Sedona, AZ Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2017 National Electrical Code
- Local amendment
- Copper conductors required, no aluminum
- Amendment source
- Ordinance 2022-07
- Fee schedule
- Set by SCC § 15.05.060
Summary
Sedona adopts the 2017 National Electrical Code for all electrical permits, but with one hard local rule: every current-carrying conductor in the city, branch, service or otherwise, has to be copper. The code deletes every NEC reference that would otherwise allow aluminum.
That certain code entitled National Electrical Code, 2017 Edition, as amended and codified, published by the National Fire Protection Association, three copies of which are available for public inspection in the office of the director of community development, is adopted as the electrical code of the city, and made a part of this title the same as though set forth in full herein, excepting those portions hereinafter deleted or amended. ... ... A. Article 110.5, Conductors, is hereby amended by deleting the article in its entirety and substituting the following in its place:Conductors normally used to carry current shall be of copper. All references to the contrary are hereby deleted from this code.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Initiative Ordinance 2026-01, approved by voters at the July 21, 2026 election).
Full Breakdown
Section 15.15.010 SCC adopts the National Electrical Code, 2017 Edition, as amended and codified, published by the National Fire Protection Association, as the city's electrical code, governing every electrical permit issued in Sedona. Section 15.15.020 makes two amendments, and both do the same thing: Article 110.5 (Conductors) is deleted and replaced with a copper-only requirement, and Article 310.106(B) (Conductor Material) is amended the identical way. Aluminum branch-circuit and service conductors, permitted under the stock 2017 NEC, are not permitted anywhere in the city; the copper-only amendment was added by Ordinance 2022-07 in 2022, after the base code adoption. Electrical permit fees and refunds run through the schedule at SCC § 15.05.060, the same fee section every other Title 15 code chapter cross-references, and appeals of an electrical permit decision go to the Board of Appeals set up under the 2018 International Building Code.
Violations & Fines
Installing aluminum conductors where the amended NEC requires copper, or performing electrical work without the required permit, is enforced under the same building-code violation framework as the rest of Title 15: SCC § 1.15.010 treats each violation, and each day it continues, as a separate offense, and the Building Official can order a stop-work order until the wiring is brought into compliance.
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