The provisions of this Plumbing Code relative to examinations and licenses shall not apply to public utilities; public institutions; schools; public buildings; mercantile, commercial or industrial plants, or other persons, firms or corporations which maintain departments for the maintenance and repair of plumbing in or on their respective premises or plants, under expert supervision in conformity with the laws of the State, and the provisions prescribed in this Plumbing Code relative to sanitation and plumbing, if the person under whose expert supervision the maintenance and repair work has been repaired or is maintained shall first have made an application for a maintenance license and included a fee in such amount as provided by ordinance.
The application shall be made in writing upon application blank forms presented by the City for such purposes and shall contain the name, residence, address and place of business of the applicant, the length of time he/she has worked at plumbing work or has been engaged in the business of plumbing, and an agreement to abide by the laws, ordinances, rules and regulations governing plumbing work in the City then in force or thereafter established by the proper authority. The maintenance license shall expire on December 31 of each year and shall be renewed annually upon the payment of the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) to the City. No reduction shall be made for any part of the year having elapsed at the time the license is applied for.
If the City finds any plumbing to be contrary to the provisions of this Plumbing Code relative to sanitation and plumbing, and the person responsible for the violation of the law refuses to rectify the conditions complained of, the City is authorized to refuse permission for further work on same, or the use thereof, until the proper plumbing installation work is done by any maintenance department and until a permit to do the work has been obtained as required in this Plumbing Code.
This Plumbing Code shall not apply to an individual person installing plumbing, in accordance with the provisions prescribed in this Plumbing Code for his/her own use in a single-family dwelling used exclusively for living purposes and on premises owned and occupied by him/her for not less than six months. Such person shall be granted a permit for the plumbing work by the City upon the making of an affidavit that all the work shall be constructed and installed by him/her without the help or hire of others, and the permit shall be conditioned upon the approval of the work, at its completion, by the City. However, nothing herein shall be construed as a waiver of the provisions prescribed in this Plumbing Code relative to sanitation and plumbing.
(Ord. 87AC. Passed 9-1-58; Ord. 1733AC. Passed 12-5-83.)