Electrical License Special Restrictions

Upon application, the board of electrical examiners shall issue a plant electrical license to a manufacturing firm or a non-profit organization as the holder of the license to undertake the work of maintaining, repairing, replacing, relocating, altering, extending or installing electrical systems within buildings occupied by the license holder as owner or lessee subject to the following limitations and conditions:

A holder of a plant license, through its qualified representative, is held responsible for all work done under its license and is subject to the penalties provided for in the applicable codes and statutes.

The person named on the license application as the holder's designee shall be responsible for the electrical work being done. The work is to be done by full-time employees of the firm.

The designee shall be a full-time employee of the license holder and hold a valid city plant electrician's license or a plant master electrician's license or, for a period not to exceed six (6) months, a temporary journeyman's license issued in accordance with other sections in this article. In the absence of a qualified full-time employee, an outside class I electrical contractor may be named as a designee, but all work must be done by employees of the contractor who are properly licensed in accordance with other sections of this article.

If the designee should terminate his employment with the license holder, such firm shall immediately provide the name of a replacement, who meets the qualifications in paragraph (2) above, to the board of electrical examiners. If no licensed person is available, an individual having a minimum of five (5) years' experience as an electrician or who is a graduate electrical engineer or equivalent may serve temporarily in this position until he has the opportunity to take the examination at its next offering.

A plant electrical license shall entitle its holder to maintain, repair, replace, relocate and alter existing electrical circuits and to install new circuits within existing buildings with the exception that a license holder with a plant electrician as the designee will be limited to the installation of new circuits of sixty (60) amps or less capacity within existing buildings. If the designee holds a plant master electrician's license, employees of the manufacturing firm also may make electrical installations in excess of sixty (60) amps capacity on existing buildings and on new buildings, additions and new structures.

Electrical permits are not required for work within existing buildings. Work performed, other than that exempted in section 14-83, under the plant license is subject to inspections made annually, at a time arranged with the designee, covering that work performed during the previous year. Permits shall be obtained for electrical work in or on new buildings, additions and structures and inspections made in accordance with other sections in this chapter. It will be the responsibility of the designee to call for inspections at the rough-in and final stages on work for which permits are obtained. Inspections may be made at other times for cause.

Application for a plant electrical license shall be made by the owner, officer of a corporation or other responsible person having authority to attest to the firm's acceptance of responsibility for all work done under its license, and acknowledge it is subject to the penalties and liabilities provided in this and other applicable codes. The license is subject to suspension or revocation at any time in accordance with the provisions in this article.

All work under this section will be done in accordance with the National Electrical Code as adopted by this chapter.