CHAPTER 9
ELECTRICAL
SECTION:
7-9-2: Electrical License Required
7-9-1 ELECTRICAL CODE:
A. Code Adopted: Except as otherwise herein required, the National Electrical Code, as adopted by the state of Idaho in Idaho Code title 54, chapter 10, together with rules and regulations as adopted by the state of Idaho, is adopted as the minimum standard for all electrical wiring within Garden City. From and after the effective date of this act, all installations in Garden City of wires and equipment to convey electric current and installations of apparatus to be operated by such current, except as hereinafter provided, shall be made in accordance with the National Electrical Code (NEC), as approved by the American National Standards Institute and as amended, revised, compiled and published from time to time and as such revisions are approved by the State of Idaho Electrical Board and the Garden City board of appeal. All Garden City amendments to the electrical code as well as all electrical policies and board minutes shall be posted by the city. The posting shall state the effective date of the amendment or policy.
B. This code shall cover all electrical installations not under the direct control and regulation of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission or an agency of the federal government.
1. Covered: The regulations of this code shall apply to all electrical wiring, equipment, apparatus and fixtures installed, used, maintained, rented, leased or offered for sale or distribution within or on public and private buildings and other premises, including yards, carnival and parking lots and industrial substations; also conductors that connect the installations to a supply of electrical energy; also mobile homes, motorhomes, recreational vehicles and mobile home and recreational vehicle parks; also investigation of fires caused by electrical installations.
2. Not Covered: This code does not cover the following:
a. Installations in ships, watercraft other than floating buildings, railway rolling stock, aircraft, or automotive vehicles other than mobile homes and recreational vehicles;
b. Installations under ground in mines and self-propelled mobile surface mining machinery and its attendant electrical trailing cable;
c. Installations of railways for generation, transformation, transmission, or distribution of power used exclusively for operation of rolling stock or installations used exclusively for signaling and communications purposes;
d. Installations of communications equipment under the exclusive control of communications utilities located outdoors or in building spaces used exclusively for such installations; and
e. Installations under the exclusive control of an electric utility where such installations:
(1) Consist of service drops or service laterals, and associated metering; or
(2) Are located in legally established easements, rights-of-way, or by other agreements either designated by or recognized by public service commissions, utility commissions, or other regulatory agencies having jurisdiction for such installations; or
(3) Are on property owned or leased by the electric utility for the purpose of communications, metering, generation, control, transformation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy. (Ord. 973-14, 12-8-2014)
7-9-2 ELECTRICAL LICENSE REQUIRED:
A. No electrical permit shall be issued to any person to do or cause to be done any electrical work regulated by this code, except to a person holding a valid contractor’s license as required by this code.
1. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in, carry on or represent himself, the business of electrical contractor or specialty contractor, or to supervise or labor at the trade of journeyman electrician or specialty journeyman electrician within Garden City without being in possession of an electrical contractor’s license or journeyman electrician license or specialty contractor’s license or specialty journeymen license issued by State of Idaho Electrical Bureau. The specialty contractor’s license and specialty journeymen license shall be limited to the particular trade involved as required by the State of Idaho Electrical Bureau.
2. A journeyman electrician or specialty journeyman shall not engage in or represent himself as an electrical contractor.
B. Property Owner’s Exemption:
1. A property owner of a one (1) family or two (2) family dwelling, including accessory buildings and grounds about such dwellings, may install, alter, or replace electrical wiring, equipment, apparatus or fixtures in or on said property or structures, provided the proper electrical permit has been issued for the work and inspections are made as required by this code.
a. The property owner’s exemption is void and all work must be done by a licensed electrical contractor when:
(1) A property owner securing an electrical permit hires or asks for the assistance of another person, with or without pay.
(2) A licensed electrical or specialty contractor lends his or her license to a property owner for securing an electrical permit or when a licensed journeyman electrician or specialty journeyman electrician performs work with or without pay under another person’s property owner’s permit.
(3) Voiding Property Owner Permit. The Electrical Inspector is hereby authorized to void a homeowner electrical permit if: (A) person taking out permit is not owner of record on the deed of said property, (B) property owner has two (2) or more re-inspections, and/or (C) property owner receives physical assistance from other(s). (Ord. 973-14, 12-8-2014)