Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 05-19-2020
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Consideration, discussion, and possible preview of an ordinance amending Chapter 6, Building and Building Regulations, Article IV, Electrical Code; Section 6-66, Adoption of National Code; amendments; repealing all ordinances to the contrary and declaring an emergency
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Background:
On October 6, 2015, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 3366, which, adopted the 2014 National Electrical Code (NEC) as adopted and amended by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission (OUBCC) with City amendments. The amendment made to section 334.10 of the 2014 NEC was carried forward from previous City adoptions of the NEC. The amendment prohibits Nonmetallic-Sheathed Cable (a factory assembly of two or more insulated wires enclosed within an overall nonmetallic jacket, also known as ROMEX): Types NM (insulated wires enclosed within an overall nonmetallic jacket), NMC (insulated wired enclosed within an overall, corrosion resistant, nonmetallic jacket), and NMS (insulated power or control wires with signaling, data, and communications conductors within an overall nonmetallic jacket) from being installed in one and two family dwellings, multifamily dwellings and other structures exceeding three floors above grade. The current amendment also prohibits the use of Nonmetallic-Sheathed Cable in hotels, motels, commercial structures, office buildings, industrial buildings or similar uses. At the time the amendment was first made by the City it was intended to prohibit Nonmetallic-Sheathed Cable from being installed in hotels, motels, commercial structures, office buildings, industrial buildings or similar uses. The NEC at that time already prohibited Nonmetallic-Sheathed Cable from being installed in one and two family dwellings, multifamily dwellings and other structures exceeding three floors above grade.
In the 2002 NEC there was a change to section 334.10, this change removed the height restriction of three fl...
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