(A) All persons desiring to engage in the practice of plumbing within the city shall submit a registration form to be prescribed by the City Controller, together with the fee prescribed herein. The registration form shall include any information that will enable the Inspections Department to determine whether or not the person is duly licensed by the state under I.C. 25-28.5 and any other information that will enable the Inspections Department to insure compliance with all applicable laws, provisions of this code and other ordinances of the city.
(B) The registration fee shall be $200 for each new registration and $100 per year registration renewal if renewed by January 31 of each subsequent year. The City Controller upon receipt of registration and fee and following investigation by the Inspections Department, shall issue the applicant a registration certificate and shall have the Inspections Department place the applicant’s name upon the list of registered plumbers.
(C) All registrations are effective for the calendar year and registrations will expire on December 31 of each year. No registration shall be issued for a period greater than 1 year. The full annual fee must be paid, regardless of when registration occurs and when there will be no proration of fee, nor refund of fee upon revocation or expiration of registration.
(D) Registrations renewed more than 31 days after expiration, shall be subject to an additional late fee of $100. Registrations which have been expired for 180 days or longer are no longer valid, and the application will be treated as a new registration.
(E) Any person registering with the city following the issuance of a residential stop work order for failure to be registered shall pay an additional $250 in addition to the initial fee at the time of registration.
(F) Any person registering with the city following the issuance of a commercial stop work order for failure to be registered shall pay an additional $500 in addition to the initial fee at the time of registration.
(G) A registration is not transferable. Should a person, during the course of the registration year, fail to remain licensed by the state under I.C. 25-28.5, then the city registration will automatically terminate.
(Prior Code, § 156.06) (Ord. 3947, passed 11-26-1973; Am. Ord. 9209, passed 5-13-2013; Am. Ord. 9446, passed 9-23-2019) Penalty, see § 10.99