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ENFORCEMENT
Every person carrying on the business of building contractor, plumbing contractor, heating-air conditioning contractor, electrical contractor, or insulation contractor, within the county, shall register at the office of the Inspections Department, giving name, place of business, and state or county license number.
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All contractors performing work which requires a permit or an inspection must be licensed to do the work. License issued by the state will suffice for work in the county. Where the state does not license a particular type of work, then the county’s Inspections Department may, through administrative means, license a contractor for a particular type of work such as insulation installation. The license shall be issued in accordance with the county ordinance which establishes fees and permits requirements.
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Every person required to register at the office of the Inspections Department under § 151.046 shall give a good and sufficient bond in the sum of $1,000 to be approved by the County Attorney and the attorney representing any city or town participating in this chapter conditioned upon faithful performance of duty in doing any work which he or she may have contracted to do, and to indemnify the county against loss in any manner whatsoever for any unskillful or negligent work or conduct in the performance of the duties imposed by the provisions of this chapter or any regulatory code herein adopted, or any damage to any utility lines, streets, or sidewalks, in the county or in any city or town participating in this chapter, or for the defective or improper material in the work, or for any damage which may accrue to any person by reason of any default of the contractor for the payment of an inspection or other fees required by this chapter.
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(A) Building permit. No person shall commence or proceed with the construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, removal, or demolition of any building or other structure, or any part thereof, without a written permit therefor from the Building Inspector; provided, however, that no building permit shall be required for work the total cost of which does not exceed $1,000 and which does not involve any change of the structural parts of the stairways, elevators, fire escapes, or other means of egress of the building or the structure in question. In cases where additional sewage will be created and the building will not be connected to a public sewage system, no permit will be issued until the owner receives a certificate of approval of his or her proposed method of sewage disposal from the county’s Health Department.
(B) Plumbing permit.
(1) No person shall commence or proceed with the installation or extension of any plumbing system without a written permit therefor from the Plumbing Inspector; provided, however, no permit shall be required for minor repairs or replacement on the house side of a trap to an installed system of the plumbing if the repairs or replacements do not disrupt the original water supply or the waste or ventilation systems.
(2) In cases where the building will not be connected to a public sewage system, no permit will be issued until the owner receives a certificate of approval of his or her proposed method of sewage disposal from the county’s Health Department.
(C) Heating-air conditioning permit. No person shall commence or proceed with the installation, extension, or alteration of any heating or cooling equipment systems without a written permit from the Heating-Air Conditioning Inspector.
(D) Electrical permit. No person shall commence or proceed with the installation, extension, or alteration of any electrical wiring without a written permit therefor from the Electrical Inspector, provided, however, no permit shall be required for the electrical wiring of devices, appliances, and equipment installed by or for an electrical public utility corporation for the use of the corporation in the generation, transmission, distribution, or metering of electrical energy, or for the use of the corporation in the operation of signals or the transmission of intelligence.
(Ord. passed - -) Penalty, see § 151.999
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