Chapter 4 · Buildings and Construction

Article 2. Electrical Code

Sections 4-201 to 4-214 · 14 sections

4-201 National electrical code adopted.

The NFPA 70 National Electrical Code, 2020 Edition (hereinafter the “standard code “), as published by the National Fire Protection Association, One Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts, 02269, as amended herein, including Annex C (Conduit and Tubing Fill Tables) and Annex H (Administration and Enforcement) and chapters 34 through 42 of the 2021 International Residential Code (IRC) is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference, as if fully set out in this section, subject to such amendments thereto as are set forth hereinbelow. The standard code is hereby adopted as the electrical code for the City of Park City, Kansas.

(Ord. 1178-2023)

4-202 Certificates and licenses.

(a)It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to engage in the business of electrical contractor without having secured an electrical license from the City of Park City, Kansas. It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business of electrical contracting without first having secured a master electrician certificate as provided for in this Code. The master electrician shall be responsible for all electrical work encompassed in the inspection requested by and/or on the permit issued to his company. It is further unlawful for any person to engage in the trade or otherwise perform the act of installing electrical wiring or raceways for equipment, apparatus or devices for light, heat or power, or other purposes within or on any building or premises without first having secured a master electrician certificate or a journeyman electrician certificate as herein provided for and both are in the employ of a licensed electrical contractor.

A holder of a residential wireman electrician certificate may perform the act of installing all electrical wiring within or on one- and two-family dwellings only and must be in the employ of a licensed electrical contractor. Apprentice electricians or helpers shall be permitted to perform the act of installing any electrical work when he or she is on the job site with and under the supervision of a master, journeyman or residential wireman electrician certified and both are in the employ of a licensed electrical contractor. Job site is defined as the property that an individual permit is issued for. A numeric ratio of apprentices or helpers to certified master, journeyman, or residential wireman electricians on any one job site shall not be greater than four apprentices and/or helpers for each certified electrician.

If an apprentice electrician or helper works without the required supervision, both the electrical contractor license holder and the apprentice electrician/helper shall be guilty of a violation of the terms of this section.

(b)Any person with written proof of successful completion of the required electrical master, journeyman, or residential wireman electrician test pursuant to K.S.A. 12-1525 and amendments thereto, with a minimum score of seventy-five percent and with proof of having obtained, since January 1, 2006, not less than 12 hours biannually of continuing education shall be issued the appropriate license.

(c)The Electrical Board is authorized to cancel, suspend and revoke the certificate of any master electrician, journeyman electrician, certified alarm installer, or residential wireman electrician for any or all of the following reasons: (1) Committing of any act in violation of any provisions of this Code, or the refusal or failure to comply with any lawful and reasonable order of the code official or inspector; (2) Misrepresentation of a material fact by the applicant in obtaining a certificate; (3) Carelessness or negligence in providing reasonable safety measures for the protection of the public.

(d)The Electrical Board is authorized to cancel and recall the license of any electrical contractor or alarm contractor for any or all of the following reasons: (1) Abandonment of any contract without legal cause; (2) Diversion of funds or property received for performance or completion of a specific contract for a specified purpose, in the performance or completion of any contract, and application or use for any other contract, obligation or purpose, or the failure, negligence or refusal to use such finds or property for the performance or completion of said contract; (3) Committing of any act in violation of any provisions of this Code, or the refusal or failure to comply with any lawful and reasonable order of the code official or inspector; (4) Misrepresentation of a material fact by the applicant in obtaining a license; (5) Failure of any contractor to fully certify all claims for labor and material used in the performance of any work for which he has been engaged or for which he has been paid; (6) Use of any license to obtain a permit for another.; (7) Carelessness or negligence in providing reasonable safety measures for the protection of workmen and the public; (8) Failure to obtain permits as required.; (9) Unreasonable delay in the performance and carrying out of any contract; (10) Failure by the licensee, if a firm, co partnership or corporation, to have at least one active member or officer who has qualified as and has a master certificate as required in this code; (11) Failure to have the required supervision for apprentice electrician or helper as set forth herein.

Upon presentation by the code official to the Electrical Board of charges against the holder of any certificate or license the Electrical Board shall fix a time and place for a meeting to consider such charges and shall notify the holder of such certificate or license to be present at such meeting.

Such notification shall be in writing and shall be presented to the holder at least five days in advance of the meeting. If upon full hearing of all evidence by the Electrical Board it shall be decided that such holder of a certificate or license has been guilty of any of the actions as hereinbefore set forth in this section, then the board shall have the power to place on probation for a specified time, temporarily suspend or permanently revoke the license or certificate of the holder thereof.

(e)When a certificate or license of a person has been revoked, a new certificate or license shall not be granted until he or she shall have corrected the violation in accordance with this Code or any ordinance of the city.

(Ord. 1178-2023)

4-203 Electrical permit fees

Table No. 80.19(D)(2) ELECTRICAL PERMIT FEES

The fee for each electrical permit shall be as set forth and shall accompany each application made for such permit.

EXCEPTION: Installations for new one-and two-family dwellings shall not be required to obtain an individual electrical permit or to pay an electrical permit fee, since the applicable Building Permit Fee which shall have been issued and paid are inclusive of the electrical installation.

	CIRCUITS	UNIT FEE
1	120 Volt Circuit	$2.00
2	277 Volt Circuit	$2.00
	HEATING APPLIANCES	UNIT FEE
3	Heating Appliance less than 4500 watt	$3.00
4	Range or Heat Device 4500 watt or over	$8.00
5	Clothes Dryer	$8.00
	SPECIAL CIRUITS AND ADDITIONS	UNIT FEE
6	Feeder	$9.00
7	Hot tub/sauna or Jacuzzi	$14.00
8	Special Power Circuit	$9.00
9	Generator	$9.00
	SPECIAL CIRCUITS AND ADDITIONS	UNIT FEE
10	Sign Per Circuit	$7.00
11	Outlets Added to Existing Circuit	$0.75
12	Smoke Detectors	$0.75
	FIXTURES	UNIT FEE
13	Light Fixture or Lamp holding Device (also retrofits of fixtures)	$0.75
	MOTORS AND AIR COND	UNIT FEE
14	1 HP or less	$15.00
15	Over I HP	$17.00
16	Water Well Motor	$17.00
	SERVICE (NEW/CHANGE)	UNIT FEE
17A	480 Volts or less (per meter – 100 Amps or less)	$22.00
17B	480 Volts or less (Each additional Amp)	$0.06
18	Over 480 Volts (Each Service Entrance)	$71.00
19	Construction Service (480 volts or less)	$14.00
20	Construction Service (over 480 volts)	$28.00
	MISCELLANEOUS	UNIT FEE
21	Re-inspection of discontinued service (meter reset – one meter per permit)	$21.00
22	Transformer	$11.00
23	Miscellaneous	$14.00
24	Permit Issuance Fee	$30.00

* Any person who performs any electrical installation work for which a permit and inspection are required, and who fails to report the same as ready for inspection when such work is completed for not longer than one business day, or fails to obtain a permit prior to performing the work, shall pay a Special Permit Fee of twice the amount of the scheduled fee charges shown above for said permit, which shall be no less than Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00), in addition to payment of the Regular Permit Fee. In circumstances where re-inspections are made because of faulty construction or failure to make necessary repairs, a Re-inspection Fee of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) shall be paid.

(Ord. 1178-2023)

4-204 NEC 2020 Section [201.8(A) (5)] is amended as follows:

NEC 2020 210.8(A)(5) and 2021 IRC E3902.5. Exception. Receptacles installed in finished areas of the basement intended to be used as habitable rooms are not required to have GFCI protected receptacles.

(Ord. 1178-2023)

4-205 NEC 2020 Section [210.8(A) (1-11)] and IRC Chapter [E3902 (1-11)]:

NEC 2020 210.8(A) (1-11) and 2021 IRC E3902 (1-11). The requirements for all 250-volt outlets to be GFCI protected are deleted except for what is required in 2020 NEC Article 680 and 2021 IRC Chapter 42.

(Ord. 1178-2023)

4-206 NEC 2020 Section [210.12(A through D)] and 2021 IRC Chapter [E3902.17] are amended as follows:

Arc-Fault circuit interrupter protection shall only be required for the circuits in all sleeping areas, excluding smoke detector wiring.

(Ord. 1178-2023)

4-207 NEC 2020 Section [230.67] and 2021 IRC Chapter [E3601.8] are amended as follows:

Requiring the installation of Surge Protection is deleted.

(Ord. 1178-2023)

4-208 NEC 2020 Section [230.70(A)(1)] and 2021 IRC Chapter [E3601.6.2] are amended as follows:

The service disconnecting means shall be installed at a readily accessible location either outside of a building or structure or inside. Unfused service entrance conductors routed to the service disconnecting means shall not be extended more than 15 feet inside any structure.

(Ord. 1178-2023)

4-209 NEC 2020 Section [230.82(10) ,230.85] and 2021 IRC Chapter [E3601.5] are amended as follows:

Requiring the installation of Emergency Disconnects is deleted.

(Ord. 1178-2023)

4-210 Repealed.

(Ord. 1178-2023; Ord. 1241-2026)

4-211 NEC 2020 Section [210.8 (A) (5), Exception] and 2021 IRC Chapter [E3902.5 Exception 2] are amended to read as follows:

Exception. Sewage Ejector Pumps and Sump Pumps. In a dwelling, ground fault circuit interrupter protection shall not be required on a sewage ejector pump or sump pump that is cord and plug connected and installed on a dedicated circuit run to a single receptacle.

(Ord. 1178-2023)

4-212 NEC 2020 Section [210.70] and IRC Chapter [E3903.4] are amended by adding the following:

(5) Unfinished Basements. Each storage area and all future habitable rooms that are in the framed-in stage shall have a lighting outlet with a wall mounted switch for each area or room. Lighting outlets containing a switch shall be controlled by a wall switch.

(Ord. 1178-2023)

4-213 Copies on file; to be furnished.

Not less than three (3) copies of the standard code shall be filed with the City Clerk. Said copies shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy” with all sections or portions thereof intended to be omitted clearly marked to show any such omissions. Said copies shall have attached a copy of this ordinance and shall be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable business hours. Copies in numbers as needed shall also be furnished without charge by the department of code enforcement of the city to the courts and all administrative departments charged with enforcement of the standard code.

(Ord. 1178-2023)

4-214 Adoption of rules and regulations.

The building official shall have the authority to promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the purpose of the standard code and such rules and regulations shall be effective upon approval by the Governing Body.

(Ord. 1178-2023)