CHAPTER 4-336
PLUMBING CONTRACTORS

4-336-010   Registration – Required.

4-336-020   License – Application – Issuance conditions.

4-336-030   Contractor's bond.

4-336-040   Registration – Fee – Term.

4-336-050   Identification on advertising and vehicles.

4-336-055   Building permit privileges – Suspension.

4-336-058   License or registration – Suspension or revocation.

4-336-060   Violation – Penalty.

4-336-010 Registration – Required.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of installing plumbing with necessary appurtenances thereto as heretofore defined without being registered as a plumbing contractor in the manner hereinafter set forth.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465)

4-336-020 License – Application – Issuance conditions.

   Any licensed plumber desiring to engage in the business of plumbing contractor shall apply for registration to the board of plumbing examiners. Upon the filing of such application in proper form and the payment of the registration fee fixed herein, the board of plumbing examiners shall register the applicant as a plumbing contractor and the commissioner of buildings shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration which will authorize the applicant to engage in such business for the year in which it is issued, providing that such applicant has filed with the city clerk an indemnifying bond as hereinafter set forth. The board of plumbing examiners shall keep a suitable record of such registration.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 2-22-17, p. 43876, § 15)

4-336-030 Contractor's bond.

   Prior to the issuance of a certificate of registration as a plumbing contractor, the applicant shall file with the city clerk an indemnifying bond with good and sufficient sureties in the penal sum of $20,000.00, such bond being payable to the City of Chicago, for the use of any persons with whom such applicant shall thereafter contract to do work, to indemnify any such person for damages sustained on account of the failure of such applicant to perform the work so contracted for, in accordance with the provisions and requirements of the city relating to the installation of plumbing work with necessary appurtenances thereto.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465)

4-336-040 Registration – Fee – Term.

   The fee for initial registration as a plumbing contractor shall be $100.00 for the first year and $60.00 for each additional year the registration is valid. A registrant may renew his registration upon the payment of a renewal fee of $60.00 for each year the registration is valid. In addition to the renewal fee, the fee for reinstatement of a lapsed registration shall be $25.00 for each lapsed year. The certificate of registration or renewal issued thereafter shall be valid for a period of not less than one and not more than four years from the date of issuance.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465)

4-336-050 Identification on advertising and vehicles.

   When advertising plumbing services, the license number shall be included in all forms of written or printed advertising and included with the plumbing identification on vehicles.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465)