§ 6-56. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Apprentice electrician means an individual other than an electrical contractor, master electrician or electrical journeyman who is engaged in learning about and assisting in the installation or alteration of electrical wiring and equipment under the direct personal supervision of an electrical journeyman or master electrician.

Board means the city electrical appeals board.

Department means the city building department.

Electric sign means fixed, stationary or portable self-contained, electrically illuminated equipment that has words or symbols designed to convey information or attract attention. The term includes outline lighting. The term "electric sign" does not include those signs that are indoor or outdoor portable applications or recognized holiday residential signs listed with a recognized electrical testing laboratory and that use a cord cap-110 volt plus as the electrical energizing attachment method.

Electrical contractor means a person engaged in the business of erecting, installing, altering, repairing, servicing, or maintaining electrical wiring, devices, appliances and equipment.

Electrical equipment means all electrical devices, in connection with the generation, distribution, communication and utilization of electrical energy, within or on a building, residence, structure or properties including fire alarm and sign devices.

Electrical inspector means any person who has the necessary qualifications, training, experience and technical knowledge to inspect all electrical apparatus for compliance with the codes and who shall be the agent or employee of the department designated by the building official as an electrical inspection. Inspectors shall be registered pursuant to the Building Officials and Inspectors Registration Act (MCL 338.2301 et seq.).

Electrical journeyman means a person other than an electrical contractor who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in the practical installation or alteration of electrical wiring. An electrical contractor or master electrician may also be an electrical journeyman.

Electrical wiring means all wiring, generating equipment, fixtures, appliances and appurtenances in connection with the generation, distribution, communication and utilization of electrical energy, within or on a building, residence, structure or properties, and including service entrance wiring as defined by the code.

Fire alarm contractor means a person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of erecting, installation, altering, repairing, servicing or maintaining wiring, devices, appliances or equipment of a fire alarm system.

Fire alarm specialty apprentice technician means an individual other than a fire alarm contractor or a fire alarm specialty technician who is engaged in learning about and assisting in the installation or alteration of fire alarm system wiring and equipment under the direct person supervision of a fire alarm specialty technician.

Fire alarm specialty licensure means licensure as a fire alarm contractor or a fire alarm specialty or apprentice technician.

Fire alarm specialty technician means a person other than a fire alarm contractor who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in the practical installation or alteration of fire alarm system wiring. A fire alarm contractor may also be a fire alarm specialty technician.

Fire alarm system means a system designed to detect and annunciate the presence of fire, or by-products of fire, installed within a building or structure. The term "fire alarm system" does not include a single station smoke detector.

Job site means the immediate work area within the property lines of a single construction project, alteration project or maintenance project where electrical construction or alteration of electrical wiring is in progress.

Master electrician means a person having the necessary qualifications, training, experience and technical knowledge to supervise the installation of electrical wiring and equipment in accordance with the standard rules and regulations governing that work.

Minor repair work, means electrical work such as repairing or replacing flush and snap switches, fuses, lamp sockets or receptacles; replacement of fixtures; repairing or taping bare connections; replacing lamps or the connection of portable electrical equipment to suitable permanently installed receptacles; provided the total value does not exceed $100.00.

Municipality means a city, village or township.

Outline lighting means an arrangement of incandescent lamps or electrical discharge tubing which is an integral part of an electrical sign that outlines certain features, such as the shape of a building or the decoration of a window.

Owner means any natural person and their legal successors. In all proceedings, actions or prosecution hereunder in which a corporation is the owner of any building, structure or part thereof, or of premises, any of its officers, directors or persons in control or management thereof, as well as the corporation, shall be subject to the provisions of this article.

Related sign wiring.

(1)

Except as otherwise provided subsections (2), (3) and (4) of this definition, that portion of the electric sign wiring that originates at the load-site terminals of a disconnecting means located in the vicinity of the electric sign involved but does not include the installation of the disconnecting means, complete with line-side connections.

(2)

In the case of electric sign installations having sign transformers installed physically apart from the electric sign, that portion of the electric sign wiring that originates at the load-site terminals of a disconnecting means located in the vicinity of the electric sign involved but does not include the installation of the disconnecting means, complete with line-side connections.

(3)

In the case of the freestanding electric sign installations supplied through underground circuit conductors, that portion of the electric sign wiring that originates at a wiring termination point adjacent to, within or immediately above the permanent base for the electric sign but does not include, if the base of the sign structure is suitable for use as a raceway, the installation of bushing, complete with free-length circuit conductors extending through to accommodate the connection of the related wiring within the sign structure raceway.

(4)

In the case of electric signs specifically designated to be connected directly to the building wiring raceway or cable supply, that portion of the electric wiring that originates at the point where the free-length circuit conductors extend through the building wiring raceway or cable at the specifically designated supply location for the electric sign involved but does not include the installation of the building wiring raceway or cable system to the specifically designated point of supply for the electric sign involved, complete with free-length circuit conductors extending through the building wiring raceway or cable to accommodate the connection of the related wiring.

Sign specialist means a person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in the installation, alteration or repair of electric signs.

Sign specialty contractor means a person engaged in the business of manufacturing, installing, maintaining, connecting or repairing electric sign wiring or devices, including wiring that is directly related to electric signs and is electrically dedicated as a sign circuit.

Sign specialty licensure means licensure as a sign specialist or sign specialty contractor.

(Code 1977, § 6-32; Ord. No. 198, § 1, 10-11-1993; Ord. No. 279, 6-11-2001)