§ 150.064 WATER CONDITIONING CONTRACTOR.

   No person shall engage in business as a water conditioning contractor without first obtaining a license to do so from the Community Development Department. The license shall not be issued by the Board unless the applicant first shall have passed the examination for water conditioning installer and shall have a regularly established place of business wherein the applicant shall have posted in a conspicuous place the license issued hereunder; provided, that the contractor has in full force and effect at all times a bond as set by resolution in favor of the city, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the City Council. The bond is to be for the protection of the city against loss or damage by reason of carelessness or negligence of the licensee to execute and protect any and all work performed by the licensee or under the licensee’s supervision while the license is in effect. In case of any firm of more than one person or partnership engaged in the business of installing water conditioning appliances, only one of the persons shall be required to qualify for a contractor’s license. In case of corporations, only one officer shall be required to qualify for the license.

(Prior Code, § 150.069) Penalty, see § 150.999

§ 150.065 WATER CONDITIONING INSTALLER; EXAMINATION AND LICENSE.

   Any person other than a water conditioning contractor or master or journeyman plumber desiring to engage in the occupation of a water conditioning installer must take an examination and obtain a license from the Community Development Department and be employed by a water conditioning contractor.

(Prior Code, § 150.070) Penalty, see § 150.999

§ 150.066 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.

   All applications for water conditioning licenses shall be filed with the Board and shall contain the following information:

   (A)   The name, residence and business address of the applicant;

   (B)   The trade name used by the applicant or the applicant’s employer;

   (C)   Name of persons acquainted with the applicant’s qualifications;

   (D)   Qualifications possessed by the applicant; and

   (E)   Additional relevant information requested by the Board.

(Prior Code, § 150.071)

§ 150.067 EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS.

   The Board shall, prior to issuing any license under this subchapter, examine the applicant as to the applicant’s technical knowledge and ability to install water conditioning appliances and the applicant’s knowledge of water supply piping and fitting as relates to the installation of a water conditioning appliance. The examination shall not include the applicant’s knowledge of plumbing, house drainage, ventilation or sanitation to the extent required to meet the standards applied in licensing master plumbers or journeyman plumbers. The examination shall be given at the same time as the regularly scheduled master and journeyman examinations are given.

(Prior Code, § 150.072)

§ 150.068 FAILURE TO PASS EXAMINATION.

   In case any applicant for a license to install a water conditioning appliance shall be denied for failure to pass an examination satisfactory to the Chief Building and Code Official, the applicant may take another examination any time after the expiration of 30 days. Denial for failure to pass an examination satisfactory to the Chief Building and Code Official, the second time, the person may take an examination at the next regularly scheduled time.

(Prior Code, § 150.073)

§ 150.069 FEES FOR EXAMINATION AND LICENSE.

   Each applicant for a water conditioning installer license shall pay an examination fee and renewal fee in the same amounts as a master plumber.

(Prior Code, § 150.074)

§ 150.070 LICENSES NOT TRANSFERABLE; EXPIRATION.

   All licenses issued hereunder shall expire on April 30 of each year, and the licenses shall not be transferable.

(Prior Code, § 150.075) Penalty, see § 150.999