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Electrical Code
Advisory and Appeals Board
Where:
300 Richards BoulevardThird Floor
Sacramento, CA 95811
When:
The Electrical Code Advisory and Appeals Board will meet regularly on the third Thursday of each month. Meetings are held from 2:00 - 3:00, and may go later.
About the Electrical Code Advisory and Appeals Board
The Board is a three -member Board appointed by the City Council.
The City's Zoning (Title 17) and Subdivision (Title 16) Ordinances, of the City Code, gives the Board the authority to:
2.50.030 Powers and duties of board.
The board is established for the purpose of determining the suitability of alternate materials and methods of construction and providing reasonable interpretations of the 2003 California Electrical Code, as it is currently written or as it may be amended in the future.
The board’s powers and duties shall extend to any code or codes duly adopted by the California Building Standards Commission that supersede the 2003 California Electrical Code. The board may approve the use of any material, alternate design or method of construction not specifically prescribed by the applicable code enumerated in this section, provided the board finds that the proposed design is satisfactory and complies with the provisions of the applicable code and that the material, method or work offered is, for the purpose intended, at least the equivalent of that prescribed in the applicable code in suitability, strength, effectiveness, fire resistance, durability, safety, and sanitation. The board shall require that sufficient evidence or proof be submitted to substantiate any claims that may be made regarding its use.
The board shall have no authority relative to interpretation of the administrative provisions of these codes nor shall the board be empowered to waive requirements of these codes. Any cost for tests or research required by the board to substantiate the claim of any appellant shall be the sole responsibility of the appellant.
(Ord. 2006-043 § 1 (part))
