(A) Amendment. Section 106.1 of the Mechanical Code is amended to include the following.
(1) “No person, firm or corporation shall be issued a mechanical permit, operate a place of business, or engage in the business of contracting, to do installation, maintenance or alteration of mechanical systems in buildings and structures within the town, including, but not limited to, forced air heating-refrigeration and gas fitting unless the person or the agent or employee performing mechanical work for the firm or corporation first obtains a license and pays the tax thereon as prescribed.
(2) The applicant for a forced air heating-refrigeration license must show and maintain a license issued by the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board 158:50-1-3 pursuant to the Mechanical Licensing Act, being 59 O.S. §§ 1850.1 et seq.
(3) The applicant for a gas fitting license must hold an appropriate certificate from the Board of Examiners of Gas Fitters, as a master or journeyman, whichever the case may be.
(4) The provisions of this section shall apply to a mechanical maintenance person in the employ of the owner of the building or buildings in which the mechanical work is to be performed.
(5) The provisions of this section shall not apply to: “The owner and occupant of a single-family residential dwelling performing necessary repairs, additions or alterations to heat and air or gas service to the dwelling, excluding any work on connections to meters or mains or work within a public easement or right-of-way.”
(B) Fees. Any person, firm or corporation, before installation or servicing of heating and air condition systems or being a mechanical contractor or journeyman or apprentice shall pay to the Town Clerk a registration fee in such sum as set by the Town Board by motion or resolution.
(C) Issuance; annual certificate. The town shall issue certificates for such registration which shall expire annually on June 30.
(Ord. 381, passed 8-12-2021)