127.11 LICENSE OR PERMIT FEES AND EXPIRATION DATES.

   Before any license is issued, the applicant shall pay a license or permit fee. All licenses or permits shall expire on December 31 and shall be renewed biennially upon application of the licensee or permittee and payment of the fee. Any license or permit not renewed prior to December 31 shall expire on December 31 and may not be renewed without examination, except on recommendation of the examining board. License fees shall be charged according to the following schedule:

      Electrical contractor fee      $   100.00

      Journeyman electrician fee      $   40.00

      Restricted electrician fee      $   20.00

      Maintenance electrician fee   $   20.00

      Inactive fee            $   30.00 (contractor and/or journeyman; no proof of insurance required)

127.12 EXAMINATION WAIVED.

   Any electrical contractor or journeyman electrician who comes to the City and who produces credentials showing proper accreditation as an electrical contractor or journeyman electrician can be excused from the examination required under this chapter, and a license can be issued to said person upon payment of the required fee, if the board approves said person’s credentials.

127.13 LICENSE REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION.

   In addition to penalties otherwise provided, the examining board may revoke or suspend any license issued under this chapter. No license revocation or suspension, except as provided in Section 127.14, shall be lawful unless the following requirements have been satisfied:

   1.   The licensee shall be served with written notice containing assertions of fact or conduct which warrant the intended action, reference to code provisions allegedly violated, and specifications of time, place and nature of the hearing.

   2.   The examining board shall conduct a public hearing for the purpose of resolving those issues of law and fact arising out of the individual case. Should the licensee or his or her authorized representative fail to appear without good cause, the Council may proceed, in the licensee’s absence, to a determination of the issues.

   3.   The licensee shall have the right to be represented by counsel, to testify and present witnesses in his or her own behalf, and to cross-examine adverse witnesses.

   4.   The examining board shall make and record findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall issue an order of suspension or revocation only when, upon review of the entire record, it finds clear and convincing evidence of a substantial violation of the City Electrical Code.

127.14 SUMMARY SUSPENSION.

   If the examining board finds that the public health or safety requires emergency action, and incorporates a finding to that effect in its order, summary suspension of a license may be ordered pending Section 127.13 suspension or revocation proceedings. Immediately upon issuance of an order of summary suspension, the examining board shall institute proceedings pursuant to the requirements of Section 127.13.

127.15 APPEAL.

   In the event any person shall feel aggrieved by any action of the examining board, said person may appeal from such action to the Council by filing written notice of such appeal within ten (10) days from the date of the action. The Council shall give the appealing party and the examining board five days’ written notice by certified mail of the date, time and place of hearing. All interested persons shall be given opportunity to be heard at such hearing and the Council may affirm, modify or overrule the action of the examining board. Action taken by the examining board shall be affirmed by the Council if such action is supported by substantial evidence upon the whole record.

127.16 TRANSFER OF LICENSE.

   It is unlawful for any license holder to transfer his or her license or to allow it to be used, directly or indirectly, by any other person.