Section 106.4 of the Plumbing Code is amended to include:
“No person, firm, or corporation shall be issued a plumbing permit, operate a place of business or engage in the business of contracting, to do installation, maintenance, alteration of plumbing systems or equipment within the city, unless the person or the agent or employee performing plumbing work for the firm, or corporation first obtains a license and pays the tax thereon.
1. The applicant for a plumbing license must show and maintain a license issued by the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board 158:30-1-3 pursuant to the Plumbing Licensing Act.
2. The provisions of this section shall apply to a maintenance plumber in the employ of the owner of the building or buildings in which the plumbing work is to be performed.
3. The provision of this section shall not apply to:
a. Apprentices or helpers in plumbing work who, always while working, are under the direct supervision of another having a license from the city; and
b. The owner and occupant of a single-family residential dwelling performing necessary repairs, additions or alterations to plumbing to each dwelling, excluding any work on connections to meters or mains or work within a public easement or right-of-way.”
(Prior Code, § 3-503) (Am. Ord. 1420, passed 2-26-88; Am. Ord. 1794, passed 12-18-07; Am. Ord. 1974, passed 8-6-19)
Statutory reference:
State licenses required, see 59 O.S. §§ 1006 et seq.