§ 5-157. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter certain terms, phrases, words and their derivatives shall be construed as set out in this section. Words used in any regulation or standard of the American Insurance Association used as a standard of good practice shall, if defined therein, have the meanings assigned them. Words relating to buildings and building use, when not otherwise separately defined, shall have meanings which conform to the ones set out in the building code and zoning ordinance of the city; otherwise, they shall have their usual meanings. Approved shall mean equipment and/or devices inspected, tested and listed by a nationally recognized testing agency, such as Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. Authorized person shall mean any individual, firm or corporation who or which is licensed under the provisions of this article to do the work as permitted under the specific provisions of this article. City shall mean the territory within the corporate limits of the City of Hurst, or the legally constituted governing body thereof, its agents and its officers. Conductor shall mean a wire, cable or other form of metal suitable for carrying electric current or potential.

Code official means the officer or other designated authority, charged with the administration and enforcement of this code, or a duly appointed authorized representative.

Electrical construction shall mean and include all work and materials used in installing, maintaining or extending a system of electrical wiring and all appurtenances, apparatus or equipment used in connection therewith, inside of or attached to any building, structure, lot or premises. Electrical contractor shall mean any person engaged in the business of installing or altering, by contract, electrical conductors or equipment. Such term shall include any authorized person, whether actually doing electrical work or not, and any authorized person who subcontracts to do such work, but it shall not include bona fide employees employed by a contractor to do or supervise such work.

Electrician shall mean a person who is engaged in the trade or business of electrical construction and who is qualified to do such work under the terms and provisions of this article. Persons engaged in the manufacture, fabrication or assembly of products, equipment or devices wherein electrical wiring, apparatus, or other devices or equipment is installed, incorporated or otherwise attached or used are specifically exempt from this article.

Equipment shall mean conductors, material, fittings, devices, appliances, fixtures, apparatus, motors and the like used as a part of or in connection with an electrical installation.

Inspector shall mean an individual employed to enforce the provisions of this article and the National Electrical Code.

Journeyman electrician shall mean any individual who possesses the necessary qualifications, training and technical knowledge to install, maintain and extend electrical conductors and equipment and capable of doing such work in accordance with standard rules and regulations governing such work.

Master electrician shall mean any individual who possesses the necessary qualifications, training and technical knowledge to plan, lay out and supervise the installation, maintenance and extension of electrical conductors and equipment.

Person shall mean a natural person, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, and also includes a firm, partnership or corporation, its or their successors or assigns, or the agent of any of the above.

Registered, when used with the words "electrical contractor," "electrician" or the like, shall mean that the person has made application to the inspection department and has satisfied the inspector that he is qualified to do the work stated in the application, and that he has paid the necessary registration fees to date, and that his name is carried in the records of the electrical inspector as a person authorized to do electrical work as defined in this article.

Special permission shall mean a written ruling filed in the office of the building official. Special ruling shall mean a written ruling filed in the office of the electrical inspector.

(Ord. No. 1984, § 1, 4-25-06; Ord. No. 2347, § 6, 12-13-16)