Irondequoit, NY Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)

Article VII of Chapter 98 runs electrical oversight through inspection agencies that the Town Board designates and approves and that the Director of Community Development licenses. Section 98-32 deputizes the chief inspector and each appointed inspector of a designated agency as agents of the Town to inspect electrical installations and to approve or disapprove them, and it states that the cost of those inspections is never a charge against the Town. Section 98-44 sets the two trigger rules quoted above: file an application for inspection before installing, altering or repairing wiring for light, heat or power, and obtain a temporary certificate or certificate of compliance before connecting wiring to any source of electrical energy supply. The agency sends the Building Inspector a record of every application within 10 days and a record of every temporary certificate it issues.

Under § 98-33 the Electrical Inspector reports violations of, deviations from or omissions of the electrical provisions of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and the Municipal Code to the Building Inspector. Inspections follow the written request of the Building Inspector or another authorized Town official, and in an emergency the Inspector acts on the oral request of a Town official or officer. Defective installations draw a written disapproval report to the Building Inspector, other proper officials and the owners or lessees. A certificate of compliance is authorized when installations conform to the state code and the chapter, and a copy goes to the Building Inspector. Electrical systems, including underground and rough-in work, also appear among the building-permit inspection stages in § 98-11(G)(5).

Section 98-42 exempts mines, ships, railway cars, automotive equipment, utility installations, electrical manufacturing work and buildings owned or leased in their entirety by the United States, New York State or a political subdivision. An employer that regularly employs electricians for work on its own property is exempt if it files a certificate with the Building Inspector on the first day of April and the first day of October of each year. Section 98-43 keeps owners and installers responsible for fire or damage caused by a defect, even after an inspection.