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Any person holding a valid and current license or certificate of competency granted by any first, second or third class city of the Commonwealth, to engage in or work at the business of plumbing and drainage work, who desires to do plumbing or drainage work in the City, may be issued a license or certificate from the City and before entering upon such work, upon the payment of a fee as set forth by City Council, which fee shall be paid into the City Treasury. The registration shall consist of recording such person's name and address only. However, such registration shall be restricted and limited to such plumbing and drainage work as such person shall have contracted for at the time of registry. On the completion of such contract, the registration of such person shall be null and void and no further permit shall be issued until he or she has first registered his or her name and address, as provide above in this section.
(Ord. 4397. Passed 9-10-86; Ord. 5290. Passed 6-10-20.)
Every person with three years or more of practical experience who is engaged in the business or work of plumbing or house and building drainage in the City shall apply, in writing, to the Bureau of Health for a license and certificate of competency to do so. If, after proper examination made by the Board of Plumbing Examiners, such person is found to be competent, that fact shall be certified to the Codes Administrator who shall thereupon issue a license and certificate to such person. Such license and certificate shall be valid for one calendar year or the fractional part thereof next following the date of such examination and shall entitle such person to engage in or work at the business of plumbing or house and building drainage. Only one member of a firm or corporation must hold a master plumbers license. Individuals who do not pass the examination are thus not qualified to do plumbing work nor drainage work within the City will be in violation of this chapter.
The dates for examinations for plumbers licenses shall be fixed and published by the Board of Plumbing Examiners. The fees for such examinations shall be as set forth by City Council.
(Ord. 4397. Passed 9-10-86; Ord. 5290. Passed 6-10-20.)
A re-examination will not be necessary for re-registration, unless the licensed master or journeyman plumber has failed to make an application for re-registration at the specified time. The fees for re-registration shall be as set forth by City Council. The licensed master or journeyman plumber may re-register by paying the registration fee by March 31 of the current year, and back the prior two years if outstanding registration fees are owed. All three years need to be paid in full to place the licensed master or journeyman plumber in good standing with the City. (Example: By March 31, 2020, the plumber could pay for year 2020, 2019 & 2018, and will not have to re-test. However, after that date has passed, the plumber would have to retest for the plumbing license.)
(Ord. 3795. Passed 12-10-68; Ord. 5290. Passed 6-10-20.)
Every registered master plumber shall give immediate notice of any change in his or her place of business, and upon his or her retirement from business, he or she shall surrender his or her license and certificate to the Bureau of Health.
(Ord. 3309. Passed 8-19-58.)
Any person duly registered as a master plumber who desires to file plans with the Plumbing Inspector for the installation of plumbing or house drainage shall, before such plans are approved and a permit is issued, pay to the Director of Finance fees as set forth by City Council for each plan. However, where two or more buildings are being built by one owner at the same time on the same street and between two intersecting streets, a single plan shall be sufficient, with a fee for each separate unit. Payment of the fee shall be noted upon the plan.
(Ord. 4673. Passed 7-13-94.)
No person, other than a registered master plumber or a registered journeyman plumber in his or her employ (registered apprentices excepted), shall install, alter, repair or make any connection with any drainage pipe, storm pipe connected to a storm sewer system, medical or industrial gas pipe, soil pipe, waste pipe, vent pipe or water pipe. For all registered plumbers who are doing work within the City only for house drainage within the City, such individuals may perform house drainage work within the City without being a master plumber; however, said individual must be registered with the Department of Community and Economic Development.
(Ord. 4850. Passed 3-22-00; Ord. 5290. Passed 6-10-20.)
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