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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2 OF AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE GOVERN
ING AND REGULATING THE INSTALLATION AND INSPECTION OF ALL ELECTRICAL WIRING AND
APPLIENCES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY; ESTABLISH-
ING THE FEES AND CHARGES FOR MAKING ELECTRICAL INSPECTIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE
APPOINTMENT OF AN ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR; PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF THE ELECTRICAL
INSPECTOR AND FIXING THE AMOUNT OF HIS COMPENSATION; PROVIDING THE PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCESIN
CONFLICT THEREWITH", WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON MARCH 6,
1951
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That Section 2 of an ordinance containing the title quoted above
in the title hereof, which was adopted by the Board of Commissioners on March 6,
1951, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that as amended said section shall
read as follows:
"SECTION 2. Any and all electrical wiring hereafter installed in any family
residence or apartment, except those located in the area described "fire zone",
within the corporate limits, bhall, if such wiring is to carry a current exceeding
fifty volts, be installed in metal conduits, metal moulding, armoured cable, or
Romex with a ground wire, and installed in such manner as to comply with the re-
quirements of the above mentioned Code. All flexible cords used in connection
with metal conduits, metal moulding or armoured cable wiring, shall be approved
portable cords. All materials, flexible cords, fittings or devices shall be of an
approved type. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to conceal
electrical wiring until after said wiring shall have been inspected by the Electrics
Inspector to be designated by the City and a certificate of approval issued. It
shall be unlawful for any electric light or power company to connect with, or
furnish current to any electrical installation within the corporate limits of the
city, until after such electrical imstallation shall have been inspected by said
Electrical Inspector and a certificate of approval and acceptance issued."
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its adoption.
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Mayor Pro Tem
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Passed by the Board of Commissioners May 29, 1951
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, May 29, 1951.
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