§ 101-177. Required; exceptions.

(a)

Except as otherwise provided in section 101-125, no person shall in any manner undertake to execute or perform any work of installing, maintaining, altering, or repairing any electrical equipment unless he is the holder of a city electrical contractor's license.

(b)

Despite the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, no license shall be required in order to execute or perform any of the following electrical work:

(1)

Installations and equipment employed by an electrical supply or communication agency in the generation, transmission, or distribution of electrical energy in its function as a public utility.

(2)

The installation, alteration, or repair of electrical equipment for the operation of signals or the transmission of intelligence by wire.

(3)

Any work involved in the manufacturing, testing, servicing, altering, or repairing of electrical equipment or apparatus except that this exemption shall not include any permanent wiring other than that required for testing purposes.

(4)

The assembly, erection, and connection of electrical equipment by the manufacturer of the equipment, but not including any electric wiring other than that involved in making electrical connections on the equipment itself or between two or more parts of such equipment.

(5)

Work performed by the owner of any residence in which the owner resides and for which the effort requires a permit by any other section of this article, if the work shall actually be done by the owner or member of his immediate family and the owner furnishes a sworn statement to that effect. In addition, the owner of any building shall not be permitted to perform his own electrical wiring if the building is to be used as a place of business, apartment house, rental unit, or is a house which is to be offered for sale within one year.

(Code 1968, tit. 150, § 8; Code 1985, § 153.20; Ord. No. 1290, 3-2-1964; Ord. No. 1585, 7-21-1970; Ord. No. 1600, 9-30-1970; Ord. No. 1664, 11-16-1971; Ord. No. 4959, § 1(153.20), 8-15-2005)