(A) Any person wishing to obtain a license as a plumber shall file in the office of the City Clerk a written application asking to become a licensed plumber and stating his or her willingness to be governed in all respects by the ordinances of said city and all rules and regulations now in effect or hereafter to be adopted by said city concerning its utility systems. Such application shall be presented by the City Clerk to the City Council at its next meeting thereafter held.
(B) (1) Once the City Council has been satisfied of the business capacity, qualifications and good reputation of the applicant and of his or her worthiness to receive a license, and upon his or her payment to the City Clerk of a license fee of $5 and his or her filing with the City Clerk a bond with corporate surety to be approved by the Council in the penal sum of $2,000, conditioned upon the following:
(a) His or her indemnifying and keeping harmless the city from all liability for any damage arising from any negligence or unskilled act in doing or protecting his or her work, or from any unfaithful or inadequate work done in pursuance of his or her license; and
(b) His or her restoring the streets, alleys, sidewalks and pavements over the pipes he or she may lay, filling all excavations made by him or her so as to leave said streets, alleys, sidewalks and pavements in as good a condition as he or she found them and keeping and maintaining the same in good order to the satisfaction of the City Council for the period of one year next thereafter.
(2) He or she will also pay all fines that may be imposed upon him or her for a violation of any of the ordinances, rules and regulations adopted by this city and in force during the term of his or her license.
(C) Said Council may then grant to such applicant a license, to be issued by the City Clerk, authorizing the applicant to engage in business as a licensed plumber in said city for and during the then current municipal year. Said license and bond shall cover all employees of the applicant.
(Prior Code, § 6-202)