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Linda.Fetherbay,
Danby Town Clerk
Town of Danby
1830 Danby Rd
Ithaca NY 14850
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(Please Use this Form for Filing your Local Law with the Secretary of State)
Text of law should be given as amended. Do not include matter being
eliminated and do not use italics or underlining to indicate new matter.
County
City of Danby
Town
Village
, Local Law No. 1 of the year 19 a5
A local law establishing the Electrical Code of the Town of Danby
(tosert title)
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the
(Plane at Legislative Body)
. County
City of Danby as follows:
Town
Village
SECTION 1 . Title
This Local Law shall be known as the Electrical Code
of the Town of Danby .
SECTION 2 . Statement of Purpose .
Since there is danger to life and property inherent
in the use of electical energy , this electrical Local Law is
enacted to regulate the installation , alteration of wiring for
electric light , heat or power and signal systems operating on
50 volts or more , in or on all real property within the Town of
Danby .
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SECTION 3 . National Code Adopted .
All electrical installation heretofore mentioned
shall be made in conformity with the requirements of the National
Electrical Code except when the provisions of this Local Law
or any other law , ordinance or building code of the Town of
Danby shall differently prescribe , in which event compliance with
the provisions of such local law , ordinance or building code shall
be recognized as proper compliance with this Local Law . The
requirements of the National Electrical Code shall be those
known as National Fire Protection Association Pamphlet #70 , as
approved and adopted by the Americal Standards Association .
SECTION 4 . Electrical Inspector .
The Chief Inspector, and each of the duly appointed
Inspectors of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters 'are hereby
authorized and deputized as agents of the Town of Danby to make
inspections and reinspections of electrical installations heretofore
and hereafter described , and to approve or disapprove the same .
In no even , however , will the cost or expense of such inspections
and reinspections be a charge against the Town of Danby.
pigr(lf additional space is needed, please attach sheets of the same size as this and number each)
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SECTION 5. Duties of the Electrical Inspector.
It shall be the duty of the Inspector to report
in writing to the Building Official , whose duty it shall be
to enforee : all the provisions of the Code, all violations of
or deviations from or omissions of the electrical provisions
of the National Electrical Code, and of all local laws,
ordinances and the building code as referred to in this Local
Law insofar as any of the same apply to electrical wiring::
The Inspector shall jake inspections and reinspections of
electrical installations in and on properties in the Town
of Danby upon the written request of an authorized official
of the Town of Danby, or as herein provided. The Inspector
is authorized to make inspections and reinspections of electrical
wiring installations, devices, appliances and egwppment, in
and on properties within the Town of Danby . where he deems
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it necessary for the protection of life and property. In the
event of an emergency it is the duty of the Inspector to
make electrical inspections upon the oral request of an
official or officer of the Town of Danby. It shall be the
duty of the inspector to furnish written reports to the
proper officials of the Town of Danby; and owners and/or
lesses of property where defective electrical installations
and equipment are found upon inspection. He shall authorize
the issuing of a certificate of compliance when electrical
installations and equipment are in conformity with this Local
Law. He shall direct that a copy of the certificate of
compliance be sent to the Town of Danby to the attention of
the Building Official .
SECTION 6. Violations of the Local Law.
It shall be a violation of the Local Law
for any person, firm or corporation to install or cause to
be installed, or to alter electrical wiring for light , heat
or power in or on properties, in the Town of Danby. until
an application for inspection has been filed with the New
York Board of Fire Underwriters. It shall be a violation
of this Local Law for a person, firm or corporation to connect
or cause to be connected electrical wiring, in or on properties
for light, heat or power, to any source of electrical energy
supply, prior to the issuance of a temporary certificate,
or a certificate of compliance, by the New York Board of
Fire Underwriters.
SECTION 7. Penalty for Violations.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall
violate any of the provisions of this Local Law or any rule
or regulation made pursuant thereto shall be guilty of
disorderly conduct and shall be a disorderly person, and
upon conviction thereof may be punished by a fine of not
more than TWo Hundred Fifty Dollars and each day on which
such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 8. Local Law Not Applicable in Certain Cases.
The provisions of this Local Law shall not
apply to the electrical installations in mines, ships,
iaavlway:-:cars, automotive equipment, or the installations or
equipment employed by a railway, electrical or communication
utility in the exercise of its function as a utility, and
located outdoors or in buildings used exclusively for that
purpose. This Local Law shall not apply to any work involved
in the manufacture, asembly, test or repair of electrical
machinery, apparatus, materials and equipment by a person,
firm or corporation engaged in electrical manufacturing as
their principal business.. It shall not apply to any building
which is owned or leased in_ itszentiretyby the Government
of the United States or the State of New York.
SECTION 9. No Waiver or Assumption of Liability.
This Local Law shall not be construed to
relieve from or lessen the responsibility of any person owning,
operating, controlling or installing any electrical wiring,
devices, appliances, or equipment for loss of life or damage
to person or property caused by any defect therein, nor shall
the Town of Danby or the New York Board of Fire Underwriters
be deemed to have assumed any such liability by reason of
any inspection made pursuant to this Local Law.
SECTION 10. Separability Clause.
If any part or provision of this Local Law
or the application thereof to any person or circumstance be
adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction such
judgment shall be rendered and shall not affect or impair the
validity of 'the remainder of this Local Law or the application
thereof to other persons or circumstances and the Town of
Danby hereby declares that it would have passed this Local
Law or the remainder thereof had such invalid application or
invalid provision been apparent .
SECTION 11 . Repealing Provisions.
All Ordinances and Local Laws and parts of
Ordinances and Local Laws inconsistent with this Local Law
are hereby repealed.
SECTION 12. Effective Date. This Local Law shall take
effect upon filing with the Secretary of State.
(Complete the certification in the paragraph which applies to the filing of this local law and strike out the
matter therein which is not applicable.)
1. (Final adoption by local legislative body only.)
l hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto,designated as local law No. 1 of 19 85
@fftwrty
of the ePer of Danby was duly passed by the Town Board
Town (Name of Legislative Body)
on January 14 19...8.5 in accordance with the applicable provisions of law.
2. (Passage by local legislative body with approval or no disapproval by Elective Chief Executive Officer,*
or repassage after disapproval.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto,designated as local law No. of 19
County
City
of the Town of was duly passed by the
(Name of Legislative Body)
Village
not disapproved
on 19 and was approved by the
repassed after disapproval Elective Chief Executive Officer
and was deemed duly adopted on 19 , in accordance with the applicable
provisions of law.
3. (Final adoption by referendum.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto,designated as local law No. of 19
County
of the City of was duly passed by the
Town (Name of Legislative Body)
Village not disapproved
on 19 and was approved by the
repassed after disapproval Elective Chief xecutive Officer*
on 19 . Such local law was submitted to the people by reason of a
mandatory referendum,and received the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors voting
permissive
general
thereon at the special election held on 19 , in accordance with the appli.
annual
cable provisions of law.
4. (Subject to permissive referendum,and final adoption because no valid petition filed requesting
referendum.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 19
County
of the City of was duly passed by the on
Town (Name of Legislative Body)
Village not disapproved
19 and was approved by the on
repassed after disapproval Elective Chief Executive Officer*
19 . Such local law being subject to a permissive referendum and no
valid petition requesting such referendum having been filed, said local law was deemed duly adopted on
19 , in accordance with the applicable provisions of law.
*Elective Chief Executive Officer means or includes the chief executive officer of a county elected on a county-wide basis
or, if there be none,the chairman of the county legislative body,the mayor of a city or village or the supervisor of a town,
where such officer is vested with power to approve or veto local laws or ordinances.
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5. (City local law concerning Charter rep ision proposed by petition.)
I hereby ce;tif\ tiia the ;;hexed hereto, designated as local law No. - of 19
of the City of In%i n, been submitted to referendum pursuant-to the
provisions of § 37 of ME; elunicipal lL.me Rule Law,aud Laving received the affirmative vote of a majority
of the qualified electors of such city voting thereon at the special election held on
general
19 became operative.
6. (County local law concerning adoption of Charter.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as Local Law No. of 19...... of the
County of , State of New York, having been submitted to the Electors at the
General Election of November , 19 , pursuant to subdivisions 5 and 7 of Section 33 of the Muni-
cipal Home Rule Law,and having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the
cities of said county as a unit and of a majority of the qualified electors of the towns of said county
considered as a unit voting at said general election, became operative.
(If any other authorized form of final adoption has been followed, please provide an appropriate
certification.)
lor I further certify that I have compared the preceding local law with the original on file in this office
and that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of such original local law, and was
• finally adopted in the manner indicated in paragraph 1 above.
k of the County le slative body,City,( ow or Village a or
officer designated by local legislative body
Date: February 11 , 1985
(Seal)
(Certification to be executed by County Attorney, Corporation Counsel, Town Attorney, Village Attorney
or other authorized Attorney of locality.)
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF Tompk j a5
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing local law contains the correct text and that all
proper proceedings have been had or taken for the enactment of the local law annexed hereto.
Yi/M-khk.
C� - Ceti
Signature
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Date: February 1 1 , 1985 Geanfy
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TOWN OF DANBY
LOCAL LAW NO. 1 . OF THE YEAR 1985
A local law establishing the Electrical Code of the Town of
Danby
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Danby as follows :
SECTION 1 . Title
This Local law shall be known as the Electrical
Code of the Town of Danby.
SECTION 2. Statementrof: Purpose.
Since there is danger to life and property
inherent in the use of lectrical energy, this electrical
Local Law is enacted to regulate the installation, alteration
of wa.ring for electric light, heat or power and signal systems
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operating on 50 volts or more, in or on all real property within
the Town of Danby.
SECTION 3. National Code Adopted.
All electrical installation heretofore mentioned
shall be made in conformity with the requirements of the
National Electrical Code except when the provisions of this
Local Law or any other law, ordinance or building code of the
Town of Danby shall differently prescribe, in which event
compliance with the provisions of such local law, ordinance
or building code shall be recognized as proper compliance
with this Local Law. The requirements of the National Electrical
Code shall be those known as National Fire Protection Association
Pamphlet ##70, as approved and adopted byo the American
Standards Association.
SECTION 4 . Electrical Inspector.
The Chief Inspector, and each of the duly
appointed Inspectors of the New York Board of Fire Under-
writers are hereby authorized and deputized as agents of the
Town of Danby to make inspections and reinspections of all
electrical installations heretofore and hereafter described,
and to approve or disapprove the same. In no event, however,
will the cost or expense of such inspections and reinspections
be a charge against the Town of Danby.
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SECTION 5. Duties of the Electrical Inspector.
It shall be the duty of the Inspector to- report
in writing to the Building Official , whose duty it shall be
to enforse : all the provisions of the Code, all violations of
or deviations from or omissions of the electrd•oal provisions
of the National Electrical Code, and of all local laws,
ordinances and the building code as referred to in this Local
Law insofar as any of the same apply to electrical wiringa
The Inspector shall jake inspections and reinspections of
electrical installations in and on properties in the Town
of Danby upon the written request of an authorized official
of the Town of Danby, or as herein provided. The Inspector
is authorized to make inspections and reinspections of electrical
wiring installations, devices, appliances and ogoikpment , in
and on properties within the Town of Danby. where he deems
it necessary for the protection of life and property . In the.
event of an emergency it is the duty of the Inspector to
make electrical inspections upon the oral request of an
official or officer of the Town of Danby . It shall be the
duty of the inspector to furnish written reports to the
proper officials of the Town of Danby,--)and owners and/or
lesses of property where defective electrical installations
and equipment are found upon inspection . He shall authorize
the issuing of a certificate of compliance when electrical
installations and equipment are in conformity with this Local
Law. • He shall direct that a copy of the certificate of
compliance be sent to the Town of Danby to the attention of
the Building Official .
SECTION 6. Violations of the Local Law.
It shall be a violation of the Local Law
for any person, firm or corporation to install or - cause to
be _installed, or to alter electrical wiring for light, heat
or power in or on properties, in the Town of Danby . until
an application for inspection has been filed with the New
York: Board of Fire Underwriters. It shall be a violation
of this Local Law for a person, firm or corporation to connect
or cause to be connected electrical wiring, in or on properties
. for light, heat or power, to any source of electrical energy
supply, prior to the issuance of a temporary certificate,
or a certificate of compliance, by the New York Board of
Fire Underwriters.
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SECTION 7. Penalty for Violations.
Any person, ,firm or corporation who 'shall .
violate any of. the provisions of this Local Law or any rule
or regulation made pursuant thereto shall be guilty of
disorderly conduct and shall be a disorderly person, and
upon conviction thereof may be punished by a fine of not
more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars and each day on which-
such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
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SECTION 8. Local Law Not Applicable in Certain Cases.
The provisions of this Local Law shall not
apply to the electrical installations in mines, ships,
raailway::cars, automotive equipment, or the installations or
equipment employed by a railway, electrical or communication
utility in the exercise of its function as a utility, and
located outdoors or in buildings used exclusively for that
purpose. This Local Law shall not apply to any work involved
in the manufacture, asembly, test or repair of electrical
machinery, apparatus, materials and equipment by a person,
firm or corporation engaged in electrical manufacturing as
their principal business. It shall not apply to any building
which is owned or leased in_ iterventirety- by the Government
of the United States or the State of New York.
SECTION 9. No Waiver or Assumption of Liability.
This Local Law shall not be construed to
relieve from or lessen the responsibility of any person owning,
operating, controlling or installing any electrical wiring,
devices, appliances, or equipment for loss of life or damage
to person or property caused by any defect therein, nor shall
the Town of Danby or the New York Board of Fire Underwriters
be deemed to have assumed any such liability by reason of
any inspection made pursuant to this Local Law.
SECTION 10. Separability Clause.
If any part or provision of this Local Law
or the application thereof to any person or circumstance be
adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction such
judgment shall be rendered and shall not affect or impair the
validity of the remainder of this Local Law or the application
thereof to other persons or circumstances and the Town of
Danby hereby declares that it would have passed this Local
Law or the remainder thereof had such invalid application or
invalid provision been apparent .
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SECTION 11 . Repealing Provisions.
All Ordinances and Local Laws and parts of
Ordinances and Local Laws inconsistent with this Local Law
are hereby repealed.
SECTION 12. Effective Date. This Local Law shall take
effect upon filing with the Secretary of State.