Lynwood — Ch. 18 Art. II Minimum Standards Codes § 18-122

(a) During installation or alteration. The electrical inspector shall, during the installation or alteration of all electrical equipment, make a rough-in inspection to ensure compliance with the rules and regulations of this Code. No work in connection with the installation or alteration of electrical equipment shall be covered or concealed until the installation or alteration has been inspected as prescribed in this section.
(b) Completion of installation or alteration. Upon receipt of notice from the electrical contractor of completion of the installation or alteration for which a permit was issued, the electrical inspector shall make a final inspection of the installation or alteration and the tests as may be necessary to determine that the installation or alteration conforms with the rules and regulations of this Code.
(c) Reinspection; notice of violation. The electrical inspector is hereby empowered to reinspect any electrical equipment within the scope of the electrical regulations of this Code, and when the electrical equipment is found to be unsafe to life or property, shall notify in writing either the owner, or his agent for the purposes of managing, controlling, using or operating the same to place the electrical equipment in a safe and secure condition in compliance with the electrical regulations of this Code within the time as the electrical inspector shall consider just and reasonable, but in no event shall this time exceed 15 days from the date of the notice.
(d) Failure to correct violation; penalties. Refusal to comply with the requirements of the notice shall subject the person owning, managing, operating or using the electrical equipment to the penalties as provided herein. The electrical inspector is hereby empowered to cut off and stop current to any electrical equipment found to be unsafe to life or property, to revoke all certificates of inspection in effect at that time relating to the electrical equipment, and to discontinue use until this Code has been complied with and a new certificate of inspection has been issued by the electrical inspector.
(e) Notice of installation of hidden work. Any person installing electric wires or equipment in any building in the village which is to be hidden from view, shall notify the electrical inspector in writing of the intended installation, at least two working days before the work is to be covered, and no work shall be covered until inspection thereof has been made as herein required. In all cases where the notice has not been given or the work has been covered without inspection thereof, as herein provided, the electrical inspector is authorized to have it taken down or remove the portions of the building or structure as shall be necessary for the inspection of the electric wires or equipment, as herein required, and the cost of the taking down and replacing the work so removed by the official shall be borne by the person who has failed to give notice of the installation thereof, or by the person who has covered the work after the notice and before inspection thereof as herein provided, as the case may be.
(f) Unlawful to interfere, assistance of police. It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with the electrical inspector in the performance of his duties. Whenever, in the opinion of the electrical inspector, it shall be necessary to call upon the police department for aid and assistance in carrying out or enforcing any of the provisions of this section governing the inspection of electrical equipment he shall have the authority to do so, and it shall be the duty of any member of the police department, when called upon by the electrical inspector, to act according to the instructions of and to perform the duties as may be required by the electrical inspector in order to enforce or put into effect the provisions of this section relating to the inspection of electrical equipment.
(g) Certificate of inspection; supplying current.
(1) Whenever any electrical equipment has been installed or altered, no electrical current shall be supplied to or used on the equipment previous to the final inspection of the equipment by the electrical inspector and the issuance of a certificate of inspection covering the installation or alteration; provided that the inspection division may issue a temporary certificate for the use of electrical current during the course of construction or alteration of the building which temporary certificate shall expire when the construction or alteration of the building is completed.
(2) Upon completion of final inspection of the installation or alteration by the electrical inspector, indicating that the electrical equipment is lawfully installed or altered in accordance with the rules and regulations of this Code and that the installation or alteration is made in a neat and workmanlike manner, the electrical inspector shall issue a certificate of inspection covering the installation or alteration; provided, however, that no certificate shall be issued until all inspection fees for the installation or alteration have been paid.
(3) In case the electrical inspector finds a defect in any electrical equipment subject to inspection in the village, the electrical inspector shall report the same in writing to the persons for whom the test is being made, using blanks furnished by the village for that purpose and giving a description of the character of the defect. If the defect is of a dangerous character, necessitating immediate repair, the electrical inspector shall forthwith condemn the electrical equipment for further use, or until the same is removed, repaired or renewed.
(4) If the defect is of a character that the electrical equipment may be safely operated for a period of some days pending repairs, the electrical inspector shall so report, and name the number of days during which the same may be operated. A duplicate of the reports shall be promptly filed in the office of the electrical inspector.
(h) Violations; penalties. Any person owning, controlling or using any electrical apparatus or equipment, subject to inspection under the provisions of this section, for a longer period, pending repairs, than specified in the electrical inspector's report, or who shall use or attempt to use the electrical equipment after the same has been condemned by the electrical inspector, for further use, and before the same has been removed, fully repaired or renewed and an order for a certificate of inspection obtained thereon, in the manner above prescribed, or who shall refuse the electrical inspector admittance to the premises where the electrical equipment is located for the purpose of making the inspection or test, or shall needlessly hinder the inspection or test, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be subject to penalties as set forth in section 1-10 .