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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5-4500 OF THE COMMERCE CITY REVISED MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT THE 2017 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE AND REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTIONS OF THE 2006 INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL ELECTRICAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
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Summary and Background Information:
The Community Development Department is proposing adoption of the 2017 National Electric Code (NEC) to replace the 2014 National Electric Code currently in use by the City.
Pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S) 12-23-104 “Board Powers and Duties - Rules” local government jurisdictions conducting their own electrical permitting and inspection programs must adopt and enforce an electrical code at least as stringent as the state’s adopted electrical code and must do so within one year of the state’s adoption of the code. The state adopted the 2017 NEC at its January 2017 meeting and it went into effect on July 1, 2017. To remain complaint with state law, Community Development proposes adoption no later than the end of 2017.
It is important the City stay current in its adoption of various building and trades codes and in particular the NEC. Electrical contractors by virtue of their state-issued licenses are required to comply with the state’s current adopted electrical code - regardless of what a city or county adopts and enforces locally. To ensure consistency across the state, the Electrical Board adopted this rule to ensure local governments migrate to the new code within a reasonable time frame. Cities and counties that are slow to update their codes run the risk of creating conflicts amongst electrical contractors working in their communities - some of which will bid and install jobs to the state’s current code and others who will install under the code adopted by the local jurisdiction. This can sometimes lead to disparity and since the newest code reflects the latest technological advancements in both terms of safety to users of electrical systems and produc...
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