Article 5. Electrical Code

17.5.1.     Adoption of the NFPA 70, National Electrical Code, 2014 Edition, as the Electrical Code, with certain additions and deletions

There is hereby adopted by reference by the City of Bel Aire, Kansas, for the purpose of establishing standards for the safety, health, and public welfare, the National Electrical Code, 2014 Edition, including Informative Annex C (Conduit and Tubing Fill Tables), as published by the National Fire Protection Association as N.F.P.A. No. 70-2014, as presently constituted and as may be hereinafter amended, shall apply with the exception of Section 110.16; Section 110.24; Section 200.6(d); Section 210.4(b); Section 210.5(c)(1); Section 210.12; Section 210.52(c)(1) Exception; Section 230.24(A) Exception No. 5; Section 230.40; Section 250.68(a) Exception No. 2; Section 300.4(H); Section 300.11(a)(2); Section 314.28; Section 334.10; Section 334.12(a)(1); Section 334.40(b); Section 334.80; 410.64; Section 430.22(G)(1); Section 430.22(G)(2); Section 514.11(A); Section 590.4(D); Section 590.6(B)(2); and Section 680.8; of such publication. Said N.F.P.A. No. 70-2014, was adopted by the National Fire Protection Association at its 2013 June Technical Session and approved as an American National Standard on August 21, 2013, all as set forth and described and amended within that Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, Kansas, of December, 2014, (Res. No. 159-2014), including all fee schedules unless otherwise set forth within the City’s adopted fee schedule, and including all amendments as provided for within Resolution No. 159-2014 as subsequently incorporated into the Wichita/Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code as adopted on May 20, 2015, and providing for penalties and prosecution for violations thereof; and regulation and control of the installation, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, removal, maintenance, and use of electrical systems, conductors and equipment within or on private or public buildings or other structures and other premises, that connect to the supply of electricity; provides for the issuance of permits and fees therefore; establishes the Board of Electrical Examiners and Appeals; establishes the Electrical Contractors License requirements and penalties for violations thereof, and establishes for Master and Journeyman Electrician and Residential Wireman Certificates, the requirements and exceptions thereto, and for the process of suspension or revocation thereof; creates the office of electrical inspector; and establishes truth in advertising requirements. This Code and all amendments shall hereafter be known as the Electric Code of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas. Any administrative enforcement matters associated with residential properties not otherwise addressed as set forth above, shall be pursued in accordance with the administrative provisions set forth within the International Residential Code, 2012 Edition.

17.5.2.     Availability of copies.

One copy of said standard code, along with the amendments set forth in that Resolution of the Sedgwick County Commission as described in 17.5.1 above, as currently incorporated into the Unified Building and Trade Code which is adopted through Article 11 of this Chapter, have been and are now filed in the office of the City Clerk, and the said code is adopted and incorporated as if fully set out herein at length as authorized in the manner provided by K.S.A. 12-3009, et seq.

17.5.3.     Effective date.

The above adopted code shall be phased in from the date of its adoption until July 1, 2016, to allow for conclusion of projects being completed in conformance with the previously adopted standardized code. New projects may be licensed and permitted using either the above described code or the formally applicable code, whichever is most appropriate to the project and the stage of the development of the project in the discretion of the Code Enforcement Officer. On and after July 1, 2016, no project shall be approved except in conformance with the above described code.