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<br />GENERAL ORDINANCES 261
<br />and the owner has signed the same this the year, month and day
<br />first above written.
<br />CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.,
<br />By......................
<br />City Manager.
<br />........................
<br />Owner.
<br />Attest:
<br />..........................................
<br />Clerk of City Council.
<br />Sec. 492 (4) . Sewers—injury to—or to gas or water
<br />pipes.
<br />No person, firm or corporation while engaged in the construc-
<br />tion of house sewers or otherwise, shall injure, trim, break or re-
<br />move any portion of any main or lateral sewer, or "Y" or man-
<br />hole, lamp -hole, or flush -tank, or do any injury to any gas or
<br />water pipe or house sewer previously laid and no penalty fixed by
<br />this section shall prevent the City or any property owner from re-
<br />covering any damages sustained by reason of such injury, by ap-
<br />propriate civil action or otherwise.
<br />Sec. 492 (5) . Sewers — drainage of injurious matter
<br />prohibited.
<br />No person shall be permitted to discharge into the main or lat-
<br />eral sewers, any household sewer or drain through which sub-
<br />stances are discharged, any cinders, vegetables, fruit, fruit peel-
<br />ings, ashes, rags, cotton, hair, or any refuse matter or garbage or
<br />anything other than the ordinary discharges of water closets, liq-
<br />uid house slops and closet paper. No rain water from the roofs
<br />of houses, surface water or drainage from the yard shall be per-
<br />mitted to flow into the sewer.
<br />Sec. 492 (6) . Sewerage stoppage of.
<br />In case of any stoppage in the main or lateral sewers, the City
<br />shall remove the obstruction. If the stoppage occurs in the house
<br />sewer or drain, the property owner, whose property it connects
<br />with the main sewer shall remove the obstruction. If he fails to
<br />remove the obstruction within forty-eight hours after notice from
<br />the City Manager, the obstruction may be moved by the City and
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<br />the cost thereof together with 20% shall be paid by the owner or
<br />occupant.
<br />Sec. 492 (7) . Sewer lines laid by property owners must
<br />be approved before connection with city sewerage
<br />system—city to have right to connect other sewers
<br />with such lines free of cost to the city or users.
<br />Before a private sewer line may be connected with the City
<br />sewerage system, said private line, including the size, location and
<br />construction, must have been inspected and approved by the City
<br />Manager or his authorized representative. In consideration of
<br />a permit being granted to connect said private lines with the City
<br />sewerage system, the City shall have the right to connect other
<br />sewers with said private sewer lines without any charge being
<br />made by the owner of said lines to the City or to the owner of
<br />any property connected therewith.
<br />Sec. 492 (8) . The plumbing inspector is authorized to
<br />enter property or premises for the purpose of in-
<br />spection.
<br />The plumbing inspector or his duly authorized representative
<br />is hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon any building
<br />or premises in the City for the purpose of seeing that the rules
<br />and regulations in regard to plumbing, sewerage and drainage are
<br />complied with. Any person, firm or corporation preventing the
<br />plumbing inspector, or his duly authorized representative from en-
<br />tering any building or premises in the performance of their offi-
<br />cial duties, or obstructing or hindering them in the performance
<br />of such duties shall be punished as provided in the next sub -sec-
<br />tion.
<br />Sec. 492 (9) . Penalties.
<br />Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of
<br />this Chapter shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than
<br />$25.00. Each day of failure to conform to the provisions or re-
<br />quirements of this Chapter shall constitute a separate offense.
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<br />CHAPTER XL.
<br />ELECTRICAL CODE.
<br />Sec. 493(1). Electrical installations—general.
<br />(a) All installations of electrical wiring or any type of elec-
<br />trical appliance or fixtures, shall be made in accordance with the
<br />most approved methods of electrical construction with due regard
<br />to the safety of life and property, and in a most workmanlike
<br />manner.
<br />(b) The National Electric Code of the National Board of Fire
<br />Underwriters, as approved by the American Engineering Stand-
<br />ards Committee, shall be considered as standard for general elec-
<br />trical construction and the installation of any type of electrical
<br />appliance or fixture, other than as set forth in this Chapter.
<br />(c) All installations of electrical wiring or any type of elec-
<br />trical appliance or fixture shall be made with materials, wire, fit-
<br />tings and apparatus which are of a grade and quality approved
<br />by the Underwriters for the several purposes for which they are
<br />used.
<br />(d) All installations of electrical wiring or any type of elec-
<br />trical appliance or fixture within the "Congested Fire Limits," as
<br />defined elsewhere in this Code, shall be made in rigid conduit
<br />only.
<br />(e) Whenever the wiring in any part of the City, whether in
<br />"Congested Fire Limits" or otherwise, is subject to moisture, the
<br />installation shall be made in rigid conduit and the wire shall be
<br />of the rubber covered lead sheathed type.
<br />(f) All new buildings and all old buildings being rewired in
<br />the City of Charlottesville shall be equipped with a rigid conduit
<br />service complete to a water ground, using a groundulet of an ap-
<br />proved type.
<br />(g) All circuit wires, leaving a service switch or panel box on
<br />a knob and tube job shall be conduit or armored cable to the first
<br />outlet box.
<br />(h) All baseboard or wall receptacles shall be so wired that
<br />not more than one receptable shall be on each lighting circuit. In
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<br />case such an arrangement cannot be made a separate circuit shall
<br />be wired for each eight receptacles and each twelve light outlets.
<br />(i) All motors requiring more than one ampere at 220 volts
<br />shall be wired with approved rigid metal conduit.
<br />(j) All electrical appliances up to three amperes at 220 volts
<br />shall be connected to and operated through an approved appliance
<br />receptacle, termed as a fixed connection. Appliances shall not be
<br />attached to pendant fixtures or drop cords other than portable
<br />table lamps directly under the fixture. Portable cords used on
<br />appliances shall not be more than eight feet (9) long.
<br />(k) All knob or tube work shall be installed as a loop system
<br />in order to prevent joints being made in partitions and other con-
<br />cealed places.
<br />(1) All wiring in buildings being remodeled of which 50 per
<br />cent of the wiring is new, based upon the number of outlets shall
<br />be made to conform to the present requirements.
<br />Sec. 493 (2) . City electrician — appointment — term
<br />—compensation—bond.
<br />A City Electrician shall be appointed by the City Manager sub-
<br />ject to the approval of the Council. He shall receive such com-
<br />pensation as the Council, on the recommendation of the City
<br />,Manager, may fix; payable in equal monthly installments. The
<br />City Electrician shall give bond in such amount as the Council
<br />may deem necessary.
<br />Sec. 493 (3) . City electrician—duties.
<br />The City Electrician shall be charged with the duty of en-
<br />forcing the laws of the City relating to electricity. He shall also
<br />perform such other duties as the City Manager may assign to
<br />him.
<br />The City Electrician shall not engage in the electrical business
<br />or any other business pertaining thereto, or be interested either
<br />directly, or indirectly, in any firm or corporation engaged in said
<br />lines of business during his term of office.
<br />He shall inspect all buildings in course of erection, alteration
<br />or repair for the purpose of seeing that the laws and ordinances
<br />covering electrical work are complied with.
<br />Upon being notified by any electrical contractor engaged in
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