Application for licensing as a master electrician or journeyman electrician shall be made in writing to the City Council, upon forms prepared and furnished by the City Clerk, and shall show the name and address of the applicant, the business location of the applicant and other information as the City Council shall deem desirable. It shall be unlawful for any person preparing an application for licensing as a master electrician or journeyman electrician to knowingly make or cause to be made any false or misleading statement of material fact upon the application. No application for licensing as a master electrician or journeyman electrician shall be issued unless and until the applicant shall file, with the City Clerk, a bond, in a sum set by resolution of the City Council and on file at the office of the Clerk, to be approved by the City Council, conditioned that the licensee shall indemnify and hold harmless the city from all liability caused by an negligent or intentional act arising from his or her electrical work or violation of this code and shall pay all fines imposed upon him or her for any violation thereof; provided that, the obligation may be satisfied by delivering to the City Clerk a policy of insurance in the same manner and of the same type as that required of plumbers. The obligee of the bond shall be the city and action may be maintained thereon by anyone injured by a breach of its conditions for a period of one year after the completion of any electrical work. Upon approval of the applicant by the City Council, the license shall be issued to the applicant upon payment of a licensing fee in an amount set by resolution of the City Council.
(Prior Code, § 10-416) Penalty, see § 10.99