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ORDINANCE NO. 1819
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS AMENDING
ORDINANCE #1781, THE ELECTRICAL ORDINANCE, REGARDING
UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL SERVICE REQUIREMENTS ADJACENT TO
SWIMMING POOLS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills adopted a new electrical ordinance number 1781 on
February 10, 1992, and
WHEREAS, the electrical ordinance contained an amendment to the National Electrical Code to prohibit
the installation of underground electrical service within five feet of a swimming pool; and
WHEREAS, the National Electrical Code contains provisions for unusual situations whereby
underground electrical service within five feet of a swimming pool may be an acceptable installation
when installed within a conduit; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS,
TEXAS:
1.
THAT, Section 28, Amendments to the National Electric Code, Paragraph 3 regarding underground
electrical requirements adjacent to swimming pools is hereby deleted and the remainder of Section 28 is
renumbered consecutively.
2.
THAT, The provisions for underground electrical service located within five feet of a swimming pool
shall be installed according to the provisions contained in the 1990 National Electrical Code.
3.
SRVRRA HIT JTY CT,A USR. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the
section, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by
the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this ordinance,
since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance
of any such invalid or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
4.
SA VTNGS CT,AUSR. That Ordinance 1781, the Electrical Ordinance of the City of North Richland
Hills, Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this
ordinance.
5.
RFFRCTIVR DA 'fR. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THIS 27th DAY OF JULY, 1992.
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