HomeMy WebLinkAboutCDN 2017-05-22 Item 2A - Ordinance - 2017 National Electrical Codeof Tukwila
Al/ar? Ekberg, Mayor
INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
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FINANCIAL WIPACT
Purchasing • the 2017 Edition ♦ the National Electric Codes and manuals have been
completed and training will be ongoing. The cost of implementation of the 2017 NEC has beer
planned for within the current 2017-2018 budget and will not have a negative effect on the
gteneral fund.
RECOMMENDATION
The Council is being asked to approve the ordinance adopting the 2017 Edition of the National
Electric Code at the June 5, 2017 Regular Meeting Consent Agenda
ATTACHMENTS
Draft Ordinance
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Telecommunications (ANSI-TIA-607-B, August 2011); Residential Telecommunications
Cable Standard (ANSI/TIA/EIA 570-B-2004) • the National Electric Safety Code
(NESC C2-2012 excluding Appendixes .& B) are hereby adopted by reference as part
• this chapter and shall be applicable within the City of Tukwila as amended, added to
and excepted in the Washington Cities Electrical Code.
(a) Article 85.11 of the National Electrical Code, sections (A), (B) and (C),
is amended entirely and replaced as follows: The authority having jurisdiction within the
City of Tukwila shall mean the Building Official, and shall include the Chief Electrical
Inspector or other individuals • jurisdictions when designated by the Building Official,
All references to "Code Official" shall mean the City of Tukwila Building Official •
designee. This chapter shall be followed where there is any conflict between this
chapter and the above adopted standards.
(b) The National Electrical Code shall be followed where there is any
conflict between the National Electrical Code and ANSI/TIA/EIA 570-B, or the NESC
C2.
Section 2. Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon approval of the
City Attorney, the City Clerk and the code reviser are authorized to make necessary
corrections to this ordinance, including the correction • clerical errors, references to
*ther local, state or federal laws, codes, rules, or regulations; or ordinance numbering
?nd section/subsection numbering.
Section 3. Severabilityi. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or its application to any person or situation should be held to be
invalid or unconstitutional for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity • uncr naility shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the
remaining portions • this ordinance or Its application to any other person or situation.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance or a summary thereof shall be published
in the official newspaper of the City, and shall take effect and be in full force and effect
July 1, 2017.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at
a Regular Meeting thereof this — day of 1 2017
Christy O'Flaherty, MMC, City Clerk
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Filed with the City Clerk
Passed by the City Council:
Published:
Effective Date:
Ordinance Number:
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