On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:46:21 -0400, "Bill" wrote:


"Josepi" wrote in message
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To make a long story short I am not sure why you would get the building
inspection people involved. Electrical? yes. (maybe they are one and the
same there) I assume you have made your "feeler" calls to the governing
bodies to see what the desired rules are.


The city seems to to have comingled several facets
(building/heating/cooling/plumbing/electrical) into
The Dept of Community Development. My assumption about the requirement was
based upon the NEC. Part of my project includes the installation of a new
subpanel.
One will be able to see if from the street and I don't want to ever have to
answer any
hard questions about how it got there. In different circumstances, I might
be more cavalier.

I didn't pull a permit to add my electrical panel, nor am I for the finishing
job on the room above the garage (my shop, some day). I did when I added a
garage, twenty years ago and that included a sub panel.