§ 7-108. Residential service.

(a)

Residential service capacity shall be not less than one hundred (100) amperes, twenty-circuit, three-wire, one hundred twenty/two hundred forty-volt for residences less than two thousand (2,000) square feet of floor space; two hundred (200) amperes, thirty-circuit, three-wire, one hundred twenty/two hundred forty-volt for residences two thousand (2,000) square feet or more of floor space.

(b)

Subject to advance approval by the electrical commission, existing residences of two thousand (2,000) square feet or more may have one hundred (100) amperes, twenty-circuit, three-wire, one hundred twenty/two hundred forty-volt service where the majority of major appliances are not electric, and the proposed connected load would justify such dispensation.

(c)

All electrically heated homes shall have a minimum two hundred (200) amperes, three-wire, one hundred twenty/two hundred forty-volt service.

(d)

No main entrance smaller than one hundred (100) amperes capacity shall be installed in any building, residence or commercial, unless by special permission in writing by the chief electrical inspector.

(e)

A service disconnecting means shall be installed for all new residential service and all existing residential structures requiring new service. The service disconnect shall have a rating not less than the load to be carried, with a minimum one-hundred (100) ampere capacity main disconnect, with an adequate number of branch circuits. The service disconnecting means shall be installed in a readily accessible location outside of a building or structure, adjacent to, or in the same enclosure as, the metering equipment.

(Ord. No. 29-83, § 20B, 6-21-83; Ord. No. 21-2007, § 1, 3-20-2007)