Ord. 0110B 1965-11-11si• "1
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 110,
4,,,• KNOWN AS THE ELECTRICAL CODE OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS, AMENDING PART II, ENTIRE
SECTION 7, IN REGARDS THE SERVICE CONDUCTORS
AND SERVICE ENTRANCE AND OTHER MATTERS RE-
1 1-3 LATING THERETO AND PART II, SECTION 3, PARA-
GRAPH 2 AS REGARDS THE COST FOR. EACH LIGH'fiNG
r1XTURE; AND SUSPENDING THE RULE REQUIRING
ORDINANCE TO BE READ ON TWO SEPARATE AND
SEVERAL DAYS.
ORDINANCE NO. 110B
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS:
SECTION SEVEN: ENTIRE SECTION 7 OF ORDINANCE NO. 110,
known as the Electrical Code of the City of Pearland, Texas, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
The service conduit and wires leading from the outside of the
customer's building to the meter cabinet and main line switch shall be
supplied, owned and controlled by the property owner but the installation
of service drops and the connection of these wires to the supply lines is to
be made by the Public Service Company owning and operating the supply
lines. The owner shall provide a location for brackets or other attach-
ments to the building to which the service wires are to be connected. Such
location shall be not more than eighteen inches (18") from the service con-
duit outlet. On residences of one story or more, the location shall be as
high as is practicable on the building, but in no event shall it be more than
twenty-five (25') feet nor less than ten (10') feet from the ground. In the
business district, where the service is fed from alley construction, the
location shall be at the ceiling of the first floor, if not less than ten (10')
feet from the ground. The service bracket shall be located on the building
at a point nearest to or most accessible to the supply lines of the Public
Service Company.
The service outlets shall be no more than twenty-five (25') feet
nor less than ten (10') feet from the ground and must be so located as to not
be within reach from any porch or stairs landing, and shall be so located
as to afford direct unobstructed space for stringing the service drops from
the service outlet to the Public Service Company's service mains.
No permanent electric service smaller than No. 2 A. W. G. T W
copper or equivalent will be accepted between the point where the service
drops of the Electrical Supply Company terminate on the owners premises
and the main line entrance switch. Such wire shall be enclosed in rigid
metal conduit or E. M. T. up to 2". No. 6 A. W. G. or larger will be
accepted for temporary service.
Not less than three feet of each conductor shall be left at the
service head for connection to the service wire from the Public Service
Company's service drop.
The service entrance conduit shall not be smaller than one and
one-fourth (1-1/4") inches and shall be galvanized.
The service entrance conduit of residences, apartments and
combination residences and commercial or industrial establishments must
be run exposed on the outside of the building from the point where said
conduit contacts the service drops of Public Service Company, to the meter
of the Public Service Company.
The service entrance cable shall not be used as a feeder within
any building.
Aluminum conductor will be acceptable only upon conforming with
specific conditions and specifications to be promulgated by the City Electrical
Board.
PART II, SECTION 3 OF ORDINANCE NO. 110, known as the
Electrical Code of the City of Pearland, Texas, Paragraph 2, part of Line
12 and part of Line 13 is amended to read 0.15 for each lighting fixture
instead of
. 50.
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Due to the fact that there is not now in existence within the City of
Pearland an Ordinance or regulation properly governing the installation and
maintenance of electrical equipment, wiring and appliances within said City
and that an imperative public necessity exists for the passage of this Ordinance
without the reading of same on successive meetings, said requirement is hereby
suspended and this Ordinance and amendments shall take effect from and after
its passage and it is so ordained.
PASSED and APPROVED on this the // day of 71pyna.l,.z.y,/" ,
A. D. 1965.
.ATTEST:
CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
By:if Jv&
' J /,/cbhn G. Kegley, a or
W. A. McClellan, City Secretary '.;
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