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1997-026ORDINANCE NO. 97- 26 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 15 OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREAS, the Village of Buffalo Grove is a Home rule Unit by virtue of the provisions of the Constitution Of the State of Illinois of 1970. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS: SECTION 1 : Chapter 15.08 of the Village of Buffalo Grove Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows: Chapter 15.08 ELECTRICAL CODE Sections: 15.08.010 Adoption by reference. 15.08.020 Amendments. 15.08.010 Adopted by reference. The 1996 National Electrical Code as modified in this Chapter is adopted by reference and may be printed in pamphlet form. 15.08.020 Amendments. The 1996 National Electrical Code is amended as follows: Article 110- 16(c). Access and Entrance to Working Space. (Amend to read as follows.) For equipment rated 1200 amperes or more and over six (6) feet wide containing overcurrent e • devices, switching services, or control devices, there shall be one (1) entrance not less than thirty - two (32) inches wide and six and two- thirds (6 -2/3) feet high at each end of the working space. Article 110 -23 Identification of Ungrounded Conductors. The name of the electrical contractor performing the work shall be displayed on the service panel box. Article 210 4(d) Identification of Ungrounded Conductors. (Amend by adding the following.) The means of identification of each system phase conductor, wherever accessible, shall be color coded for 277/480 volt (brown, orange and yellow with gray as neutral conductor) and for 120/208 volt (blue, red, and black with white as neutral conductor). Article 210- 52(gti). Basements and Garages. (Amend by adding the following.) In the construction of, or addition to, attached and detached garages, at least one lampholder, one switch and one G.F.C.I. receptacle shall be required. Article 215 -9. Ground -Fault Protection for Personnel. (Amend by adding the following.) Ground -fault circuit interrupters shall be self - contained units, circuit breaker types, feed - through receptacle types or other approved types. When feedthrough G.F.C.I. receptacles are used, they shall feed only receptacles on the same floor as the resetting means. Article 230. Services A. General. (Amend by adding the following.) 1. Each dwelling unit main service entrance equipment shall consist of a single disconnecting means of not less than 100- ampere capacity. A minimum of six (6) breakers or fuses must be in use for any dwelling unit. 2. In commercial and industrial buildings, the service shall have a rating not less than the load to be carried; however, in no case shall the service be smaller than 100 - ampere. 3. Half -size breakers are not approved for any use. Article 230 -43. Wiring Methods for 600 Volts or Less. (Amend by adding the following.) Service entrance conductors preceding the first disconnecting means shall be installed in accordance with the applicable requirements of this code covering the type of wiring method used and limited to the following methods: 1) rigid metal conduit; 2) intermediate metal conduit; or 3) rigid nonmetallic conduit when located outside the structure and terminating at the local utility pad. Article 250- 81(a). Metal Underground Water Pipe. (Amend to read as follows.) A metal underground water pipe in direct contact with the earth for 10 ft (3.05 m) or more (including any metal well casing effectively bonded to the pipe) and electrically continuous (or made electrically continuous by bonding around insulating joints or sections or insulating pipe) to the points of connection of the grounding electrode conductor and the bonding conductors. Continuity of the grounding path or the bonding connection to interior piping shall not rely on ON e • water meters or filtering devices and similar equipment. All ground conductors shall be enclosed in conduit and run to street side of water meter and shall be terminated in a visible and readily accessible location with a "Warning Tag ". Water meters shall have a jumper wire installed. Article 250-91(d). Prohibition of Use of Aluminum Wire. (Amend by adding the following.) The use of aluminum or copper -clad aluminum wire for the purpose of grounding is prohibited. Article 300 -13 (c) Mechanical and Electrical Continuity - Conductors (Amend by adding the following.) Use of stab -lock connections on receptacles is prohibited. Article 310 -2(b) Conductor Material. (Amend to read as follows) Use of aluminum conductors and copper -clad aluminum conductors is prohibited. Conductor material shall be copper only. Article 320. OPEN WIRING IN INSULATORS. Not enacted by reference. Article 321. MESSENGER SUPPORTED WIRING. Not enacted by reference. Article 324. CONCEALED KNOB AND TUBE WIRING. Not enacted by reference. Article 333. ARMORED CABLE. Not enacted by reference. Article 334. METAL -CLAD CABLE. Not enacted by reference. Article 336. NONMETALLIC - SHEATHED CABLE. Not enacted by reference. Article 338 -3. Uses Permitted As Branch Circuits or Feeders. Not enacted by reference. Article 338 -4. Interior Installation Methods. Not enacted by reference. Article 342. NONMETALLIC EXTENSIONS. Not enacted by reference. Article 347 -2. Uses Permitted. (a), (c), (d), (e), and (f) not enacted by reference. Article 348.1 Use. (Amend to read as follow.) The use of listed electrical metallic tubing shall be permitted for both exposed and concealed work. Electrical metallic tubing shall not be used (1) where, during installation or afterward, it will be subject to severe physical damage; (2) where protected from corrosion solely by enamel; (3) in cinder concrete or cinder fill where subject to permanent moisture unless protected on all sides by a layer of noncinder concrete at least 2 in. (50.8mm) thick or unless the tubing is at least 18 in. (457mm) under the fill; (4) in any 3 e • hazardous (classified) location except as permitted by sections 502 -4, 503 -3, and 504 -20; or (5) for the support of fixtures or other equipment except conduit bodies no larger than the largest trade size of the tubing; (6) in earth or in concrete on or below grade. Where practicable, dissimilar metals in contact anywhere in the system shall be avoided to eliminate the possibility of galvanic action. Exception: Aluminum fittings and enclosures shall be permitted to be used with steel electrical metallic tubing. Article 450 -27. Oil - Insulated Transformers Installed Outdoors. (Amend by adding the following.) Space separations shall be at least five (5) feet horizontally from a doorway or window and twenty (20) feet from a fire escape. Article 505. Class I. Zone 0, 1, and 2 Locations. Not enacted by reference. Article 552. Park trailers. Not enacted by reference. Article 604 -4. Uses Permitted. EXCEPTIONS NO. 1 and No. 2 are not enacted by reference. Article 604 -6(a). Cable or Conduit Types. EXCEPTIONS No. 1 and No. 2 are not enacted by reference. Article 700- 12(ee). Unit Equipment. (Amend to read as follows.) Individual unit equipment for emergency illumination shall consist of (1) a rechargeable battery; (2) a battery charging means; (3) provisions for one or more lamps mounted on the equipment, or shall be permitted to have terminals for remote lamps, or both; and (4) a relaying device arranged to energize the lamps automatically upon failure of the supply to the unit equipment. The batteries shall be of suitable rating and capacity to supply and maintain at not less than 871/2 percent of the nominal battery voltage for the total lamp load associated with the unit for a period of at least 11/2 hours, or the unit equipment shall supply and maintain not less than 60 percent of the initial emergency illumination for a period of at least 11 /z hours. Storage batteries, whether of the acid or alkali type, shall be designed and constructed to meet the requirements of emergency service. Unit equipment shall be permanently fixed in place (i.e.- not portable) and shall have all wiring to each unit installed in accordance with the requirements of any of the wiring methods in Chapter 3. The branch circuit feeding the unit equipment shall be the same branch circuit as that serving the normal lighting in the area and connected ahead of any local switches. The branch circuit feeding unit equipment shall be clearly identified at the distribution panel. Emergency illumination fixtures that obtain power from a unit equipment and are not part of the unit equipment shall be wired to the unit equipment as required by Section 700 -9 and by one of the wiring methods of Chapter 3. Exception: In a separate and uninterrupted area supplied by a minimum of three normal lighting circuits, a separate branch circuit for unit equipment shall be permitted if it originates 4 e n from the same panelboard as that of the normal lighting circuits and is provided with a lock -on feature. Article 701 -11(d) Not enacted by reference. Article 720 -12 Water Meter Conduit. (Amend by adding the following.) In all new construction a metal conduit shall be installed from the water meter location to an outside wall at a point approximately five (5) feet from the front of the building and three (3) feet to five (5) feet in height from the top of the foundation wall, or to a location approved by the electrical inspector. This conduit is for low voltage wiring to a remote reader for the water meter; wiring and reader will be installed by the Department of Public Works. Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage, approval and publication, in accordance with law. This Ordinance may be published in pamphlet form. AYES: 6 - Marienthal, Reid, Rubin, Braiman, Hendricks, Glover NAYES: 0 - None ABSENT: 0 - None PASSED: March 17 , 1997 APPROVED: March 17 , 1997 PUBLISHED: March .18 , 1997 ATTEST: LAGE CLERK VILLAGE PRESIDENT 5 VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE ORDINANCE NO. ADOPTED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE BUFFALO GRO THIS DAY OF� 0 19� Published in pamphlet form by authority of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of BuffaI Grove, Cook & Lake Counties, Illinois, this /U _ day of �%GG2. 19y/ Village Clerk By, puty Village Clerk ORDINANCE NO. 97- 26 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 15 OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREAS, the Village of Buffalo Grove is a Home rule Unit by virtue of the provisions of the Constitution Of the State of Illinois of 1970. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS: SECTION 1 : Chapter 15.08 of the Village of Buffalo Grove Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows: Chapter 15.08 ELECTRICAL CODE Sections: 15.08.010 Adoption by reference. 15.08.020 Amendments. 15.08.010 Adopted by reference. The 1996 National Electrical Code as modified in this Chapter is adopted by reference and may be printed in pamphlet form. 15.08.020 Amendments. The 1996 National Electrical Code is amended as follows: Article 110- 16(c). Access and Entrance to Working Space. (Amend to read as follows.) For equipment rated 1200 amperes or more and over six (6) feet wide containing overcurrent devices, switching services, or control devices, there shall be one (1) entrance not less than thirty- two (32) inches wide and six and two- thirds (6 -2/3) feet high at each end of the working space. Article 110 -23. Identification of Ungrounded Conductors. The name of the electrical contractor performing the work shall be displayed on the service panel box. Article 2104(d). Identification of Ungrounded Conductors. (Amend by adding the following.) The means of identification of each system phase conductor, wherever accessible, shall be color coded for 277/480 volt (brown, orange and yellow with gray as neutral conductor) and for 120/208 volt (blue, red, and black with white as neutral conductor). Article 210- 52(g). Basements and Garages. (Amend by adding the following.) In the construction of, or addition to, attached and detached garages, at least one lampholder, one switch and one G.F.C.I. receptacle shall be required. Article 215 -9. Ground -Fault Protection for Personnel. (Amend by adding the following.) Ground -fault circuit interrupters shall be self - contained units, circuit breaker types, feed - through receptacle types or other approved types. When feedthrough G.F.C.I. receptacles are used, they shall feed only receptacles on the same floor as the resetting means. Article 230. Services A. General. (Amend by adding the following.) 1. Each dwelling unit main service entrance equipment shall consist of a single disconnecting means of not less than 100 - ampere capacity. A minimum of six (6) breakers or fuses must be in use for any dwelling unit. 2. In commercial and industrial buildings, the service shall have a rating not less than the load to be carried; however, in no case shall the service be smaller than 100- ampere. 3. Half -size breakers are not approved for any use. Article 230 -43. Wiring Methods for 600 Volts or Less. (Amen:: ' .v adding the following.) Service entrance conductors preceding the first disconnecting meims shall be installed in accordance with the applicable requirements of this code covering the type of wiring method used and limited to the following methods: 1) rigid metal conduit; 2) intermediate metal conduit; or 3) rigid nonmetallic conduit when located outside the structure and terminating at the local utility pad. Article 250 -81(a). Metal Underground Water Pipe. (Amend to read as follows.) A metal underground water pipe in direct contact with the earth for 10 ft (3.05 m) or more (including any metal well casing effectively bonded to the pipe) and electrically continuous (or made electrically continuous by bonding around insulating joints or sections or insulating pipe) to the points of connection of the grounding electrode conductor and the bonding conductors. Continuity of the grounding path or the bonding connection to interior piping shall not rely on 2 water meters or filtering devices and similar equipment. All ground conductors shall be enclosed in conduit and run to street side of water meter and shall be terminated in a visible and readily accessible location with a "Warning Tag". Water meters shall have a jumper wire installed. Article 250- 91(d). Prohibition of Use of Aluminum Wire. (Amend by adding the following.) The use of aluminum or copper -clad aluminum wire for the purpose of grounding is prohibited. Article 300 -13(c) Mechanical and Electrical Continuity - Conductors (Amend by adding the following.) Use of stab -lock connections on receptacles is prohibited. Article 310 -2(b) Conductor Material. (Amend to read as follows) Use of aluminum conductors and copper -clad aluminum conductors is prohibited. Conductor material shall be copper only. Article 320. OPEN WIRING IN INSULATORS. Not enacted by reference. Article 321. MESSENGER SUPPORTED WIRING. Not enacted by reference. Article 324. CONCEALED KNOB AND TUBE WIRING. Not enacted by reference. Article 333. ARMORED CABLE. Not enacted by reference. Article 334. METAL -CLAD CABLE. Not enacted by reference. Article 336. NONMETALLIC - SHEATHED CABLE. Not enacted by reference. Article 338 -3. Uses Permitted As Branch Circuits or Feeders. Not enacted by reference. Article 338 -4. Interior Installation Methods. Not enacted by reference. Article 342. NONMETALLIC EXTENSIONS. Not enacted by reference. Article 347 -2. Uses Permitted. (a), (c), (d), (e), and (f) not enacted by reference. Article 348.1 Use. (Amend to read as follow.) The use of listed electrical metallic tubing shall be permitted for both exposed and concealed work. Electrical metallic tubing shall not be used (1) where, during installation or afterward, it will be subject to severe physical damage; (2) where protected from corrosion solely by enamel; (3) in cinder concrete or cinder fill where subject to permanent moisture unless protected on all sides by a layer of noncinder concrete at least 2 in. (50.8mm) thick or unless the tubing is at least 18 in. (457mm) under the fill; (4) in any hazardous (classified) location except as permitted by sections 502-4, 503 -3, and 504 -20; or (5) for the support of fixtures or other equipment except conduit bodies no larger than the largest trade size of the tubing; (6) in earth or in concrete on or below grade. Where practicable, dissimilar metals in contact anywhere in the system shall be avoided to eliminate the possibility of galvanic action. Exception: Aluminum fittings and enclosures shall be permitted to be used with steel electrical metallic tubing. Article 450 -27. Oil - Insulated Transformers Installed Outdoors. (Amend by adding the following.) Space separations shall be at least five (5) feet horizontally from a doorway or window and twenty (20) feet from a fire escape. Article 505. Class I. Zone 0. 1, and 2 Locations. Not enacted by reference. Article 552. Park trailers. Not enacted by reference. Article 604 -4. Uses Permitted. EXCEPTIONS NO. 1 and No. 2 are not enacted by reference. Article 604 -6(a). Cable or Conduit Types. EXCEPTIONS No. 1 and No. 2 are not enacted by reference. Article 700- 12(e). Unit Equipment. (Amend to read as follows.) Individual unit equipment for emergency illumination shall consist of (1) a rechargeable battery; (2) a battery charging means; (3) provisions for one or more lamps mounted on the equipment, or shall be permitted to have terminals for remote lamps, or both; and (4) a relaying device arranged to energize the lamps automatically upon failure of the supply to the unit equipment. The batteries shall be of suitable rating and capacity to supply and maintain at not less than 871/2 percent of the nominal battery voltage for the total lamp load associated with the unit for a period of at least 11/2 hours, or the unit equipment shall supply and maintain not less than 60 percent of the initial emergency illumination for a period of at least 11/2 hours. Storage batteries, whether of the acid or alkali type, shall be designed and constructed to meet the requirements of emergency service. Unit equipment shall be permanently fixed in place (Le.' not portable) and shall have all wiring to each unit installed in accordance with the requirements of any of the wiring methods in Chapter 3. The branch circuit feeding the unit equipment shall be the same branch circuit as that serving the normal lighting in the area and connected ahead of any local switches. The branch circuit feeding unit equipment shall be clearly identified at the distribution panel. Emergency illumination fixtures that obtain power from a unit equipment and are not part of the unit equipment shall be wired to the unit equipment as required by Section 700 -9 and by one of the wiring methods of Chapter 3. Exception: In a separate and uninterrupted area supplied by a minimum of three normal lighting circuits, a separate branch circuit for unit equipment .shall be permitted if it originates 4 from the same panelboard as that of the normal lighting circuits and is provided with a lock -on feature. Article 701 -11(d) Not enacted by reference. Article 720 -12 Water Meter Conduit. (Amend by adding the following.) In all new construction a metal conduit shall be installed from the water meter location to an outside wall at a point approximately five (5) feet from the front of the building and three (3) feet to five (5) feet in height from the top of the foundation wall, or to a location approved by the electrical inspector. This conduit is for low voltage wiring to a remote reader for the water meter; wiring and reader will be installed by the Department of Public Works. Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage, approval and publication, in accordance with law. This Ordinance may be published in pamphlet form. AYES: 6 - Marienthal, Reid, Rubin, Braiman, Hendricks. Glover NAYES: 0 - None ABSENT: 0 - None PASSED: March 17 , 1997 APPROVED: March 17 , 1997 PUBLISHED: Marr'n 1 ;t .1997 ATTEST: V&LAGE CLERK VILLAGE PRESIDENT 5