Section 90A of the Electric Code is amended to include:
“No person, firm or corporation shall be issued an electrical permit, operate a place of business, engage in the business of contracting to do installation, repairing, altering of electric wiring, non-portable electric fixtures, apparatus within the city unless the person, the agent or employee performing electrical work for the firm, or corporation first is registered with the city and pays the tax thereon, as prescribed.
1. The applicant for electrical registration must hold a license issued by the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board 158:40-1-3 pursuant to the Electrical License Act.
2. The provisions of this section shall apply to a maintenance electrician in the employ of the owner of the building or buildings in which the electrical work is to be performed.
3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
a. Apprentices or helpers in electrical work who, always while working, are under the direct supervision of another registered with the City of Bethany; and
b. The owner and occupant of a single-family residential dwelling making necessary repairs, additions or alterations to the electrical wiring of the dwelling.
4. Registration required in this section shall be subject hereto. The registration shall be renewed annually in accordance herewith and shall remain in effect so long as the state license is current or until revoked by the City of Bethany.”
(Prior Code, § 5-305) (Ord. 1232, passed 2-13-83; Am. Ord. 1420, passed 2-26-88; Am. Ord. 1795, passed 12-18-07; Am. Ord. 1974, passed 8-6-19)