§ 10-245. Amendments.

The National Electric Code, 2014 edition, is hereby amended as follows:

Section 90.10 Construction Advisory and Appeals Board; add to read as follows:

Section 90.10 Construction Advisory and Appeals Board

Section 90.11; add to read as follows:

90.11 General. The Construction Advisory and Appeals Board shall be in accordance with Article II, Division 3, Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Rockwall.

Article 100; add the following to definitions:

Engineering Supervision. Supervision by a Qualified State of Texas Licensed Professional Engineer engaged primarily in the design or maintenance of electrical installations.

Article 100; amend the following definition:

Intersystem Bonding Termination. A device that provides a means for connecting intersystem bonding conductors for communication systems and other systems to the grounding electrode system. Bonding conductors for other systems shall not be larger than 6 AWG.

Article 210.52(G) (1) Garages: delete the following

(1)

Garages. In each attached garage and in each detached garage with electric power, at least one receptacle outlet shall be installed for each car space.

Article 230.71(A); add the following exception:

Exception: Multi-occupant buildings. Individual service disconnecting means is limited to six for each occupant. The number of individual disconnects at one location may exceed six.

Article 300.11; add the following exception:

Exception: Ceiling grid support wires may be used for structural supports when the associated wiring is located in that area, not more than two raceways or cables supported per wire, with a maximum nominal metric designation 16 (trade size ½").

Article 310.15(B)(7); change to read as follows:

(7)

This Article shall not be used in conjunction with 220.82.

Article 310.106(A); change to read as follows.

310.106 Conductors

Minimum Size of Conductors. The minimum size of conductors shall be No. 12 AWG.

Article 310.106 (B) Conductor Material; amend by deleting the section in its entirety and add new.

310.106(B) Conductor material. Conductors in this article shall be of copper or aluminum. The use of aluminum shall be limited to sizes 4/0 or larger, and limited to service entrance and feeder conductors.

Article 680.25(A); changed to read as follows:

680.25 Feeders. These provisions shall apply to any feeder on the supply side of panelboards supplying branch circuits for pool equipment covered in Part II of this article and on the load side of the service equipment or the source of a separately derived system.

(A)

Wiring Methods.

(1)

Feeders. Feeders shall be installed in rigid metal conduit, intermediate metal conduit. The following wiring methods shall be permitted if not subject to physical damage:

(1)

Liquidtight flexible nonmetallic conduit

(2)

Rigid polyvinyl chloride conduit

(3)

Reinforced thermosetting resin conduit

(4)

Electrical metallic tubing where installed on or in a building

(5)

Electrical nonmetallic tubing where installed within a building

(6)

Type MC Cable where installed within a building and if not subject to corrosive environment

(7)

Nonmetallic-sheathed cable

(8)

Type SE cable

(Ord. No. 16-32, § 7, 5-16-2016)