2020-04 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 69 - Electrical Code

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ORDINANCE NO. ��'d '' �� ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE -CHAPTER 69— -ELECTRICAL CODE— BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINC}IS: S�C�IOIl 1, That Chapter b} of the City Cade of the City af Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same is hereby madified and amended, effective February 1, 2q20, by amending language ta Sections 8, 15 and Z 6 reflecting the amendment, Said Sections 8, 15 and 16, as so madified and arnended, shall provide as follaws: 8. FEES REQUIRED. No permit shall be issued except upon prior payment of the total bu�ilding fees as set forth in Chapter 6'7, Section 9.The fee schedule set farth is cumulative,and is in addition to all other fees required by applicable provisions of the municipal code, unless specifically noted to the contrary. 15. RE-INSPECTION FEES. A re-inspectian fee of$45 shall be assessed against the applicant for a construction permit who has requested an inspection which cannot be completed andfor approved by the Inspection Divisian far any of the following reasans: (1) the work far which the inspection has been requested is not installed or completed ta the extent that an inspection can be made, (Z) the inspectian reveals that the electrical system has more than three code violations due to: equipment not installed per instructions included in the listing ar labeling; equipment installed without correct polarity; camponents not property grounded; wiring not installed as to be free frarn short circuits; equipment installed with impraper ratings; devices and fixtures not energized because af loase connections or broken wires, (3) the Inspector is unable to gain entry at the time requested by the contractar, (�)when previausly nated violations have not been corrected. Fees assessed as herein provided may be appealed to the Construction and Hausing Board af Appeals by filing a natice of such appeal with the City C1erk within fourteen {14} days of the mailing of natice of such assessrnent. An appeal shall stay the due date for payment until the date af the final order of the Board. Such fees shall be assessed by mailing notice of same to the owner or other person by certified mail, return receipt requested. Payment thereaf sha11 be due fourteen {14} days after rnailing of such notice, which notice must contain a statement of the right of the owner ar other persan ta appeal the same to the Board and the time limitation therean. In any judicial proceeding brought by the City ta collect fees which have not been paid as required by the pravisions hereof, failure to receive natice af the assessment of such fee may be a defense thereta,but only if such notice was not sent to the proper mailing address of the defendant ar was received thereat by someane other than a persan upan whom substituted service may be made pursuant to the lllinois Code of Civil Procedure.