A. Required; initial fee; expiration; transferability. It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business, trade, or vocation of electrical contractor without a certificate of registration as such secured from the Electrical Inspector. The initial fee for an electrical contractor's registration certificate, and any renewal to be paid to the City, shall be as set by the City Council. After the expiration, an application for a new certificate must be requested and the initial fee paid again. All such certificates shall expire each year. This certificate is not transferable to any other individual or company.
B. State license or certificate required. No person may be registered by the City unless he possesses the appropriate current and valid State license or certificate issued by the State Department of Health.
C. Bells or signal systems using less than twelve (12) volts. For the installing of bell, telephone, or signal systems not using over twelve (12) volts, no registration certificate or bond will be required. The installation of same must comply with all other requirements of the ordinances of the City.
D. Revocation. After adequate opportunity for a hearing and for just cause, the City Council may revoke the certificate of an electrical contractor, an electrical apprentice, or a journeyman electrician.
E. Apprentices. No person shall work in the capacity of an electrical apprentice except under direct supervision of a licensed journeyman electrician or electrical contractor. No person shall work in the capacity of an apprentice without having been issued a valid and unrevoked apprentice registration certificate from the State Department of Health.
(Code 1991, § 5-310)