No person shall make any connection to or perform any work upon any of the public utilities in the district until he or she has first filed a bond in the office of the district in the penal sum of $5,000 from sufficient sureties, approved by the district, and shall have received from the district a permit to perform such work. Said bond shall be conditioned as follows: that the applicant will in all respects, in doing such work, be governed strictly by the laws of the state, United States, district ordinances and the Uniform Plumbing Code; that the applicant will pay to said district any and all damages it may sustain by reason of violation of such rules and regulations, and for any negligence or want of due care in doing any work in or about the property belonging to said district. The following rules shall be strictly adhered to by all persons performing any plumbing work who enter upon any of the public sewer connections or appliances, public water system, or other public utilities, pertaining to the district, and any violation thereof or failure to comply therewith shall be considered a violation and breach of the condition of the bond hereinabove mentioned.
(A) Bond renewal. Any plumber doing any work upon a district utility or connection thereto will be required to file a bond, which bond shall be renewed or reissued and filed with the district annually.
(B) Nonassignable. No plumber shall directly or indirectly allow any other person to do any work upon said public utility or appliances under his or her bond.
(C) License. All individuals performing work authorized by this chapter shall be plumbers who are licensed in the state and shall be governed by the Uniform Plumbing Code, the W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9, the rules and ordinances of the district, the State Plumbing Code, the laws of the state and Iowa as they pertain to the wastewater treatment system, the laws of the United States, particularly the Environmental Protection Agency, insofar as said rules, regulations, laws and ordinances are applicable to the work the licensed plumber may be performing.
(Prior Code, § 7-132)