In my personal opinion, pvc should not be allowed no matter what. However, the NEC , the NEC handbook, and a third-party handbook I have, all state that the rule does not directly apply to the communication, A/V, and fire alarm wiring. For these systems we are instructed to use their respected code articles. Those individual code articles simply say to use chapters 1-4 (specifically 3 of course). Obviously, different cities/municipalities can make up whatever rules they see fit. At present, I am only interested in national code. Thank you for your response Tesla.