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ORDINANCE NO. 3336. AN ORDINANCE amending Sections 13-A, 13-B and 13-C of Ordinance No. 1655 as amended by Ordinance No. 3151, entitled as follows: "An Ordinance regulating the installation, erection, alteration, repair, use and operation of electric wiring, connections, fixtures and other electric appliances in building and other structures in the City of Everett, providing a penalty for the violation thereof, repealing all Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict here- with and declaring an emergency. " THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1: That Section 13-A of Ordinance No. 1655 of the City of Everett be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 13-A: The "National Electrical Code" as edited by the National Board of Fire Underwriters and recommended by the National Fire Protection Association for 1951, is hereby adopted as a part of the electrical code of the City of Everett, there being three (3) copies of said "1951 National Electrical Code" on file with the City Clerk of the City of Everett, and such code by this Ordin- ance is hereby made a part of this Ordinance as though fully set forth herein. Section 2: That Section 13-B of Ordinance No. 1655 of the City of Everett be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 13-B: That the rules, regulations and directions of the 1951 edition of the "National Electrical Code" shall in all respects be complied with, and in addition thereto the following additional requirements shall be complied with as to new constructions or alterations: (1) Within the fire limits of the City of Everett, or in public places, factories, warehouses, hotels, or apartment houses containing more than two (2) apartments, within or without the fire limits of the City of Everett, all wiring where the voltage is over twenty-four (24) volts shall be installed in Rigid Conduit or Electric Metallic Tubing. Where it is impossible to install Rigid Conduit or Electric Metallic Tubing, the City Electrical Inspector may permit the use of Flexible Conduit. (2) All conduits, conduit boxes and conduit outlet boxes, except outlets used with knob and tube wiring, shall be galvanized or sheradized. (3) Non-metallic sheathed cable, wooden raceways and cleat wiring shall not be used in the City of Everett. (4) service entrance conductors shall be in Rigid Conduit or Electrical Metallic Tubing. (5) Size of neutral conductor No. 4 shall be Type R. Size of undergrounded service conductor Two No. 4 shall be Type R. Size of service conduit shall be 1* inch. (6) A service switch shall have a rating not less than that of the outlet base in series with it, except that all switches connected to one lighting service entrance shall not be smaller than 60 Ampere.