Section 106.1 of the Mechanical Code is amended to include:
“No person, firm or corporation shall be issued a mechanical permit, operate a place of business, engage in the business of contracting, to do installation, maintenance, alteration of mechanical systems in buildings and structures within the city, including, but not limited to forced air heating-refrigeration and gas fitting unless the person, the agent or employee performing mechanical work for the firm or corporation first obtains a license and pays the tax thereon as prescribed.
1. The applicant for a forced air heating-refrigeration license must show and maintain a license issued by the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board 158:50-1-3 pursuant to the Mechanical Licensing Act.
2. The applicant for a gas fitting license must hold an appropriate certificate from the Board of Examiners of Gas Fitters, as a master or journeyman, whichever the case may be.
3. The provisions of this section shall apply to a mechanical maintenance person in the employ of the owner of the building or buildings in which the mechanical work is to be performed.
4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
a. Apprentices or helpers in mechanical work who, always while working, are under the direct supervision of another having a license from the city;
b. The owner and occupant of a single-family residential dwelling performing necessary repairs, additions or alterations to heat and air or gas service to the dwelling, excluding any work on connections to meters or mains or work within a public easement or right-of-way.”
(Prior Code, § 5-403) (Am. Ord. 1793, passed 12-18-07; Am. Ord. 1974, passed 8-6-19)