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AGENDA BILL NO. 3,0 Initial:
DATE: February_`7., 19 7 8 Dept.Hd.
C. AttyN)_E�
DEPARTMENT: BUILDING C. Mgr.
Subject The Adoption of the-1978 Edition of the
National Electric Code..
Statement of the ,Matter
To adopt by reference the 1978 Edition of the National
Electric Code.
At present the City of Carlsbad is working under and enforcing
the 1975 Edition of of the National -iectric Code (Ord. No. 8069,
Section 18.12).
The addition of Section 18.12.240 (Grounding Separately
Derived Alternating -Current-Systems) is prompted by the
pending approval of plastic piping in residential use
which necessitates the implementation.of a permanent j
grounding system. (250-6 (c) National Electric Code).
Exhibit
Ordinance No. _jFg_Zr adopting the 1978 Edition of the
National Electric Code.
Recommendation
The Building Department recommends the adoption of the
1978 Edition of the National Electric Code.• If Council concurs,
your action'is to read 'the.title of the -attached ordinance,
and then, by motion, set a public hearing to consider its
adoption. The hearing should be set at least 15 days from
the date of this.meeting. The City Clerk should be directed
to publish the required notices containing the statement that
copies of the ordinance adopting the code and the code are
on file with the Clerk and available to the public.. Notice
should also contain a description of the purposes and subject
of the ordinance and the code.
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AGENDA BILL NO. 5330 - 2 - February 7, 1978
2-8-78 Title to Ordinance #8078 was read and the matter set to
public hearing on March 7, 1978
3-8-78 Ordinance #8078 was introduced for a first reading.
3-14-78 Ordinance #8078 was adopted, adopting by reference the 1978
Edition of the National Electrical Code subject to certain
amendments.
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ORDINANCE NO. 8078
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
TITLE 18, CHAPTER 18.12 OF THE CARLSBAD
MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE AMENDMENT OF SECTIONS
18.12.010 and 18.12.240 AND BY THE DELETION
OF SECTION 18.12.245 TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE
THE 1978 EDITION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL
CODE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN AMENDMENTS.
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: That Title 18, Chapter 18.12 of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code is amended by the amendment of Sections 18.12.010
and 18.12.240 to•read as follows:
"18.12.010 Adoption of Uniform Electrical Code. The 1978
edition of the National Electrical Code, copyrighted by the
National Fire Protection Association, is hereby adopted by
reference as the Electrical Code of the City of Carlsbad except
for the changes, additions and amendments,set forth in this chapter
which shall supersede the provisions of said code.
18.12.240 Section 250-26 (c) amended -- Grounding Separately
Derived Alternating -Current Systems. Section 250-26 (c) is
amended by the addition of the following after the first sentence.
"The primary grounding method shall be that which is referred to
as the "Uffer Ground" consisting of 20 feet or more of #-4 rein-
forcing bar or larger placed 3 inches up from the bottom of the
concrete footing and #4 or larger copper conductor wrapped around
the rebar to support the copper conductor. The conductor may be
required to be larger than 04, depending on the conductor size per
table 250-94. Aluminum conductor is prohibited."
SECTION 2: That Title 18, Chapter 18.12 of the Carlsbad
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Municipal Code is amended b the deletion of Section 18.12.245.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty
days after its adoption, and the City Clerk shall certify to the
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adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at least
once in the Carlsbad Journal within fifteen days after its adoption
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1 INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at /. regular meeting of the
2 Carlsbad City Council held on the 8th day of March , 1978
3 and thereafter
an adjourned
4 PASSED AND ADOPTED at /, regular meeting of said City Council
5 held on the 14thday of March , 1978 by the following vote,
6 to wit:
7 AYES: Councilmen Frazee, Lewis, Skotnicki and
Councilwoman Casler
8 NOES: None
9 ABSENT: None
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' RO:BERT C. FRAZEE, Mayfir
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Carlsbad Journal
Decreed A Legal Newspaper by the Superior Court of San Diego County
3088 PIO PICO AVENUE • P.O. BOX 248 • CARLSBAD, CA 92008 s 729-2345
Proof of Publication
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ss.
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO,
I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the co-inty aforesaid;
am principal clerk of the printer of the Carlsbad Journal a newspaper of generaI am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or interested in the above entitled matter.
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printed and published twice weekly in the City of Carlsbad, County of San Diego, State of Call circulation,
California, and
which newspaper is published for the dissemination of local news and intelligence of a general
character, and which newspaper at all times herein mentioned had and still has a bona fide subscription
list of paying subscribers, and which newspaper has been established, printed and published at regular
intervals in the said City_ of Carlsbad, County of San Diego, State of California, for a period exceeding
one year next preceding the date of publication of
(� the notice hereinafter referred to; and that the
o nre notice of which the annexed is a printed copy, has
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thereof on the following dates, to -wit:
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and correct. Executed at CpKlsead,�o pty of San Diego,
State of Calif rnia on _ ri ct
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Clerk of the Printer
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
RE: ADOPTION BE REFERENCE
OF THE 1978 EDITION OF THE
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 7, 19789
in the City Council Chambers, 1200 Elm Avenue, Carlsbad, Cali-
fornia, at 7:0'3 P.M. to consider adoption of Ordinance No. 8078,
which amends Title 18, Chapter 18.12 of the Carlsbad Municipal
Code by the amendment of Sections 18.12.010 and 18.12.240 and
by the deletion of Section 18.12.245 to adopt by reference the
1978 Edition of the National Electrical Code subject to certain
amendments.
Copies of the 1978 Edition of the National Electrical Code and
of the Ordinance adopting said National .Electrical Code are on
file in the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Carlsbad,
1200 Elm Avenue, Carlsbad, California, and are open to public
inspection.
CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL
Publish: February 22, 1978