any such electrical equipment, until such connection and use shall have been authorized by the
<br />Building Official.
<br />Section 7-5-750: RESERVED.
<br />Section 7-5-755: INSPECTION RELEASE REQUIRED FOR POWER COMPANIES
<br />TO MAKE METER INSTALLATIONS SERVICE CONNECTIONS AND CHANGES OF
<br />SERVICE. An inspection release is required whenever anyperson engaged in the distribution or sale
<br />of electrical energy shall set or install, or reset or reinstall in, on, or about any building, any meter for
<br />the measurement of electrical energy or shall connect or reconnect supply or service to any
<br />installation of electrical equipment, in, on, or about any building; or shall change the nominal voltage
<br />of supply or service to any installation of electrical equipment in, on or about any installation of
<br />electrical equipment, in, on or about any building, or shall change any such supply or service from 2-
<br />wire to 3-wire or vice versa, or from single phase to polyphase or vice versa, or from direct current to
<br />alternating current or vice versa; provided, however, that said inspection release need not be required
<br />with respect to any residential type meter installation or reinstallation, or supply or service
<br />connection or reconnection, or change of supply or service which shall have been expressly approved
<br />or authorized by the Building Official within sixty (60) days previous to the date on which said meter
<br />installation or reinstallation, or said change of supply or service, is made.
<br />Section 7-5-760: SAFETY OF ELECTRICAL WORK AND EQUIPMENT
<br />REQUIlZED. All electrical work shall be so performed, and all electrical equipment shall be so
<br />constructed, installed, protected, operated, repaired, and maintained, that said electrical work and
<br />electrical equipment will be, to such extent as is reasonably possible, safe, and free from risk or
<br />danger of accident or injury by fire, shock, or otherwise, to either person or property.
<br />Section 7-5-765: RESERVED.
<br />Section 7-5-770: GENERAL POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF BUILDING
<br />OFFICIAL. The Building Official designated by the City Manager pursuant to Section 7-5-1100
<br />shall carry out the enforcement of all laws and ordinances and all lawful orders, rules and regulations
<br />that are now or may hereafter be in effect with respect to the performance of electrical work and
<br />construction, installation, protection, alteration, repair, operation, maintenance, and use of electrical
<br />equipment, shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction over and supervision of all electrical work and
<br />all electrical equipment insofar and to such an extent as may be necessary for the adequate
<br />enforcement of such laws, ordinances, orders, rules and regulations, and shall inspect and reinspect
<br />any and all electrical work and electrical equipment at such times and as often as, in the discretion of
<br />the Building Official, maybe necessary to determine that such laws, ordinances, orders, rules and
<br />regulations shall have been or are being complied with. All electrical equipment now existing or that
<br />may hereafter be installed, shall be subject to such supervision, inspection and reinspection.
<br />Section 7-5-775: RESERVED.
<br />Section 7-5-780: DISCONNECTION OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. Whenever the
<br />Building Official finds any electrical equipment to have been unlawfully installed, changed, or
<br />altered, or to be operated or used in a manner or under conditions contrary to the provisions of
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