Chapter 3
ELECTRICAL CODE*

Sections:

8-3.01    Adoption of the California Electrical Code.

*    Chapter 3 entitled “Building Numbering” added by Ordinance No. 573 N.C.S., repealed in its entirety by Ordinance No. 1227-07 (CM), effective January 1, 2008. A new Chapter 3 entitled “Electrical Code” is added by Ordinance No. 1229-07 (CM), effective January 1, 2008.

    Chapter 3 entitled “Electrical Code,” consisting of Section 8-3.01, codified from Ordinance No. 1229-07 (CM), eff. January 1, 2008, was repealed and replaced by Ordinance No. 1271-10 (CM), eff. January 1, 2011.

    Chapter 3, consisting of Section 8-3.01, codified from Ordinance No. 1271-10 (CM), effective January 1, 2011, was repealed and replaced by Ordinance No. 1297-13 (CM), effective January 1, 2014.

    Chapter 3, consisting of Section 8-3.01, codified from Ordinance No. 1297-13 (CM), effective January 1, 2014, was repealed and replaced by Ordinance No. 1341-16 (CM), effective January 1, 2017.

8-3.01 Adoption of the California Electrical Code.

Except as provided herein, the 2022 California Electrical Code (Part 3 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations) is adopted as the Electrical Code of the City of Watsonville.

(a)    The following provisions are rejected and not adopted:

(1)    CEC Section 89.108.4, Permits, Fees, Applications and Inspections;

(2)    CEC Section 89.108.5, Right of Entry for Enforcement;

(3)    CEC Section 89.108.7, Alternate Materials, Designs, Tests and Methods of Construction;

(4)    CEC Section 89.108.8, Appeals Board;

(5)    CEC Section 89.108.9, Unsafe Building or Structures;

(6)    CEC Section 89.108.10.2, Moved Structures.

(§ 1, Ord. 1341-16 (CM), eff. January 1, 2017, as amended by § 1, Ord. 1398-19 (CM), eff. January 1, 2020, § 1, Ord. 1445-22 (CM), eff. November 24, 2022)