9-5-3: APPLICATION AND SCOPE:

The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all new construction, relocated buildings, and to any additions, alterations, repairs, or reconstruction of existing buildings. This Chapter shall provide for the practical safeguarding of persons and buildings and their contents from hazards arising from the use of electrical energy for light, heat, power, communications, signaling, signs, electrical equipment installations, elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters, moving walks, lifts, and other similar purposes.

This Code shall apply to all electrical installations not under the direct ownership and regulation of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, an agency of the Federal Government, or a property owned by the State of Idaho.

   A.   Covered: The regulations of this code shall apply to all electrical wiring, equipment, apparatus and fixtures installed, used, maintained, rented, leased, or offered for sale or distribution within or on public and private buildings and other premises, including yards, carnival and parking lots industrial substations, and conductors that connect the installations to a supply of electrical energy to: manufactured homes, mobile home parks, and recreational vehicle parks. The regulations of this code also apply to the investigation of fires caused by electrical installations.

   B.   Not Covered: This code does not cover the following:

      1.   Installations in ships, watercraft other than floating buildings, railway rolling stock, aircraft, automotive vehicles, and recreational vehicles;

      2.   Installations underground in mines and self-propelled mobile surface mining machinery and its attendant electrical trailing cable;

      3.   Installations of railways for generation, transformation, transmission, or distribution of power used exclusively for the operation of rolling stock or installations used exclusively for signaling and communications purposes;

      4.   Installations of communications equipment under the exclusive control of communications utilities located outdoors or in building spaces used exclusively for such installations;

      5.   Installations under the exclusive control of an electric utility where such installations:

         a.   Consist of service drops or service laterals, and associated metering; or

         b.   Are on property owned or leased by an electrical utility for the purpose of communication, metering, generation, control, transformation, transmission, energy storage, or distribution of electric energy; or

         c.   Are located in legally established easements or rights-of-way; or

         d.   Are located as specified within a written agreement or otherwise designated by or recognized by a public service commission, utility commission, or other regulatory agency having jurisdiction. These written agreements shall be limited to installations for the purpose of communications, metering, generation, control, transformation, transmission, energy storage, or distribution of electric energy where legally established easement or right-of-way cannot be obtained. These installations shall be limited to federal lands, Native American reservations through the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, military bases, lands controlled by port authorities and state agencies and departments, and land owned by railroads. (Ord. 43-20, 12-1-2020, eff. 1-1-2021)