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performance of work regulated by this Article when such work is necessarybecause of an emergency <br />requiring the immediate performance of such work for the protection of a life or property, provided <br />that the party performing such work shall notify the Building Official of the performance of said <br />work within twenty-four (24) hours thereafter, and shall obtain a permit therefor pursuant to the <br />provisions of this Article. <br />Section 7-5-640: APPLICATION TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. The provisions of Section <br />7-5-600 shall not apply to any electrical work performed by any electrical corporation, telephone <br />corporation, railroad corporation or other public utility on or with electrical equipment owned or <br />controlled or operated or used by or for the exclusive benefit of such corporation, in the conduct of <br />its business as a public utility, or to any other work by such corporation, the performance ofwhich is <br />exempt under the Constitution of any law of the State of California from payment of any municipal <br />tax. All other provisions of this Chapter shall apply, if applicable, to all electrical work performed <br />by such public utility corporations. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to allow any such <br />corporation to perform electrical work for the public, or to engage in the business of electrical <br />contracting. <br />Section 7-5-645: EXEMPTIONS FROM PERMIT REQUIREMENT. An electrical <br />permit shall not be required for the following: <br />(a) Portable motors or other portable appliances energized by the means of a cord or <br />cable having an attachment plug end to be connected to an approvedreceptacletyhen <br />that cord or cable is permitted by the Electrical Code; <br />(b) Repair or replacement of fixed motors, transformers, or fixed approved appliances of <br />the same type and rating in the same location; <br />(c) Installation of temporary decorative lighting; <br />(d) Repair or replacement of current -carrying parts of any switch, contactor or control <br />device; <br />(e) Reinstallation of attachment plug receptacles, but not the outlets associated <br />therewith; <br />(f) Repair or replacement of any overcurrent device of the required capacity in the same <br />location; <br />(g) Repair or replacement of electrodes or transformers of the same size and capacity for <br />signs or gas tube systems; <br />(h) Installation of taping joints; <br />(i) Removal of electrical wiring; <br />ORDINANCE NO. 2005-019 2 <br />