§ 8-477. Additional requirements.

The electrical code of the village is supplemented with the following additional requirements:

(1)

All electrical service connections shall have a minimum capacity of 100 amps and shall utilize a 20-circuit plug fuse box or circuit breaker with 100 amp main fuse or circuit breaker disconnect of a type having Underwriters Laboratory approval. All circuits shall be contained in one cabinet. If a plug fuse box is used, only fusetat fuses shall be used. Minimum wire size #3 copper and #1 aluminum shall be used. Mini-breakers are not permitted.

(2)

All service entrance conductors shall enter the building in rigid conduit with no reduction in size of neutral wire. Eye bolt or mast is required for all service installations. Roof plate devices are not acceptable.

(3)

The wiring method employed in all electrical installation, within the buildings in the village, shall be in rigid conduit or electric metallic tubing except as hereinafter provided. Where necessary to pass wire through existing partitions, BX or flexible conduit may be used, not to extend more than three feet beyond said partitions.

(4)

All underground service connections shall have a minimum capacity of 200 amps terminating in an approved 200 amp meter cabinet, with a minimum 40 circuit breaker panel. For 200 amp service, only 000 copper or 0000 aluminum wire is permitted.

(5)

All Commonwealth Edison Company electric meters must be installed on the outside of single-family, duplex, two-flat or town house buildings.

(6)

All clothes closet lights must be recessed fixtures or glass-enclosed fixtures with mounted switches. Pull switches are prohibited.

(7)

All installations of heating cable used for gutter thawing must be approved by the Village Electrical Inspector.

(8)

A grounding bond will be required at water meters, split connections on sump pump discharge pipes and around any dielectric couplings or connectors in water system. It is required to have service panel grounding to the street side of the water meter.

(9)

A minimum of 100 amp electrical service is required for the installation of central air-conditioning units in existing residential single-family, two-family and town house dwellings.

a.

Where a central system air-conditioning, ventilation and heating are installed in buildings other than single-family residences, the requirements set forth in the following codes shall be met:

1.

Controls: NFPA 70-2006.

2.

Smoke detectors: NFPA 70-2006.

(10)

No electrical utility service connection shall be installed or revised in any building or premises without the prior approval of the Village Electrical Inspector.

(11)

Stand-by power generator systems (other than those of article 700, emergency systems of the NFPA No. 70-2006), must meet the following requirements:

a.

All generator systems must have a double-throw safety switch. It shall be installed in order to connect the owner's load to his emergency supply from the generator and to isolate such load from the electric company supply.

b.

Generators being installed in the building shall be only of natural gas to supply the prime mover and must be vented, unless approval has been granted by the Director of Community Development to utilize another fuel supply.

c.

Generators being installed outside of the building may be gasoline operated. The storage of gasoline for a generator shall not exceed ten gallons.

d.

Gasoline or diesel powered generators, installed outside, shall not be located or installed within five feet of any building opening (doors, windows, escapes).

(12)

Exterior disconnects shall be required on all services except back to back installations and all piping between service meter and panels and all subpanels must be in rigid pipe.

(13)

A main breaker shall be required in all main panels and subpanels.

(14)

Low voltage stand-alone hard-wired smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector systems are allowed provided they meet the following:

a.

The system must comply with NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm Code.

b.

The contractor installing the system must be licensed and certified by the State in the installation of fire alarm systems.

c.

A separate permit shall be required for all low voltage fire alarm work.

d.

The entire system shall be required to be in red metal pipe.

e.

An acceptance test by Fire Department personnel shall be required.

f.

The power source shall be from a commercial source; however, when primary power is interrupted, the power source shall be a battery. The circuit panel shall provide 115 volts at a locked dedicated breaker for the fire detection system.

g.

The system must stand alone and shall not rely on a privately-maintained security/fire alarm system. The system must respond regardless of the inactivation of a security/fire alarm system.

(Code 1993, § 9-5, ¶ 2; Ord. No. 73-O-11, 3-20-1973; Ord. No. 83-O-16, 4-19-1983; Ord. No. 98-O-99, 12-8-1998; Ord. No. 2007-O-90, 12-11-2007; Ord. No. 2010-O-07, 5-11-2010)