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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE SAFEGUARDING
OF LIFE AND PROPERTY BY REGULATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE IN-
STALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF NEON TUBING AND LIGHTING, FLOURESCENT
TUBING AND LIGHTING, PROVIDING THE MANNER IN WHICH THE WORK
SHALL BE DONE, THE KIND OF MATERIAL TO BE USED IN SUCH WORK, THE
INSPECTION OF SUCH WORK, THE SCALE OF FEES FOR SUCH INSPECTION,
DEFINING THE TERM "KASTER SIGN ELECTRICIAN," PROVIDING FOR THE
GIVING OF A MASTER SIGN ELECTRICIAN'S LICENSE, PROVIDING FOR THE
GIVING OF A BOND AND THE COLLECTION OF PENALTIES UNDER SAID BOND
FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE, TO PREVENT INCOMPET~NT PERSONS,
FIRMS OR CORPORATIONS FROM INSTALLING, MAINTAINING, OR SELLING
NEO~t ~BE SIGNS, DEVICES, OR ORNAMENTATIONS.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1: NAME OF ORDINANCE.
This Ordinance shall be known as "Electric Sign
and Floureseent Ordinance."
SECTION 2: DEFINITION OF MASTER SIGN ELECTRIGrAI.
That by the term ''Master Sign Electrician" is
meant any person engaged in or carrying on the business of neon
installations, who is by training, experience and education,
competent to lay out, design and install a system of neon tubing
and the wirfng that is a part thereof.
SECTION 3: REQUIRING MASTER SIGN ELECTRICIANS
TO TAKE EXAMINATION.
From and after the passage and taking effect
of this Ordinance, every person who engages in the work of in-
stalling neon signs in the corporate limits of the City of
Lubbock, Texas, shall, before engaging in such work, make
application to the City Electrical Examining Board for license
and such applicants shall be required to take an examination
to be given by the City Electrical Examining Board and if said
applicant, upon his examination, makes a grade of seventy (10%)
per cent, the City Electrical Examining Board shall issue to
said applicant a certificate of qualification, certifying that
the applicant has been found competent as a master sign
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electrician~ which shall entitle him to a license to carry on
such work in the City of Lubbock.
SECTION 4: FEES FOR EXAMINATION.
EaCh applicant for examination as Maste~ Sign
Electrician shall1 at the time of filing his application1 pay
to the Secretary of the City Electrical Examining Board the
sum of #3.00, which said fee shall be paid over to the City Tax
Collector of the City of Lubbock, the same shall be placed in
the general fund.
SECTION 5: LICENSE.
EaCh successful applicant shall be issued a
license under the provision of this ordinance upon the payment
of a license fee of il5.00 in advance. Said fees to be paid
to the Tax Collector of the City of Lubbock; provided further
that each applicant for Maste~ Sign Electrician shall execute
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an approved surety bond to the City of Lubbock in the amount
of tlooo.oo conditioned upon the strict compliance with the
requirements of all city electric and sign .hanging ordinances
and amendments thereto.
All licenses shall expire on the first day
of December of each year unless sooner revoked. Lio.enses may
be renewed each year thereafter for fee of $3.00 if application
for renewal of license is made before the expiration of the old
license.
If bolder of license fails to make application
for renewal of same before expiration of license# he shall be
required to pay tull fee and if he fails to renew his license
for a period of one year 1 take examination as provided for
persons originally desiring to do neon and sign hanging. No.
Electricians'
person shall receive a Kaster Sig~/.License who has not attained
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the age of 21 years. All persona now engaged, or Who may here-
after engage in the work of a Master Sign Eleci;;rieian, are
hereby required to appear before the Electrical Examining Board
tor an examination on or before the expiration of sixty (60)
days' time from the date this Ordinance takes effect.
SECTION 6: LICENSE REQUIRED.
It shall be unlawf'ul for any person to engage
as Master Sign Electrician in tbe City of Lubbock without first
having secured a license therefor as herein provided. Every
person, firm, association, copartnership or corporation engaged
in the work of installing, ere c ting or altering electric signa
or making neon installations shall at all times have in their
employ a licensed Kaster Sign Electrician, to do said work.
SECTION 7: LICENSE NOT TRANSFERABLE.
It shall be unlawtnl for any person, firm, or
corporation holding a license as Master Sign Electrician to
transfer same or allow the use of same directly or indirectly
by any other person for the purpose or ~btaining a permit to
do sign and neon work as herein specified.
SECTION 8: PERMITS.
No person, firm or corporation shall begin work
of installing, erecting or altering signs or neon installations
in or on any building or premises in the City of Lubbock
without first securing a permit therefor from the Electrical
Inspector. No permit will be required for repair work on
signs and neon installation where no new work is installed.
Application blanks ·for permits tor sign and neon installations
shall be fUrnished by the electrical inspector who shall approve
and counter sign them.
No license shall be required to hang signs that
are not illuminated in any manner such as sign boards or bill
boards mounted on face of buildings, posters, etc. But sign
company hanging same must have an approved surety bond. executed
to the City of Lubbock in the amount of $1000.00 conditioned
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upon the strict compliance with the requirements of tbe City
sign hanging ordinances and amendments thereto, and must have
a permit from the Building Department of the City of Lubbock
before beginning the erection or installation of same.
SECTION 9: TEMPORARY PERMIT.
Temporary permit to connect a sign for demon-
stration purposes must be secured from tbe Electrical In~pector
and tPe connection must be removed within the specified time.
No permanent connection oan be ~ade until the circuit wiring
and the sign outlet has been approved by the Electrical Inspector.
SECTION 1~>: WIRING METHODS.
Wiring methods shall conform to Article 600,
Chapter 6, of the -National Electrical Code and this Ordinance.
SECTION 11: PRIMARY CIRCUITS.
Primary circuits of not more than 1320 watts
(transformer input VA) shall be connected to any one cir_cuit,
either inside or sign bodies or on any neon or other sign
circuit and not over 3 transformers on any one circuit.
SECTION 12: FLOOD LIGHTS.
Flood lights must be on seperate circuits from
sign circuits. TWo goose necks of not over 150 watts each may be
connected in circuit with neon sign, provided tba t total wattage
does not exceed 1320 wat·ts.
SECTION 13: CLASSIFICATION OF SIGNS FOR PERMIT
FEES.
outside Signs • $1.00 per permit for each sign.
Inside Signs, Directional Signs, Window Display,
etc. -tl.OO for first two; 50¢ for each additional sign or
display in one installation.
Inside Decorative Displays or Outline -tl.OO for
an installation made at one time.
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Outside Buildihg Outline or Decorative Tubing -
$1.00 for an installation made at one time.
SECTION 14: PORTABLE SIGNS.
A portable sign is one in which all wiring,
transformers and live parts are tully enclosed and o~y the
attachment cord extends to the outside and does not exceed
200 watts. No permit shall be required on portable signs.
SECTION 15: UNDERWRITERS t LABEL.
All signs must bear the Und~rwriters' Label or
must pass local iaspection before being closed up or hung in
place.
SECTION 16: PLOURESCENT FIXTURES AND LIGHTING.
All flourescent fixtures must bear the label
of approval of the Underwriters• Laboratories, Inc.
A Portable fixture is one Which can be moved
from place to place, and is not attached to ceiling or walls
by chains, rods, hooks~ flanges, or any other means of attach•
ment, and that does not require any mechanical ability to in•
stall or knowledge of electricity, other than the insertion of
tne cap into a proper receptacle.
CeiliBS, !!!! or ~ fixtures, or Strip LishtiBS~
must be safely and permanently installed and shall be wired
without the use of attachment cords.
Wires from flourescent fixtures to the outlet
box shall be laced in chain of sufficient strength, or shall be
carried to outlet box throush the supporting pipes,_ or through
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a separate piece of rigid conduit. The wires shall not bang
free in air from outlet box to the fixture.
All joints shall be properly ~ade and in-
sulated, both in the fixture and in the outlet box. There shall
be no exposed joints outside of fixture or outlet box.
Only hi-power factor fixtures~ properly
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ballasted as approved by the Underwriters• Laboratory will be
accepted.
Local manufacturers must secure Underwriters•
Label Service before selling or offering for sale any flourescent
fixture to be used or installed in the City of Lubbock, Texas.
No one, otber .than the holder of a Master
Electrician's License and bond, may install any .flourescent
fixture either permanently or for tem~orary use.
Wbere fixtures are installed temporarily or
for approval a temporary permit must be secured from the
Electrical Inspector, and the permit will expire at a stated
time as shown on the permit.
Flourescent fixtures shall not be installed
in any hazardous locations ~les~ specifically approved by the
"Underwriters • Laboratories, Inc." for such loca tiona. ·
Primary·wiring for flourescent lighting shall
be the same as for incandescent lighting. Surface extensions
may be made to floureseent fixture outlets, and for a connected
load of not more than eo% 9r 15 amperes, equaling 1320 watts to
a circuit. Connected lo~'for tlourese~nt case lighting shall
not exceed 600 watts to any one circuit.
Wiring methods shall be the same as to type
in regard to conduit as for incandescent lighting tor tbe given
type of occupancy, hazard, etc.
All regulations as to licenses, bonds, tees and
permits as contained in Ordinance #285 and its amendments shall
apply to the manufacture, sale, offering for sale and installation
of flourescent fixtures to be used or installed in the City of
Lubbock, Texas.
The auxiliaries of floureseent fixtures dissipate
heat, and are subject to burn-outs, ignition or destruction as
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in any similar transformer, reactor, resistor, or capacitor;
and care must be taken so that in the event of a fault in the
tiXture, surrounding material will not be ignited.
No flourescent fixture shall be supported from
the shade holder or fitter ring of any chain fixtures, electric
ran or similar fixture by use of tbe screws provided for holding
the glass shade or bowl. As in all eases, the fixture must
be supported by a per-manent mechanical method, both as to
fitter, chain and ceiling attachment, and shall be permanently
wired to the outlet box. Attachment cords plugged in to a
fixture will not be accepted.
Flourescent fixtures are not to be supported
by meaDS of any adaptor designed to be screwed into any light
socket or receptacle.
In all cases, the wall or ceiling attachment,
the supporting chain and the attachment to the fixture must be
of sufficient strength and permanence to properly support the
weight of the fixture under all circumstances. Strong steel
chains, rods or conduit shall be used.
Stems or pipe supports Which house wiring shall
be approved conduit. The use of common iron pipe is hereby
proh11>1ted.
Recessed flourescent fixtures shall be wired
with heat resistant (ABV) wire and all current NB code rules
shall be observed.
Transformers (auxiliaries) shall not be placed
in attics, unless in approved metal cabinets accessible from
the under side of ceiling.
SECTION 17: PENALTY FOR VIOLATION.
Any person, fir.m or corporation, violating
this Ordinance, or causing same to be Violated, shall be
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punished by a fine in any s~to exceed $100.00 (one hundred
dollars) •.
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SECTION 18. VALIDITY OF QRDINANCE.
If any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase or provision or this Ordinance shall be adjudged invalid
or held unconstitutional the same shall not affect the validity
of this Ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof,
other than the part so decided to be invalid or unconstitutional,
and IT IS SO ORDERED.
PASSED and approved first reading the 25th, day
of July A. D. 1941.
Mayor of the City of Lubbock,Texa.s
ATTEST:
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City Secretary
PASSED and approved second reading the 14thday
of Au~st A. D. 1941.
Mayor o f the Ci t y or Lubbock,Texas
ATTEST:
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City Secretary
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