We don't do laws, or trials, by 'consensus.' Where the language is unclear, the benefit goes to the individual, at the expense of enforcement. That's one of our basic principles.
The code wriiten poorly? No surprise there. The code exceeding its' own mandate and getting into design work? I'd say so.
I love it. The NEC starts out, in the very first paragraphs, by teiilg us that it is not a design manual, that it is not an instruction book, etc .... then folks pile in all manner of design-specific mandates. Some say "We can't enforce Article 90," then in the next breath say we'll enforce what we infer from the poor language and meddle with design.
Remember, our earliest laws placed limits on the government - not the governed.
