(A) Required. No person shall make a service connection with any public sewer unless regularly licensed under this chapter to perform the work, and no permit shall be granted to any person, except the regularly licensed person.
(B) Application. Any person desiring a license to make a service connection with public sewers shall apply in writing to the City Council with satisfactory evidence that the applicant or employer is trained or skilled in the business and qualified to receive a license. All applications shall be referred to the Superintendent for recommendations to the Council. If approved by the Council, the license shall be issued by the city’s Clerk-Administrator upon the filing of a bond as hereinafter provided.
(C) Issuance. No license shall be issued to any person until a $500 bond to the city, approved by the Council, is filed with the city’s Clerk-Administrator conditioned that the licensee will indemnify and save harmless the city from all suits, accidents and damage that may arise by reason of any opening in any street, alley or public ground made by the licensee or by those in the licensee’s employment for any purpose whatever, and that the licensee will replace and restore the street and alley over the opening to the condition existing prior to installation, adequately guard with barricades and lights, and will keep and maintain the same to the satisfaction of the Superintendent, and shall conform in all respects to the rules and regulations of the Council relative thereto, and pay all fines that may be imposed on the licensee by law.
(D) Fee. The license fee for making service connections is $10. All licenses shall expire on December 31 of the license year unless the license is suspended or revoked by the Council for cause.
(E) Suspension or revocation. The Council may suspend or revoke any license issued under this subchapter for any of the following causes:
(1) Giving false information in connection with the application for a license;
(2) Incompetence of the licensee; and
(3) Willful violation of any provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation pertaining to the making of service connections.
(Prior Code, § 51.064) Penalty, see § 51.999