3107.01 Definitions
3107.02 Certificate of Registration or Limited Certificate of Registration Required
3107.03 Exceptions to Required Certificate of Registration or Limited Certificate of Registration
3107.04 Homeowner’s Exception
3107.05 Public Utility Exceptions
3107.06 Applications
3107.07 Qualifications for Certificates of Registration
3107.08 Qualifications for Limited Certificate of Registration
3107.09 Revocation and Suspension of Certificates of Registration and Limited Certificates of Registration
3107.10 Qualifications for Certificates of Qualification
3107.11 Suspension or Revocation of Certificates of Qualification
3107.12 Fee Payment; Refunds and Renewals
3107.13 Expiration and Renewal
3107.14 Appeals
3107.15 Rulemaking Authority
3107.16 to 3107.38 Licensing and Qualification Certificates – Repealed
Statutory reference
Power to license, RC 715.27
Power to license, RC 715.27
(a) Certificate of Qualification. There are three (3) types of Certificates of Qualification.
(1) Certificate of Qualification for Journeyman Plumbers. This Certificate shall authorize the holder to perform the installation of all plumbing work regulated by OBC or this Building Code while under the direct supervision of a registered plumbing contractor. A Certificate of Qualification for Journeyman Plumbers shall not entitle the holder to obtain a permit.
(2) Certificate of Qualification for Limited Premises Electrical Maintenance. This Certificate shall authorize the holder or persons under the holder’s direct supervision to install, maintain, alter and repair electrical wiring and/or equipment on the premises specified in the Certificate. A Certificate of Qualification for Limited Premises Electrical Maintenance shall entitle the holder to obtain only a blanket electrical permit for work on the premises for which the Certificate of Qualification has been issued and shall not entitle the holder to obtain any other type of permit.
(3) Certificate of Qualification for Picture Machine Operator. This Certificate shall authorize the holder to perform the operation of picture machines as defined in Codified Ordinance Chapter 693.
(b) Limited Certificate of Registration. There are two (2) types of Limited Certificates of Registration.
(1) Limited Certificate of Registration for Refrigeration Operator. This Certificate shall authorize the holder to perform only the operation and maintenance of a refrigeration system for which a Certificate of Operation has been issued under Chapter 3139 of this Building Code. This Limited Certificate shall not authorize the holder to perform alteration or repair of a refrigerating system.
(2) Limited Certificate of Registration for Fireplace Installers. This Certificate shall authorize the holder to perform the installation of pre-manufactured fireplaces and fireplace inserts and the installation is exempt from the requirements for licensing by the Ohio Construction Industry Examining Board.
(c) Certificate of Registration. A Certificate of Registration is issued by the Director of Building and Housing to a Contractor to evidence that a Contractor is registered with the Department of Building and Housing.
(d) Contractor. For the purposes of this chapter, Contractor means any individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation, association or other organization, or any combination of any of these, who or which by himself or herself or itself, or by or through others, constructs, alters, repairs, adds to, subtracts from, reconstructs or remodels any building, structure or appurtenance, or who or which undertakes or offers to undertake any of these tasks, or submits a bid to do so. A subcontractor is a Contractor for the purposes of this chapter. Heating, ventilating and air conditioning contractors, refrigeration contractors, electrical contractors, plumbing contractors and hydronics contractors are Contractors for purposes of this chapter.
(e) Ohio Construction Industry Examining Board. The Ohio Construction Industry Examining Board (“OCIEB”) is the Board created in RC Chapter 4740.
(Ord. No. 377-03. Passed 5-19-03, eff. 5-27-03)
Note: Former 3107.01 repealed by Ord. No. 377-03, passed 5-19-03, eff. 5-27-03.
(a) No Contractor may perform general contracting, demolition, sewer building, plumbing, electrical, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning (HVAC) or refrigeration business in the City of Cleveland, whether that business is performed on commercial, industrial, residential or other buildings and structures unless that Contractor holds a current Certificate of Registration or Limited Certificate of Registration for the type of work to be performed.
(b) A permit required by the provisions of OBC or the Cleveland Building Code shall be issued only to a Contractor holding a valid Certificate or Limited Certificate of Registration or to a homeowner exempted from registration under this chapter and that permit may be issued to a Contractor only for work in the areas for which the Contractor holds valid Certificates.
(Ord. No. 377-03. Passed 5-19-03, eff. 5-27-03)
Note: Former 3107.02 repealed by Ord. No. 377-03, passed 5-19-03, eff. 5-27-03.
(a) No provision of this Building Code shall be interpreted to require that a heating, ventilating and air conditioning contractor who holds a valid Certificate of Registration for that work shall hold a Certificate of Registration as an electrical contractor in order to do any of the following electrical work incidental to the following installations, or to obtain permits to do that work, provided that the installations are made by or under the direct supervision of the registered heating, ventilating and air conditioning contractor, and in conformity with the provisions of OBC and this Building Code and rules and regulations promulgated under it, and all permits, inspections, and approvals required by OBC and this Building Code are obtained.
(1) In one (1), two (2) and three (3) family dwellings and individual townhouses, for systems requiring motors of three (3) H.P. or less:
A. Installation of motors or other electrical equipment forming part of the system;
B. Installation of and electrical connections for controls; including thermostats, limit controls, pilot light and ignition controls, and other controls for the operation of the system;
C. Installation of electrical power service connections to motors or controls forming part of the system.
(2) In any building or structure, the replacement of electrical equipment forming part of the system with equipment of like type and capacity for the purpose of maintenance of the system, and the connection of existing electrical terminal connections to replacement equipment.
(b) A Certificate of Registration as either a general contractor or an electrical contractor shall be required to make low voltage wiring installations, as those installations are defined in the National Electrics Code.
(c) No provision of OBC or this Building Code shall be interpreted to require that a heating, ventilating and air conditioning contractor who holds a valid Certificate of Registration or the holder of a valid Certificate of Registration for refrigeration contractor shall hold a Certificate of Registration as a plumbing contractor in order to install, or to obtain permits to install, any equipment forming part of heating, ventilating, air conditioning or refrigerating systems when the equipment for those systems requires no plumbing work other than a water connection or connections and a waste connection or connections discharging as an indirect waste over an open sink, floor drain or other similar open receptacle; or to install those indirect wastes; provided that the installation of that equipment, water connections, or indirect waste connections, is made by or under the direct supervision of the holder of the Certificate of Registration as a heating, ventilating or air conditioning contractor or the holder of a Certificate of refrigeration contractor operator and in conformity with the provision of OBC and this Building Code and rules promulgated under it, and all permits, inspections, and approvals required by OBC and this Building Code are obtained.
(d) The holder of a Certificate of Registration for heating, ventilation or air conditioning may install premanufactured fireplaces and fireplace inserts.
(e) The holder of a Certificate of Registration as a general contractor may perform electrical maintenance and incidental wiring and device installation while maintaining an elevator or conveying system.
(f) The holder of a Certificate of Registration as a general contractor may install sanitary or storm sewers up to no closer than five (5) feet from a building structure regulated by OBM or this Building Code.
(Ord. No. 377-03. Passed 5-19-03, eff. 5-27-03)
Note: Former 3107.03 repealed by Ord. No. 377-03, passed 5-19-03, eff. 5-27-03.
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