Legal Documents of Newport

For the purpose of providing a practical minimum standard for the safeguarding of persons and of buildings and their contents from hazards arising from the use of electricity for light, heat, power, radio, signaling and for other purposes, the National Electrical Code,⁶ 1971 edition, as prepared by the National Fire Protection Association, is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference as if set out at length in this chapter, and shall be referred to as the electrical code. (1973 Code, § 6-32)