Moore, OK Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)

Sec 5-401 adopts the 2020 National Electrical Code, NFPA 70, with Appendix H, as amended by the Oklahoma uniform building code commission, as the city's electrical code, with a copy on file with the city clerk, and folds in local amendments such as prohibiting aluminum conductors smaller than 4/0 in one- and two-family dwellings and sleeping quarters, and requiring a permanent plaque at any building fed by more than one electrical service. Sec 5-403 supplies the operative permit rule: no person may begin work on any electrical facilities installation within the city without first securing a permit from the electrical inspector, and that permit is issued only to electrical contractors who hold both a current, unrevoked state license and a current, unrevoked city registration certificate.

Sec 5-404 lets the electrical inspector issue a temporary permit, for a fee set in the city's fee schedule, when there is good cause to energize an installation before the final certificate is ready; the temporary permit runs 30 days and can be renewed in 30-day increments for an additional fee each time. Sec 5-405 requires the inspector to tag rough-in work as approved or not ready to conceal, and Sec 5-406 lets the inspector refuse a permit outright, or refuse the certificate of inspection after the fact, if wiring is unsafe or does not meet the chapter, and can direct any power company to disconnect service on written notice. Sec 5-402 makes the 2020 NEC's requirements a floor, not a ceiling, so a stricter city or state rule controls wherever the two conflict.