Ordinance No. 381ORDINANCE NO 381
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
AMENDING SECTION 8-2 OF CHAPTER 8 OF THE CYPRESS CITY
CODE AND ARTICLE 230 SECTION 230-1 OF THE NATIONAL
ELECTRICAL CODE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Cypress has determined that
the public health, safety, and welfare requires that utilities be placed
underground wherever possible to protect and increase the public safety,
to promote ease of access to said utility lines to promote ease of
maintenance, to decrease the probability of interruption of service, to
promote the least disturbance of residents of the City, to promote
beautification within the City and to increase the enjoyment of the lives
of the residents of the City of Cypre.s
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Cypress does ordain
as follows
SECTION 1 Article I, Section 8-2(h) of Chapter 8 of the Cypress
City Code and Article 230, Section 230-1 of the National Electrical Code
is hereby amended to read as follows
(h) Article 230 Services Section 230-1 is hereby amended
to read as follows
"230-1 SCOPE The provisions of this Article shall
apply to the conductors and equipment for control and protection
of services -- circuits that conduct electric power from the
supply system or plant to the premises to be served Regardless
of the requirements of other Sections of this Code the minimum
size of conduit, conductors,switch or circuit breakers for
services shall not be less than the following:
"(a) Commercial and store buildings A to G, inclusive,
100 sq ft and over The minimum service requirements for
commercial and store buildings A to G, inclusive, 100 sq ft and
over shall be
Conduit 1" trade size
Conductors 3 No 6 AWG
Switch 60 Ampere
Circuit breaker 50 Ampere
"(b) Single-family dwellings, under 800 sq ft The
minimum service requirements for single-family dwellings under
800 sq ft shall be•
Conduit 1" trade size
Conductors 3 No 6 AWG
Switch 60 Ampere
Circuit breaker 50 Ampere
'Provisions shall be made in the service panel for a
minimum of 10 single pole over -current protective devices in addi-
tion to the main switch or circuit breaker
"(c) Single-family dwellings, 800 sq ft and over The
minimum service requirements for single-family dwellings, 800
sq ft and over shall be:
Conduit 1 trade size
Conductors 3 No 1 AWG
Switch 100 Ampere
Circuit breaker 100 Ampere
"Provisions shall be made in the service panel for a minimum
of 20 single pole over -current protective devices in addition to
the main switch or circuit breaker
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"(d) Duplex dwelling I occupancy For duplex dwelling
I occupancy*
be•
"1 The combined minimum service requirements shall
Conduit
Conductors
12" trade size
No 1 AWG
"2 The minimum service for each individual occupancy
shall be*
Conduit 1" trade size
Conductors 3 No 6 AWG
Switch 60 Ampere
Circuit breaker 50 Ampere
"3 Service entrance conductors shall have a current
carrying capacity sufficient to carry the load The branch
circuit protective devices shall be located in and for each
occupancy
"(e) Multi -family dwelling H occupancy For multi -family
dwelling H occupancy
"1 The minimum service requirements for combined unit
occupancy load shall be
Conduit
Conductors
12" trade size
3 No 1 AWG
"2 The minimum feeder or sub -feeder for each individual
occupancy shall be
Raceway 3/4" trade size
Conductors 3 No 8 AWG
Switch 60 Ampere
Circuit breaker 40 Ampere
'3 Service entrance conductors shall have a current
carrying capacity sufficient to carry the load and in no case
smaller than ##1 AWG Branch Circuit protective devices shall be
located in and for each multi -family occupancy with kitchen
facilities for cooking
(f) Rough Inspection Service shall be complete at the
time of rough inspection
"FURTHER SCOPE All electrical, telephone, CATV and
similar service wires or cables carrying below 34 K V capacity
which provide direct service to the property being developed shall,
within the exterior boundary lines of such property be installed
underground Risers on poles and buildings are permitted and
shall be provided by the developer or owner onto the pole which
provides service to said property Utility service poles may be
placed on the rear of the property to be developed, only for the
purpose of terminating underground facilities The developer or
owner is responsible for complying with the requirements of the
utility companies for the installation of such facilities
"For the purpose of this Section, appurtenances and associated
equipment such as but not limited to, surface mounted transformers,
pedestal mounted terminal boxes and meter cabinets, and concealed
ducts in an underground system may be placed above ground The
Planning Commission may waive the requirements of this section if
topography, soil or any other conditions make such underground
installation impossible or impractical "
SECTION 2 If any section subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconsti-
tutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance The City Council of the City of Cypress hereby declares that
it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that
any one or more sections subsections, clauses, phrases or portions be
declared invalid or unconstitutional
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress, at an
adjourned regular meeting held on the 15th day of July, 1968
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST'
CITY CLERK OF 1`H CIT OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) SS
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted at an adjourned regular meeting
of the said City Council held on the 15th day of July, 1968, by the following
vote
AYES" 4 COUNCILMEN Harvey, Kanel Noe and Bowen
NOES 0 COUNCILEMN: None
ABSENT. 1 COUNCILMEN • Kanode
CICLERK iTHE CITY OF CYPRESS
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