Lynwood — Ch. 18 Art. II Minimum Standards Codes § 18-114

The following are hereby added to the National Electrical Code or substituted for certain provisions of the National Electrical Code: (1)
Residential units generally.
a. Each residential unit shall be provided with minimum 100-ampere service with provision for 16 subcircuits and also disconnect located within each unit. Each unit containing 2,000 square feet or more, including garages, shall require a 200-ampere main breaker with a minimum 30 branch circuits. The use of minibreakers is not allowed unless approved by the electrical inspector. The minimum number of connected circuits shall be as follows:
Three 15 ampere for lighting;
Two 20 ampere for appliances;
One 15 ampere for heating plant;
One 15 ampere for sump pump;
One 20 ampere for laundry; and
One 20 ampere for each bathroom.
Individual branch circuits shall be provided for electric range, electric ovens, fixed air conditioners, room air conditioning units, electric space heaters, electric water heaters, well pumps, heat pumps, garbage grinders, dishwashers, space heaters, sewage ejection pumps, and any other major electric appliances and garages. On units with attached garages, a ceiling outlet shall be provided for garage door openers.
b. A fixed lighting fixture of approved type shall be installed over the sump or ejector pumps, heating plant, air conditioning unit or similar unit when located in a crawl space.
c. In bath or powder rooms, a grounded receptacle outlet shall be installed adjacent to any attached mirror. Must be ground fault interrupters.
d. All toilet rooms other residential must have exhaust fans switched with a light.
e. All exterior lighting fixture feeds must terminate in a junction box designed for use intended.
f. No conduit shall be allowed to be attached to suspended ceiling grid work.
g. All attic, crawlspace and closet space have an independent switch before entering area.
It is express intention of this section that the following articles of the NFPA 20 are deleted without subscription:
Article 320--Pertaining to open wiring on insulators;
Article 328--Medium voltage cable (type MV) 2001 volts or higher;
Article 324--Flat conductor cable (FCC) usually under carpets;
Article 362--Electrical nonmetallic tubing (flexible corrugated);
Article 330--Metal clad cable, type M.C. similar to BX;
Article 334--Shielded nonmetallic; and
Article 338--Service - entrance cable type SE & USE
Article 210-4(D) shall be amended to include: All 120--208 volt service shall have phases marked black (A) red (B) and blue (C). All 277--480 volt services shall have phases marked (A) brown (B) orange (C) yellow.
All wiring between the meter box and inside service panel, exceeding five feet shall require a disconnecting means on the exterior of the building.
A maximum of three conduits per 1½ × three inch box and 8B box and four conduits per 1900 box shall be allowed.
Jacuzzi, spa or whirlpool tubs shall be hard wired to a J box, with a switch, or GFCI receptacle where it can be plugged. No cords from motors shall protrude through a wall or a floor to be wired. All tub motors will have an access panel with a minimum size of 14 inches by 14 inches.
Electrical metallic tubing (EMT) shall not be used underground, outside exposed to the weather, outside walls, on roofs exposed to permanent moisture, in concrete slab in contact with the earth or fill, where during installation of afterwards it will be subject to mechanical injury. Plastic or visqueen or similar materials under the tubing is considered the same as earth or fill.
Low voltage wiring:
Low voltage wiring for lighting circuits, TV cable controls, telephone, intercoms, communication, including signaling circuits on commercial and industrial building or where there are metal studs being used, may be run exposed only in accessible areas. When such wiring is installed in inaccessible areas or subject to mechanical injury, or in plenums, all wiring shall be installed in conduit or approved raceway to the requirements of the N.E.C. (NFPA-70).
Delete article 333 of the N.E.C. and substitute as follows (NFPA-70): armored cable (type A. C.);
Exceptions: Armored cable may be permitted for use in concealed work in dry location where it is finished in existing walls or partitions where it is not possible to install conduit, EMT or other approved raceway.
Multifamily dwelling--Add the following wording to article 210-70a of N.E.C.:
A duplex receptacle shall be installed in each public hallway on each floor, and in each public reception room or foyer in multifamily residents.
Construction using most restrictive provisions. Each of the codes herein shall be constructed collectively, and if there are any inconsistencies between the codes, the most restrictive provisions to the applicant shall apply.
(2) Number of receptacles required. In all living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, breakfast rooms, recreation rooms, dens, libraries, sun parlors, living porches, bedrooms, parlors, and similar rooms, duplex receptacles outlets shall be provided for each 12 lineal feet, or fraction thereof, of the total distance around each room as measured horizontally along the wall at the floor line including all openings. Kitchen counter top space shall be provided with adequate duplex receptacles. The appliance circuits shall supply all the receptacle outlets in the kitchen, dining room, breakfast room, and similar rooms together with the required outlets in the laundry and pantry in each occupancy. All receptacles installed in residential type living units or structures auxiliary to residential occupancies (such as garages, patios, terraces, etc.) shall be of the groundable type. At least one receptacle shall be installed in each bathroom or powder room which shall be of the groundable type. A general lighting circuit or any circuit other than the appliance circuit shall supply all the receptacle outlets in the living room, parlor, library, den libraries, living porches, sun room, recreation room, bedrooms, and similar rooms of each occupancy.
(3) Service change/rewire. When a service change is necessary, any open wire, BCC, Romex, or other nonapproved type wire shall be removed from all accessible areas, including attic space, and replaced with approved type wiring. Install receptacles in kitchen counter areas a minimum of four feet zero inches apart. All closet light fixtures shall be globe type. Bathrooms and other wet areas shall have ground fault interrupters as required by the 2005 National Electrical Code. All areas accessible shall be updated to conform with the Lynwood Electrical Code.
(4) Exit lighting; directional signs.
a. Exit lighting.
1. All exit areas shall be adequately lighted by electricity in all types of occupancies. Except in single-family dwellings, the lighting shall be continuous during the time that conditions of occupancy require that the exit ways be open or available and the intensity of lighting required is not provided by means of natural light.
2. Intensity. Normal intensity of lighting shall be not less than one footcandle per square foot on the floor surfaces of vertical exits and not less than one-half footcandle per square foot on the floors of other exits.
3. Lighting during performances. Lighting on the floor of exit aisles in places of assembly, where theatrical, motion picture or other use requires darkened condition may be reduced to not less than one-tenth footcandle per square foot during the time of performance.
b. Exit stairway, fire escape and directional signs.
1. Exit. Stairway, fire escape and directional signs, illuminated by electricity, shall be installed and maintained in all existing buildings and buildings hereafter erected, altered or converted, in accordance with the provisions of the 2008 National Electrical Code and the National Board of Fire Underwriters requirements if more restrictive.
2. Where required. Exit, stairway, fire escape and directional signs shall be installed to mark all ways of egress in the following buildings:
(i) Multiple dwellings of the corridor type.
(ii) Institutional buildings, height.
(iii) Assembly units.
(iv) Schools.
(v) Open air assembly units with a capacity exceeding 250 persons where such unit is used at any time when natural light does not clearly indicate all means of egress.
(vi) Business units, mercantile units, industrial units, storage units and hazardous use units two stories or less in height having a ground area of 10,000 square feet or more.
(vii) Theaters.
(viii) Churches.
3. Location. Exit signs shall be located over or immediately adjoining every opening to a horizontal means of egress or ramp leading out of a building; also over every opening leading from a public assembly room to a mezzanine floor, corridor or hallway.
Stairway or exit signs shall be located at every stairway on every floor in existing buildings. In buildings hereafter erected, stairways signs only shall be located at every stairway on every floor.
Fire escape signs shall be located over or immediately adjoining every doorway or opening to a fire escape.
All the signs shall be clearly visible from all means of approach to the ways of egress.
Directional signs shall be located where the path of exit travel or the location of the exit, stairway or fire escape is not clear and unmistakable due to bridges, tunnels, intersections or hallways, intervening partitions or turns in corridors. The signs shall be located at every yard, court, passageway or other exterior space leading from any exit to a space serving as a way of departure from every theater, public assembly building, hotel, school or church.
4. Lettering. Every exit, stairway, and fire escape sign shall bear the words "EXIT," "STAIRWAY," "FIRE ESCAPE," respectively, in block letters at least 4½ inches high with nine-sixteenths inch stroke.
Every directional sign shall bear the word "EXIT" to indicate the direction of an exit, stairway or fire escape and shall bear a horizontal arrow pointed in the direction of travel. Lettering shall be in block letters at least 3⅜ inches high with nine-sixteenths inch stroke. The arrow shall be one-half inch wide and as long as the lettering.
All the letters and arrows shall be on a white translucent field.
5. Smoke detectors. Smoke detectors shall be required in each dwelling unit as required as required by the State of Illinois Smoke Detector Act.
6. CO detectors. Carbon monoxide detectors shall be required within 15 feet from every sleeping area. As required by the State of Illinois.
(5) Service conductors. Service conductors extending along the exterior of or entering buildings shall be copper and thermoplastic covered in rigid metal conduit. Aluminum wire is not permitted within any building.
(6) Raceways or conduits. For all work, wiring shall be installed in rigid conduit, electrical metallic tubing, or approved metallic raceways, except that it shall be permissible to use a section of flexible Greenfield metal conduit, where flexible connections are necessary, not exceeding six feet in length per NEC article 347-2(B), (D), (E), (G).