A. Registration Requirements:
1. State License And City Registration Required; Fee:
a. No person may be registered with the city as an electrical contractor, journeyman electrician or apprentice electrician unless he possesses a valid and current state license and pays the registration fee. (2015 Code § 5-307; amd. 2016 Code)
b. It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business, trade or vocation of electrical contractor, journeyman electrician or apprentice electrician without a certificate of registration secured from the city.
c. The initial fee for a registration certificate, and any renewal, to be paid to the city clerk, shall be as set by the city council. (2015 Code § 5-307)
2. Bond Requirements: Every person receiving a certificate as an electrical contractor shall file with the city clerk a bond in such sum as set by the city council, executed with a surety company authorized to do business in the state. The bond shall be conditioned that the principal will install all electrical wiring, fixtures, appliances, and equipment in accordance with the law and the ordinances and other regulations of the city relating to electrical installations and in a workmanlike manner; that the principal shall, without further cost to the person for whom the work was done, remedy any defective or faulty work caused by poor workmanship or inferior or nonstandard material; and that the city may be fully indemnified and held harmless from any and all costs, expenses or damage resulting from the performance of his work as an electrical contractor. (2015 Code § 5-307; amd. 2016 Code)
3. Renewal Of Certificate: A registration certificate must be renewed within ninety (90) days following expiration of the certificate. After the expiration, an application for a new certificate must be requested and the initial fee paid again.
4. Nontransferability Of Certificate: The certificate is not transferable to any other individual or company.
5. Exemptions: For the installing of bell, telephone or signal systems not using over twelve (12) volts, no registration or bond will be required. The installation of same must comply with all other requirements of the ordinances of the city.
6. Revocation Of Certificate: After adequate opportunity for a hearing, the city council may revoke the certificate of an electrical contractor, an apprentice electrician, or a journeyman electrician. (2015 Code § 5-307)
B. Defective Work And Materials:
1. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of electrical contracting for the installation of wiring and apparatus for electric light, heat or power in the city who fails to correct promptly any defects in any work done by him contrary to this chapter, after having been notified by the electrical inspector, shall not be issued any further permits until such defects have been corrected; and in any case, in which any person shall continue to or persistently violate the city code in regard to electrical work, or the orders of the electrical inspector in relation to same, the registration and permit of such person shall be suspended or revoked. (2015 Code § 5-309)
2. This chapter shall not be construed to relieve or lessen the responsibility of any person, partnership or corporation owning or operating or installing electric wire, appliances, apparatus, construction or equipment for the damage to property or persons injured by any defect therein. Nor shall the city or any agent thereof be deemed to assume such liability by reasons of the inspection authorized herein or the certificate of inspection issued by the electrical inspector. (2015 Code § 5-310)