The amendments to the California Electrical Code as referenced in Section 9-5.30 are as follows:

(a) Amend Section 110-26 (C) to read as follows:

Section 110-26 (C) Access and Entrance to Working Space. At least one entrance of sufficient area shall be provided to give access to the working space about electric equipment.

For equipment rated 1200 amperes or more and over 6 ft (1.83 m) wide, there shall be one entrance not less than 24 in. (610 mm) wide and 6 1/2 ft. (1.98 m) high at each end of the working space. Where the entrance has a personnel door(s), the door(s) shall open in the direction of egress and be equipped with panic bars, pressure plates or other devices that are normally latched but open under simple pressure.

Exception No 1: Where the location permits a continuous and unobstructed way of exit travel, one means of access shall be permitted.

Exception No 2: Where the work space required by Section 110-26(a) is doubled, only one entrance to the working space is required. It shall be located so the edge of the entrance nearest the equipment is the minimum clear distance given in Table 110-26(a) away from such equipment.

(b) Amend Section 210-12 (B) to read as follows:

Section 210-12 (B) Dwelling Unit Bedrooms. All branch circuits that supply 125-volt, single-phase, 15 and 20-ampere outlets installed in dwelling unit bedrooms shall be protected by an arc-fault circuit interrupter(s) listed to provide protection of the entire branch circuit.

(c) Amend Section 336-4 to read as follows:

Section 336-4 Uses Permitted. Type NM, Type NMC, and Type NMS cables shall be permitted to be used in the following:

(1) One and Two-Family dwellings.

(2) Multifamily dwellings permitted to be of Types III, IV, and V construction except as prohibited in 336-5.

(3) Other structures permitted to be of Types III, IV, and V construction except as prohibited in 336-5. Cables shall be concealed within walls floors, or ceilings that provide a thermal barrier of material that has at least a 15-minute finish rating as identified in listings of fire-rated assemblies.

(4) Cable trays, where the cables are identified for such use.

(d) Amend Section 625-17 read as follows:

Section 625-17 Cable. The electric vehicle supply equipment cable shall be Type EV, EVJ, EVE, EVJE, EVT, or EVJT flexible cable as specified in Article 400 and Table 400.4. Ampacities shall be as specified in Table 400.5(A) for 10 AWG and smaller and Table 400.5(B) for 8 AWG and larger. The overall length of the cable shall not exceed 7.5 m (25 ft) unless equipped with a cable management system that is listed as suitable for the purpose. Other cable types and assemblies listed as being suitable for the purpose, including optional hybrid communications, signal, and optical fiber cables, shall be permitted.

(e) Add Article 692 to incorporate current standards for fuel cell systems as set forth in Resolution Number 18140 adopted by the Salinas City Council on January 14, 2003 (or by succeeding resolution). (Ord. No. 2276 (NCS), § 5; Ord. No. 2410 (NCS) § 1.)