(a) No person shall install, extend, maintain, or repair any sewer connection or do any related work without first obtaining a sewer builder's license from the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses.
(b) Before issuing a sewer builder's license, each applicant shall pay a license fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) and shall submit to the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses an application on the form containing:
(1) A certificate satisfactory to and signed by the Commissioner of Water Pollution Control that the applicant agrees to comply with the Codified Ordinances and any rules and regulations promulgated by the Director or the Commissioner under this chapter;
(2) For each applicant who has never been licensed and bonded as a sewer builder, and for each sewer builder who has failed to renew his or her license and bond for a period of one (1) year or more, a certificate signed by at least two (2) reputable sewer builders to the effect that the applicant is known to them to be qualified to perform the work of a sewer builder; and
(3) A bond in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) with a surety company authorized to write surety bonds in the State. The bond shall be acceptable in form and content to the Director of Law, and shall state:
A. That the licensee indemnifies and holds harmless the City from any and all loss, injury, or damage caused by, related to, or resulting from the want of care, skill, or attention on the part of himself, herself or of anyone in his or her employ, in the prosecution, protection, or completion of any work, or by reason of any opening made, caused, or permitted to be made by him or her or by anyone in his or her employ, or by the placing of any material in any street;
B. That the licensee will employ only experienced pipe layers to lay any pipe or drain;
C. That the licensee will reimburse the City for replacing and restoring the street pavement and earth over any opening made by him or her;
D. That the licensee's operations and work shall conform in all respects to the Codified Ordinances and any and all rules and regulations which are now in existence or may from time to time be promulgated by the Division of Water Pollution Control and the Division of Streets; and
E. That if the licensee performs all of his or her obligations under the license and bond, the surety's obligation shall cease, but if the City is unable to obtain satisfaction of any of the licensee's obligations under the license and bond, the City may look to the surety for satisfaction.
(c) No sewer builder's license shall be issued until the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses has received the application and payment required by division (b) of this section, and has approved the applicant's bond.
(d) The sewer builder's license shall state the name of the licensee, firm name if any, address of the licensee's place of business, and date of issue. The license shall be signed by the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses, and shall be valid until the thirty-first (31st) day of December in an even-numbered year after it is issued, unless it is revoked before that date under division (f) of this section.
(e) No licensed sewer builder shall allow his or her name to be used to obtain any permit for the prosecution of any sewer connection work, or allow anyone in his or her employ to do the work unless the licensee, or one (1) of his or her regularly employed foremen is personally at the location of the work to superintend and direct the work.
(f) If the Commissioner determines that a licensee has violated any of the provisions of this chapter or any rules, regulations or orders of the Division of Water Pollution Control or the Division of Streets, the Commissioner may revoke that person's license under Section 541.97.
(Ord. No. 609-17. Passed 6-4-18, eff. 6-5-18)