Memphis, TN Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)

Sec. 14-5-1, the entirety of Chapter 14-5 (Electrical Code), adopts the 2014 NEC 'as if set out in its entirety herein,' with a copy kept on file in the Office of Council Records of the Memphis City Council. The section also folds in 'certain amendments to the provision of the NEC' and a separately filed Exhibit A containing Appendix A, the Electrical Permit and Inspection Fees schedule, and states that together the amended NEC and the fee appendix constitute the '2018 Memphis and Shelby County Electrical Code,' a joint city-county code adopted by Ord.

No. 5714 on December 18, 2018. Because the fee schedule and detailed amendment text are filed as an exhibit rather than reproduced in the code itself, the ordinance section does not spell out specific permit fees or inspection-scheduling steps in the chapter text; those figures live in the on-file Appendix A referenced by the ordinance, obtainable from the Office of Council Records. The chapter carries no stand-alone penalty clause of its own. Where the Code makes an act unlawful, prohibited, or required and 'no specific penalty is provided therefor,' Sec.

00 for each separate violation, with each day a violation continues counting as a separate offense, and city judges setting the amount at their discretion. Sec. 00 minimum penalty listed there (those are alcohol, day care, fire prevention, garbage/trash, health and sanitation, massage parlors, public amusements, and sewers).