1335.06 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION.
(a) Registered Electrician Required. No person, except as provided in subsection (k) hereof, firm or corporation, shall install upon real property, wires, conduit, apparatus, fixtures, or other appliances in or on any public or private building for light or heating by electricity or for the use of electrical power or repair or change any electrical wire or wires in any public or private building, unless such person, firm or corporation has regularly and steadily in his/its employ a holder of an electrical registration, who shall be the authorized representative of the person, firm or corporation in all matters pertaining to this Code. The authorized representative who is the holder of a registration may not apply for permits for more than one person, firm or corporation.
(b) Grace Period Without Registered Electrician. Should the authorized representative holder of a electrical registration terminate or sever his employment, partnership or association with such person, firm or corporation, such person, firm or corporation shall have sixty days thereafter to cease all electrical work until the proper registration is acquired.
(c) Application; Registration; Fee.
(1) An applicant for any registration herein shall make application for examination on the standard form of the Building Inspection Division. (See Chapter 1315.) This form shall contain sufficient information to permit the Building Superintendent to determine whether or not the applicant meets the requirements set forth in this Code.
(2) The first year registration fee which shall include the registration fee until the next following December 31 shall be in an amount as follows:
Registration | Fee |
Electrician | $100.00 |
(d) Registration Renewal; Fees.
(1) Electrical registrations may be renewed as much as one month prior to their expiration date, upon payment to the Building Division of the appropriate fee. Fees for registration renewals shall be as follows:
Registration | Fee |
Electrician | $35.00 |
(2) A one month extension beyond the expiration date of electrical registration is provided by this Code, in which time the registration may be renewed without penalty. However, failure to renew an electrical registration on or before January 31 following the expiration date of the registration terminates the registration and such registration is forfeited for nonpayment of the renewal fee.
(3) No person whose electrical registration has not been renewed under provisions of this Code shall perform any work governed by this Code until such time as a registration renewal is issued.
(4) Any such registration forfeited for nonpayment of the renewal fee may be reinstated upon fee payment according to the following schedule:
Delinquent Registration Renewal Fee Schedule.
A. Electrical Registration: $35.00 renewal fee for each year the license has not been renewed plus a $35.00 penalty.
(5) In the event a period longer than three years has expired from the date of the expiration of the registration prior to an application by the holder thereof for renewal, no registration shall be issued without the payment of registration fees as set forth in Section 1335.06(c).
(i) Owner-Occupant Exemption. The owner-occupant of a single-family dwelling may, with the assistance of any member of his family or household, personally perform, in such house, any work governed by this Code without a registration provided that such owner shall obtain a permit for any such work and shall call for inspection as hereinafter provided.
(j) Unlawful to Loan Registration. It shall be unlawful for a registered electrician to loan his registration to obtain a permit for work by others in his name for the use of any other person. (Ord. 46-13. Passed 5-28-13.)