(a) No person shall hereafter follow, engage in or work at the trade or occupation of installing sewer connections in the City until he has first secured a license therefor in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(b) Any such person desiring a license shall first make application to the Safety-Service Director, who shall examine the applicant as to his practical and theoretical knowledge of installing sewers, and also as to his knowledge of the ordinances of the City and other regulations and laws pertaining to such work. If satisfied as to the competency of the applicant, the Safety-Service Director shall so certify to the Auditor who shall issue a license to the applicant authorizing him to engage in or work at the trade or occupation of sewer installing in the City. Such license shall be for a period of one year, dating from January 1 of the year of issuance and shall expire on December 31 next following the date of issuance. The fee for such license shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year.
(c) Master plumbers shall be automatically eligible for the license provided for herein, upon the payment of the license fee and compliance with all other terms of this chapter.
(d) Each person so licensed shall execute a sewer contractor license bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), which bond shall also be executed by a reliable surety who shall furnish a current power of attorney authorizing the person signing such bond as surety to do so.
(e) Each licensee shall furnish the City with a certificate of insurance which shall state thereon the following:
(1) That the insurance covers work performed by the insured in the City.
(2) The limits of liability for comprehensive general liability for bodily injury shall be a minimum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for each person and three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for each accident.
(3) The limits of liability for comprehensive general liability for property damage shall be a minimum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each accident and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in the aggregate.
(4) Such insurance shall provide that in the event of its cancellation, at least ten days' written notice of cancellation will be given to the City.
(5) The insurance policy shall include an agreement to hold the City harmless from any claims, damages or injuries resulting from the work performed by the insured.
(f) Homeowners requesting a license to install only their own connections by themselves instead of hiring a contractor. are exempt from the license fee, bond and insurance requirements of this section.
(g) No person, firm or corporation shall display any sign or other indication that they perform work at or engage in the business of installing sewers in the City, unless such person or one such member of such firm or corporation shall first have obtained a license as required under the terms of this section.
(h) The license herein provided for may at any time be revoked by the Auditor for incompetency, dereliction of duty or fraudulent use thereof upon recommendation of the Safety-Service Director.