01-10063 1999 NEC(Published in the Salina Journal December 2001)
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ORDINANCE NUMBER 01-10063
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE V OF
CHAPTER 8 OF THE SALINA CODE PERTAINING TO ELECTRICAL CODE BY ADOPTING
THE 1999 NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That Sections 8-66 and 8-67 of Chapter 8 of the Salina Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
as follows:
"Sec. 8-66. National Electrical Code adopted.
The design, construction, installation, quality of materials, location, operation,
alteration, repair and maintenance of electrical wiring and apparatus for the
utilization of electric current shall be made in accordance with the 1999 edition of
the National Electrical Code as published and sponsored by the National Fire
Protection Association, which is hereby incorporated, by reference, and adopted as
the electrical code of the City, except as modified by this Article. Not fewer than
three (3) copies have been and are now filed in the office of the City Clerk.
Sec. 8-67. Amendments to Chapter 2 of the 1999 National Electric Code -
Wiring and Protection.
210-63. Heating, Air -Conditioning, and Refrigeration Equipment Outlet.
A 125 -volt, single-phase, 15- or 20-ampere—rated receptacle outlet shall be installed
at an accessible location for the servicing of heating, air-conditioning, and
refrigeration equipment on rooftops and in attics and crawl spaces. This is not
required for replacement of existing equipment in the same location. The receptacle
shall be located on the same level and within 25 ft (7.62 m) of the heating, air-
conditioning, and refrigeration equipment. The receptacle outlet shall not be
connected to the load side of the equipment disconnecting means.
Exception: Rooftop equipment on one- and two-family dwellings."
Section 2. That Section 8-68 of Chapter 8 of the Salina Code is hereby added to read
"Sec. 8-68. Amendments to Chapter 3 of the 1999 National Electric Code —
Wiring Methods and Materials.
300-22. (b) Ducts or Plenums Used for Environmental Air. Only wiring methods
consisting of Type MI cable, Type MC cable employing a smooth or corrugated
impervious metal without an overall nonmetallic, electrical metallic tubing, flexible
metallic tubing, intermediate metal conduit, or rigid metal conduit shall be installed
in ducts or plenums specifically fabricated to transport environmental air. Flexible
metal conduit and liquidtight flexible metal conduit shall be prevented, in lengths not
to exceed 4 ft (1.22 m) to connect physically adjustable equipment and devices
permitted to be in these ducts and plenum chambers. The connectors used with
flexible metal conduit shall effectively close any openings in the connection.
Equipment and devices shall be permitted within such ducts and plenums chambers
only if necessary for their direct action upon, or sensing of, the contained air. Where
equipment or devices are installed and illumination is necessary to facilitate
maintenance and repair, enclosed gasketed-type fixtures shall be permitted.
Exception: Nonmetalic sheathed cable that is plenum rated is permitted, without
restriction, in all ducts and plenums. "
Section 3. That the existing Sections 8-66 and 8-67 is hereby repealed.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
adoption and publication once in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: November 19, 2001
Passed: November 26, 2001
istin M. Se n, Mayor
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Lieu Ann Nicola, City Clerk