Ord. 0110I 2008-02-25ORDINANCE NO. 110- I
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, AMENDING ARTICLE VII, ELECTRICAL CODE, OF THE
CITY OF PEARLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS IT MAY HAVE BEEN,
FROM TIME TO TIME, AMENDED, TO AMEND SECTION 9-157(a) and (c)
ENTITLED WIRING GENERALLY; HAVING A SAVINGS CLAUSE,
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND A REPEALER CLAUSE; AND PROVID-
ING FOR CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE THE NEED TO REGULATE THE USE OF
METALIC CLAD (MC) CABLES IN THE CITY'S WIRING SYSTEM INURES
TO THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND, THEREFORE, BEARS
DIRECTLY UPON THE LIFE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE
CITIZENRY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Article VII, Electrical Code, of Chapter 9, of the City of Pearland
Code of Ordinances, is hereby amended to AMEND Section 9-157 (a) and (c), entitled
Wiring Generally, to read as follows:
Sec. 9-157. Wiring generally.
(a) Approved rigid metal conduit or electrical metallic cable or under -floor cast -in -place
raceways, shall be required for all wires used to conduct current for light, heat or power, in
the wiring of all new buildings and in all old buildings or additions thereof within the fire
limits of the city, as they are now or may hereafter be established, and in churches,
schools, hotels, theaters and commercial buildings within the jurisdiction of the city.
(b) Gasoline filling stations will be wired according to the latest rules and regulations of the
National Board of Fire Protection Association.
(c) The use of metallic clad cable (MC cable) shall be allowed for wiring purposes, provided
it is color coded in the following manner: blue for MC cable and red for fire cable. All MC
cable must be installed with approved strapping throughout, and under no circumstances
shall feeder runs be installed using MC cable.
(d) The use of pancake boxes are not permitted except for bathrooms and cornice
overhangs.
(e) Ground fault circuit interrupter protection will be required in places of public assembly.
A place of assembly is a building or other structure designed or intended for the assembly
of fifty (50) or more persons.
(f) All central electrical heating systems installed in duct work must have no fuse
disconnection in the attic.
(g) All plug outlets in a residence must have #12 circuits.
ORDINANCE NO. 110-1
Section 2. Declaration of Emergency. The Council finds and determines that
the need to regulate the use of metallic clad cable in the City's electrical system inures to
the benefit of the public and, therefore, bears directly upon the life safety and welfare of the
citizenry; and that this Ordinance shall be adopted as an emergency measure, and that the
rule requiring this Ordinance to be read on two (2) separate occasions be, and the same is
hereby waived.
Section 3. Savings. All rights and remedies which have accrued in favor of the
City under this Ordinance and amendments thereto shall be and are preserved for the
benefit of the City.
Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid, unconstitutional or otherwise
unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a
separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions thereof.
Section 5. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such conflict.
Section 6. Codification. It is the intent of the City Council of the City of
Pearland, Texas, that the provisions of this Ordinance shall be codified in the City's official
Code of Ordinances as provided hereinabove.
ORDINANCE NO. 110-1
Section 7. Effective Date. The City Secretary shall cause this Ordinance, or its
caption, to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Pearland, upon passage of
such Ordinance. The Ordinance shall then become effective ten (10) days from and after
its publication, or the publication of its caption and penalty, in the official City newspaper.
PASSED and APPROVED on FIRST and ONLY READING this the 25th day of
February, A.D., 2008.
TOM REID
MAYOR . '•,
ATTEST:
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ITY CRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
VOTING RECORD FIRST AND ONLY READING
FEBRUARY 25, 2008
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Owens, Beckman, Kyle,
and Cole.
Voting "No" — Councilmember Saboe.
Motion passed 4 to 1.
PUBLICATION DATE: March 5, 2008
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 14, 2008
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
The Peariand Reporter News
2404 South Park
Pearland, Texas .77581
State of Texas
Brazoria and Harris Counties
I, Lloyd Morrow, hereby certify that the notice herebyappended was published
in THE REPORTER NEWS, a newspaper of general circulation in Brazoria, Harris
and .Galveston Counties, for f issues, as. follows:
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1 Published March 5, 2008
-ORDINANCE-NO: -110, I 'I -
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PEARLAND,
i TEXAS, AMENDING
ARTICLE VII, ELECTRI-
CAL CODE, OF THE
CITY OF PEARLAND
CODE OF ORDINANCES,
lrAS IT MAY HAVE BEEN,
FROM TIME TO TIME,
AMENDED, TO AMEND
SECTION 9.157(a) and
(c) ENTITLED WIRING
GENERALLY; HAVING •A
SAVINGS CLAUSE, 'A
SEVERABILITY
I CLAUSE, AND A
REPEALER CLAUSE;
I
AND -PROVIDING FOR
CODIFICATION -"AND AN _ _
EFFECTIVE DATE; AND
DECLARING' Ws EM'1=
GENCY BECAUSE'THE
NEED'• TO REGULATE
THE USE OF• METALIC
CLAD• (MC) CABLES 'IN
THE CITY'S WIRING
SYSTEM INURES TO
THE BENEFIT OF THE
' PUBLIC AND, THERE-
FORE, BEARS DIRECT-
LY UPON. THE • LIFE
SAFETY AND WELFARE
OF THE CITIZENRY.
PASSED and APPROVED
on FIRST and ONLY
READING __this _.the 25th
day of February, A.D.,
2008.
/s! TOM REID
MAYOR
ATTEST: YOUNG LORF-
ING, TRMC
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO
F 0 R M
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
VOTING RECORD FIRST
AND ONLY READING
FEBRUARY 25, 2008
Voting "Aye" -
Councilmembers Owens,
Beckman; Kyle, and Cole.
Voting "No" —
Councilmember Saboe.
Motion passed 4 to 1.
PUBLICATION ' DATE:
March 5, 2006
EFFECTIVE DATE:
March 14, 2006
PUBLISHED -AS
REQUIRED BY SECTION
3.10 OF THE CHARTER
OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS