ 27-3013.1 Business establishments and special electricians. a. Place
of Business, generally.
1. A special electrician shall at all times have a place of business
at a specified address in the city at which the licensee may be
contacted by the department by mail, telephone or other modes of
communication. His or her license shall plainly indicate the address or
addresses of the building, buildings or parts thereof for which such
license is issued.
2. The commissioner may issue more than one special license for a
building or buildings if, in the commissioner's judgment, he or she
deems it necessary for the proper operation and maintenance of the
electric wiring and equipment of the building or buildings involved.
b. Insurance. An applicant for approval as a special electrician shall
have filed with the commissioner, in such form as the commissioner may
direct, proof that such applicant's employer carries all insurance
required by law including, but not limited to, workers' compensation,
disability and one million dollars of general liability insurance
listing the department as certificate holder. Each policy of insurance
shall contain a provision of continuing liability notwithstanding any
recovery under such policy.
c. Conduct. 1. A special electrician shall be principally engaged in
the business of performing electrical work in or on buildings, premises
or lots so authorized under the license.
2. The holder of a special electrician's license shall report in
writing any change in employment to the license board within thirty days
of the change. If such change occurs prior to issuance of the license,
an applicant shall report the change to the license board within
fourteen days of the change.
3. Applications for permits and any other document that the
commissioner may require to be filed with the department, shall bear the
stamp of the special electrician's seal as well as the signature of a
person holding such license. Such person shall personally sign
applications for permits and shall have the authority to make final
determinations and full responsibility for the manner in which the work
is done. For applications and other documents submitted electronically,
the digital signature and imprint of the seal may be submitted in a
manner authorized by the commissioner.
Section 27-3014
§ 27-3014 Master electrician's and special electrician's licenses and
fees. a. Before any master electrician's or special electrician's
license will be issued or renewed, the applicant shall pay a license or
renewal fee as prescribed by the department's rules. The commissioner
may exempt any agency, as defined in chapter fifty-two of the charter,
from paying the aforementioned fees for licensed special electricians
who are employees of such agencies.
b. Seal. The holder of a master electrician's license shall be issued
a seal, of a design or form authorized by the commissioner, bearing the
holder's full name, license number, and the legend "licensed master
electrician." The holder of a special electrician's license shall be
issued a seal, of a design and form authorized by the commissioner,
bearing the holder's full name, license number, and the legend "licensed
special electrician."
c. No license shall be transferable. The seal is the property of the
department and is not transferable by the licensee.
d. The loss or theft of a license or seal must be reported to the
department within five calendar days. Before any license or seal will be
reissued, the applicant shall pay a reissuance fee as prescribed by the
department's rules.
e. An application for a change of license from master electrician to
special electrician shall involve the issuance of a new license and seal
with or without examinations as the commissioner may direct.
f. An application for a change of license from special to master
electrician shall be granted only upon compliance by the special
electrician with all applicable provisions of this chapter and the rules
of the department.
g. Each license and seal shall be issued for one year and the full fee
shall be payable irrespective of the date of issue.
h. Not more than one license and/or seal shall be issued to an
individual and no individual shall make or cause to be made a duplicate
of such license or seal.
Section 27-3015
§ 27-3015 Renewal of master electrician's and special electrician's
licenses. a. Any license and seal issued hereunder shall expire one
year from the year of issuance on the licensee's date of birth for that
year irrespective of the date of issue. Such license may be renewed
every year thereafter without examination, provided application for such
renewal, accompanied by the renewal fees prescribed above and such
information as may be required by the commissioner to ensure compliance
with section 27-3016 of this chapter and evidence of insurance coverage
in compliance with section 27-3013 of this chapter, shall have been
filed prior to the expiration of the existing license.
1. Where an applicant can show good and sufficient cause for his or
her inability to renew his or her license and seal before its
expiration, the commissioner may, upon submission of a complete
application for late renewal within ninety (90) days after the
expiration of such license, permit the issuance, without examination, of
a new license and seal upon payment of the prescribed fees for such new
license and seal within said ninety days. The commissioner may
promulgate rules authorizing the renewal of a license up to six months
after the expiration of such license for extenuating circumstances.
2. No license shall be renewed and no new license and seal shall be
issued unless all outstanding fees required by section 27-3018 of this
code have been paid.
3. Renewal shall also be subject to the licensee's good moral
character. As provided in department rule, the licensee's failure to
clear open violations in a timely manner may result in the refusal to
renew a license until the violations are resolved.
4. The commissioner may promulgate rules requiring applicants for the
renewal of master or special electrician's licenses to submit proof, in
such form as he or she shall determine, that, in each year of the
license term, such applicant completed at least eight hours of
continuing education courses approved by the department. Such proof
shall be submitted with the license renewal application.
b. If a master electrician's or special electrician's license is
suspended for cause, and the restoration thereof is conditional upon
some action to be taken by the holder of the master electrician's or
special electrician's license and the holder fails to take action before
the expiration of the license, such failure shall be cause for the
denial of the subsequent application to renew the license and seal.
Section 27-3016
§ 27-3016 Suspension, revocation or deactivation of master
electrician's and special electrician's licenses and suspension or
revocation of approval of master electrician business. a. 1. After
notice and the opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the rules of
the department, master electrician's or special electrician's licenses
and/or approvals of master electrician businesses may be suspended or
revoked by the commissioner and/or the commissioner may impose
penalties, which shall not exceed five thousand dollars for each
violation, for violation of this chapter or of any of the rules of the
department and/or the commissioner may order the licensee to cause the
repair of electrical damage, and any damage incidental thereto,
resulting from any act or omission giving rise to a violation as set
forth in this chapter or in rules, for any of the following:
(i) Failure to file an application for a permit or inspection.
(ii) Failure, upon receipt of a notice of violation, to take the
action called for in such notice.
(iii) Performance of electrical work in a manner contrary to the
requirements of the electrical code, the electrical code technical
standards or other applicable laws and rules enforced by the department.
(iv) Negligence, incompetence, lack of knowledge, or disregard of the
code and related laws and rules.
(v) Engaging or assisting in any act that endangers the public safety
and welfare.
(vi) Contract work by holders of special electrician's licenses.
(vii) Fraudulent dealing or misrepresentation.
(viii) Conviction of a criminal offense where the underlying act
arises out of the individual's professional dealings with the city or
any other governmental entity.
(ix) False statement in an application for a license or the renewal of
a license or in an application for approval of a master electrician
business or other application or certification required by this code or
the rules of the commissioner, or in any proof or instrument in writing
in connection therewith.
(x) The making of a material false or misleading statement on any form
or report filed with the department or other governmental entity.
(xi) The failure to file a statement, report or form required by law
to be filed.
(xii) Willfully impeding or obstructing the filing of a statement,
report or form of another required by law to be filed.
(xiii) Poor moral character that adversely reflects on the licensee's
fitness to conduct work regulated by this code.
(xiv) Failure to pay outstanding fees owed pursuant to section 27-3018
of this chapter.
(xv) Failure to comply with this code or any order, rule, or
requirement lawfully made by the commissioner including failure to
cooperate with investigations related to the electrical field conducted
by the commissioner or other government entity.
(xvi) Failure to provide documents, including payroll records,
workers' compensation or other insurance documents, employee timekeeping
records and corporate tax returns, required or requested by the
commissioner.
2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of paragraph one of this
subdivision if, after due inspection, the commissioner determines that a
licensee and/or a master electrician business has performed electrical
work which is not in compliance with the electrical code, the electrical
code technical standards, or any other laws or rules enforced by the
department, and which has resulted in a condition severely hazardous to
life or property, the commissioner may suspend his or her license and/or
the authorization of a master electrician business represented by such
licensee without a prior hearing. Notice of such suspension shall be
served on the licensee and/or the master electrician business. The
commissioner shall provide the licensee and/or the master electrician
business with the opportunity for a hearing within five (5) calendar
days after such suspension.
b. In the event the holder of a master electrician's license is no
longer engaged in a master electrician business or a special electrician
is engaged during normal working hours in a business activity that does
not involve the installation, alteration, or repair of electrical wiring
for light, heat or power, then he or she shall so notify the department
and submit his or her license and seal for deactivation provided that
(i) such license and seal will be reinstated without examination if such
application is made prior to the date on which it would have otherwise
expired, or (ii) if application is made after such date a new license
and seal will be issued, without written re-examination, after the
submission of satisfactory evidence of continued competence in the
electrical field and satisfaction of any applicable continuing education
requirements during the period of deactivation; provided that at the
time of the submission of the license for deactivation:
1. All outstanding fees required by section 27-3018 of this chapter
are paid, and
2. There are no outstanding violation notices for electrical work
performed under such license, and
3. Open applications filed under such license have been scheduled for
inspection in accordance with department procedures, re-filed by another
licensee or have been withdrawn.
c. During the period of deactivation, the licensee must continue to
pay the license renewal fee required by this chapter for each year of
the deactivation period.
d. During any period of deactivation, or upon the suspension or
revocation, of a master electrician's or special electrician's license,
the holder shall surrender his or her seal to the department. Upon the
death of a holder, his or her seal shall be immediately surrendered to
the department.
e. The fees required for the reinstatement of a license after
deactivation or suspension shall be the same as those required to obtain
the license.
f. If reinstatement of the license is not requested within thirty days
of the expiration of a suspension, late fees shall be imposed as
prescribed by the department's rules.
Section 27-3016.1
§ 27-3016.1 Certification as low voltage installer; qualifications;
issuance; fees. a. An individual who has been determined by the
commissioner to be competent to perform low voltage electrical work in
compliance with the electrical code and the electrical code technical
standards, the building code and other applicable law and who otherwise
qualifies in accordance with this section and the rules of the
department may be certified as a low voltage installer.
b. An applicant for such certification shall be over the age of
eighteen years, of good moral character and at the time of application
shall have had two (2) years of satisfactory experience as set forth in
the rules of the department.
c. Every such application shall be made in writing in such form and
shall furnish such information as the commissioner shall prescribe and
set forth in the rules of the department. Every applicant shall submit
to an investigation to determine the applicant's character and fitness.
d. Such certification shall be issued for such term and shall be
subject to renewal in accordance with such conditions as shall be
prescribed in the rules of the department.
e. The fee for such certification and for the renewal thereof shall be
prescribed by rule.
f. Certification as a low voltage installer may be suspended or
revoked for cause in accordance with the rules of the department and/or
the department may impose penalties which shall not exceed one thousand
dollars for each violation for violations of this chapter, the
electrical code, the electrical code technical standards or the rules of
the department.
Section 27-3017
§ 27-3017 Electrical work by unauthorized persons; false
representations. a. Work without appropriate license, false
representation prohibited. 1. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph
two of this subdivision, it shall be unlawful for any person to perform
electrical work except under a license issued to a master electrician or
special electrician as provided in this chapter. It shall be unlawful
for any person to advertise or to hold himself, herself or itself out as
authorized to engage in the business of performing electrical work
unless such person is authorized to perform such work pursuant to this
chapter under an appropriate master electrician's or special
electrician's license. No person shall cause any such work to be done by
any person unless he or she is an employee of and working under the
direct supervision of a person authorized to perform such work pursuant
to this chapter and the rules of the department. No person shall falsely
represent that he, she or it is authorized to perform electrical work
under a master electrician's or special electrician's license or shall
use in any advertising the words "master electrician" or the words
"licensed electrician" or the words "electrical contractor" or any words
of similar meaning or import on any sign, card, letterhead or in any
other manner unless such person is so authorized pursuant to this
chapter and the rules of the department.
2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of paragraph one of this
subdivision, the commissioner may authorize business entities engaged in
the business of installing, maintaining or repairing communication,
signaling, alarm or data transmission systems to perform low voltage
electrical work under a certification issued to a low voltage installer
as provided in this chapter and the rules of the department.
b. False statement. No person shall, with intent to defraud or
deceive, knowingly make a false statement, or cause or procure to be
made or aid and assist in the making of a false statement in an
application for a master electrician's or special electrician's license
or for certification as a low voltage installer or in an application for
approval of a master electrician business or the renewal of a license or
certificate or in an application for a permit and approval or in any
application provided for in this chapter, or in any proof or instrument
in writing in connection therewith, or in any examination hereunder,
deceive or substitute or cause another to deceive or substitute.
c. Penalty. Any person, partnership or corporation who shall violate
any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than
five thousand dollars for the first offense, not less than one thousand
dollars nor more than five thousand dollars for the second offense, and
not less than fifteen hundred dollars nor more than five thousand
dollars for the third offense or any successive offense thereafter or by
six months imprisonment or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 27-3017.1
§ 27-3017.1 Cooperation required. a. Any person, including any
corporation, partnership, business or other entity, issued a license by
the department shall, pursuant to a request or order of the commissioner
or any city agency or office, cooperate fully and completely with
respect to any department or city agency or office investigation.
Evidence of cooperation shall include, but is not limited to, appearing
before the department or other city agency or office, answering
questions completely and accurately, and providing any and all requested
documents. Failure to comply with such request or order may subject such
person to disciplinary measures authorized by law, including but not
limited to suspension or revocation of the license.
b. Service of request or order. Such request or order by the
commissioner or other city agency or office shall be mailed by regular
mail to the person named therein to his or her last known business
address or home address at least ten days before such appearance and
shall contain the name of the person, the date, time and place of such
appearance and, if known or applicable, a description of any requested
documents. If the appearance or information is required immediately, the
request or order may be transmitted via facsimile or delivered to the
person's last known business or home address prior to the date and time
specified therein.
Section 27-3018
§ 27-3018 Inspection; application for permit and application fees. a.
The commissioner or any officer or employee of the department authorized
thereto by the commissioner, or any other person designated by the
commissioner pursuant to section 27-3005 of this code, may enter or go
upon any premises in or upon which there are any wiring or appliances
for electric light, heat or power to make an inspection of the same. Any
person who willfully refuses to permit such entry or inspection, shall
be guilty of a violation of this subdivision, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred
dollars, imprisonment for a period not exceeding thirty days, or both.
b. Before commencing any electrical work, other than low voltage
electrical work, a master electrician business or special electrician
shall file with the commissioner an application for a work permit to be
issued by the department. All applications for permits shall be
submitted on forms furnished by the department. Applications shall
include all information required by this code, other applicable law,
including but not limited to the applicable energy conservation code, or
the rules of the department. No such work shall be performed until the
commissioner has reviewed and approved such application and issued an
appropriate permit for such work. The permit shall be conspicuously
posted at the work site at all times while the work is in progress. Each
permit shall be issued with an expiration date of three years.
1. Permits shall be deemed to incorporate the provisions that the
applicant, the owner, and their employees, shall carry out the permitted
work in accordance with the provisions of this code and other applicable
laws or rules, whether specified or not, except as variations have been
legally permitted or authorized.
2. All work shall conform to the approved submittal documents and any
approved amendments thereto. Changes and revisions during the course of
work shall conform to the requirements of this code.
3. The permit shall expire by operation of law if the insurance
required pursuant to section 27-3013 of this chapter, and upon which the
permit was conditioned, lapses, expires or is cancelled, unless the
permit holder files proof of valid insurance before such event.
c. Fees. The fee for a permit for minor electrical work as described
in subdivision h of this section shall be fifteen dollars, payable upon
filing of the application.
1. An initial application fee for electrical work requiring a permit
shall be payable as follows: forty dollars upon filing of the
application for such work.
2. The balance of the application fee shall be payable at electrical
sign-off from the department or as otherwise provided by the
department's rules.
3. The fee for electrical work requiring a work permit by the
department shall be computed as follows but shall not exceed five
thousand dollars:
(i) Each outlet, each fixture, each horsepower or fraction thereof of
a motor or generator, each kilowatt or fraction thereof of a heater,
each horsepower or fraction thereof of an air conditioner, each
kilovolt-ampere or fraction thereof of a transformer installed, altered
or repaired shall be assigned the value of one unit. In computing the
aforementioned fee, the sum of the units will determine the charges as
set forth hereinbelow:
Sum of units Fee
1-10...................................................$0.00
Over 10................................................$0.25 per unit
(ii) For each service switch installed, altered or repaired:
0-100 Amperes..........................................$8.00
101-200 Amperes........................................$30.00
201-600 Amperes........................................$105.00
601-1200 Amperes.......................................$225.00
Over 1200 Amperes......................................$375.00
(iii) For each set of service entrance cables and for each set of feeder
conductors installed, altered or repaired:
Up to #2 Conductors....................................$15.00
Over #2 to #1/0 Conductors.............................$30.00
Over #1/0 to 250 MCM...................................$45.00
Over 250 MCM...........................................$75.00
(iv) For each panel installed, altered or repaired:
1 Phase up to 20-1 or 10-2 pole cutouts or breakers....$15.00
1 Phase over 20-1 or 10-2 pole cutouts or breakers.....$37.50
3 Phase up to 225 amperes..............................$50.00
3 Phase over 225 amperes...............................$75.00
(v) (a) For each sign manufactured (in-shop
inspections):.....................................$40.00
(b) For each sign manufactured (on-site inspections):
0 to 30 square feet....................................$65.00
31 to 60 square feet...................................$90.00
Over 60 square feet....................................$115.00
(vi) For each elevator:
10 floors or less......................................$125.00
Each additional ten or fewer floors....................$83.00
(vii) For wiring or rewiring boiler controls in
buildings:..........................................$12.00
d. If, after inspection, such wiring or appliances shall be found to
have been installed, altered or repaired in conformity with the
requirements of this chapter, the electrical code, the electrical code
technical standards and the rules of the department, and the required
fees paid, the commissioner shall issue to the applicant a sign-off of
the approved work completed. The provisions of this subdivision shall
not apply to work performed pursuant to a permit for minor electrical
work as defined in subdivision h of this section.
e. Whenever a master electrician business or special electrician files
an application for a permit covering electrical work installed by an
unlicensed or unauthorized person, it shall be his or her duty to
specify such fact upon the application.
f. The commissioner shall be entitled to charge the following special
fees:
1. For an application with respect to electrical work made after a
violation was issued for failure to file an application for a permit for
such work - up to ten times the total fee that would otherwise be
payable as set forth in subdivisions c and d of this section.
2. Duplicate copy of notice of violation - $5.00.
g. No application or fees shall be required for electrical work
relating to the construction and maintenance of city street lights and
city traffic lights owned, operated or controlled by the city government
or any agency thereof.
h. 1. For purposes of this section a permit for minor electrical work
may be issued for any of the following:
(i) replacement of defective circuit breakers or switches rated thirty
amperes or less, excluding main service disconnects;
(ii) replacement of parts in electrical panels where voltage does not
exceed one hundred fifty volts to ground;
(iii) replacement of minor elevator parts as defined by rule;
(iv) replacement of defective controls rated at thirty amperes or
less;
(v) repair of defective fixtures;
(vi) replacement of fixtures in existing outlets, provided the number
of such fixtures does not exceed five and does not increase existing
wattage;
(vii) replacement, repair, disconnection or reconnection of motors not
to exceed one horsepower, and associated devices;
(viii) repairs to low pressure heating plants with a capacity of less
than fifteen pounds per square inch, except as may otherwise be required
by rule of the commissioner.
(ix) installation of any ten or fewer units not requiring the
installation of an additional branch circuit;
(x) installation of motors of fractional horsepower;
(xi) installation of transformers rated at one thousand volt amperes
or less.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an electrical
sign-off by the department shall not be required for electrical work
performed pursuant to a permit for minor electrical work.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the
commissioner may promulgate a rule providing that minor electrical work
may be performed without a permit or the payment of a fee under the
conditions to be prescribed in such rule.
i. The department shall not issue a permit or, if applicable, an
electrical sign-off pursuant to an application that involves the
energizing of a meter in a one-, two-, three-, or four-family residence,
if the department finds that such action will cause the total number of
meters for the building to exceed the number of dwelling units specified
for such building in the certificate of occupancy, or if there is no
certificate of occupancy, as determined by the department, except as
permitted herein. A building specified as a one-family residence in the
certificate of occupancy or, if there is no certificate of occupancy, as
determined by the department, may have only one electric meter. A
building in which two or more dwelling units have been constructed in
accordance with the certificate of occupancy, or if there is no
certificate of occupancy, as determined by the department, may have one
meter for each dwelling unit and one additional meter for the common
areas of the building, provided that smoke detecting devices are
installed in all common areas in accordance with departmental
requirements. Such common areas may include boiler rooms, shared hallway
lighting, shared stairway lighting, and outdoor perimeter lighting but
shall not include any habitable space. In the event that a meter has
been found to have been installed or to exist in violation of this
section, the department may take action leading to the disconnecting of
such meter in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in
section 27-3020 of this chapter.
j. Any application for a permit filed with the department in relation
to a request for the authorization to power or energize/electrical
wiring or appliances or power generation equipment, or in relation to
work that will result in the issuance of a new or amended certificate of
occupancy must include a statement, signed and sealed by the
electrician, that the building owner or his or her authorized
representative has authorized in writing the work to be performed. This
signed authorization must be available upon request by the department.
In addition, any electrical application filed with the department
involving the energizing of a meter, must include as well, a statement,
signed and sealed by the electrician, that the building owner or his or
her authorized representative has indicated in writing the intended use
or purpose of such meter and has affirmed that such meter will be
maintained in compliance with the provisions of this section. This
statement must be available upon request by the department.
k. Any authorization to power or energize electrical wiring or
appliances issued by the department shall expire ninety days after the
date of issuance unless a sign-off has been issued by the department or
an extension of such authorization has been granted by the department.
In the event no such sign-off has been issued or extension authorization
granted, the department may take action leading to the disconnecting of
such meter(s) in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in
section 27-3020 of this chapter.
l. Any permit application filed with the department that requires the
selective coordination of overcurrent protective devices must include
documentation from a professional engineer demonstrating how selective
coordination was achieved, including but not limited to short circuit
overlay curves and calculations. Such documentation shall be submitted
to the department prior to sign off.
m. For permit applications requiring compliance with the applicable
energy conservation code, documentation demonstrating compliance must be
available upon request by the department.
n. The provisions of this section shall not apply to low voltage
electrical work.
o. An application for a work permit may be amended by filing with the
department a post-approval amendment in a form prescribed by rule of the
department.
Section 27-3019
§ 27-3019 Modification, suspension or revocation, electrical sign-off,
permit or other authorization. a. The commissioner may at any time by an
order in writing for good cause shown, modify, suspend or revoke any
sign-off, permit or other authorization issued pursuant to this chapter
for failure to comply with the provisions of this code or other
applicable laws or rules; or whenever there has been any false statement
or any misrepresentation as to a material fact in the application or
submittal documents upon the basis of which such approval was issued; or
whenever a permit has been issued in error and conditions are such that
the permit should not have been issued. Such notice shall inform the
permit holder of the reasons for the proposed action and that the permit
holder has the right to present to the commissioner or his or her
representative within ten business days of delivery of the notice by
hand or fifteen calendar days of the posting of notice by mail,
information as to why the permit should not be modified, suspended or
revoked. A copy of any such order shall be served in the manner provided
in this subchapter. No person other than the commissioner or an officer
or employee of the department, duly authorized thereto by the
commissioner, shall alter or amend any sign-off, permit or other
authorization issued pursuant to this chapter or the rules of the
department.
b. Immediate suspension in cases of imminent peril. The commissioner
may immediately suspend any permit without prior notice to the permit
holder when the commissioner has determined that an imminent peril to
life or property exists. The commissioner shall immediately notify the
permit holder that the permit has been suspended and the reasons
therefore, that it is proposed to be revoked, and that the permit holder
has the right to present to the commissioner or his or her
representative within ten business days of delivery of the notice by
hand or fifteen calendar days of the posting of notice by mail
information as to why the permit should not be revoked.
Section 27-3020
§ 27-3020 Supplying or discontinuing electrical energy. a. Except as
otherwise provided in this code, no person, partnership or corporation
shall supply, or cause to be supplied or used, electrical energy for
light, heat or power, signaling, alarm or data transmission to any
wiring or appliance in any building unless a sign-off or other
authorization as set forth in the rules of the department authorizing
the use of said wiring or appliance shall have been issued by the
commissioner.
b. If, in the judgment of the commissioner, after due inspection, the
continued use of any electric wiring or appliances in or on any building
or structure shall be unsafe or dangerous to persons or property, the
commissioner may cause such wires or appliances to be disconnected from
the supply of electrical energy and to seal the wiring and appliances so
disconnected. Thereafter, no person shall cause or permit electrical
energy to be supplied to the wiring or appliances so sealed until the
same shall have been made safe and the commissioner shall have issued a
certificate to that effect; provided, however, that no wiring or
appliances shall be disconnected pursuant to this section until a notice
in writing, stating specifically the reason why such wiring or
appliances must be disconnected, shall have been served, as provided in
this chapter, and a duplicate thereof shall have been delivered to the
person supplying the electrical energy to such wiring or appliances.
Section 27-3021
§ 27-3021 Service of orders and notices. Any order or notice issued
pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be served personally upon
the person, partnership or corporation to whom or to which it is
addressed, or may be served by mailing the same in a sealed envelope
with postage prepaid, directed, in the case of the holder of any
license, to the address furnished by such license holder to the
department of buildings as his or her business address, or the address
of the master electrician business represented by the licensee and, in
the case of any other person, partnership or corporation, to the
premises where the defects recited in such order are alleged to exist
and by the posting in a conspicuous place on such premises of a copy of
such notice or order. The service as above described, by mailing and
posting, shall be the equivalent of personal service.
Section 27-3021.1
§ 27-3021.1 Electric meter installation; restriction. No public
utility shall supply electricity to a one, two, three or four family
residence building, nor shall such utility energize more electrical
meters in a building than the number of distinct and separate residences
in such building as authorized in the certificate of occupancy
applicable thereto, or if there is no certificate of occupancy, as
determined by the department, without first receiving a sign-off from
the department. In the event that an owner of a one, two, three or four
family building wants to install an additional electrical meter other
than provided for herein, approval shall be obtained in writing from the
department. A public utility shall not install such additional
electrical meter without such approval. A building in which two or more
dwelling units have been constructed in accordance with the certificate
of occupancy, or if there is no certificate of occupancy, as determined
by the department, may have one meter for each dwelling unit and one
additional meter for the common areas of the building, provided that
smoke detecting devices are installed in all common areas in accordance
with departmental requirements. Such common areas may include boiler
rooms, shared hallway lighting, shared stairway lighting, and outdoor
perimeter lighting but shall not include any habitable space. In the
event that a meter has been found to have been installed or to exist in
violation of this section, the utility must report such findings to the
department, which may take action leading to the disconnecting of such
meter in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in section
27-3020 of this code.
Section 27-3021.2.
§ 27-3021.2. Violations. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
any person or business who shall violate any of the provisions of this
chapter or who shall fail to comply with any requirement thereof or with
the electrical code technical standards or who shall violate or fail to
comply with any order or rule of the commissioner made thereunder shall,
for each and every violation or noncompliance be subject to penalties
and other enforcement actions in accordance with the provisions of
chapter 2 of title 28 of the administrative code.