For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPRENTICE PLUMBER. A person who is learning the plumbing trade under the supervision of a master plumber or journeyman plumber and is registered with the city.
EMPLOYEE. A person whose compensation for plumbing work is reported by the employer on an Internal Revenue Service W-2 Form and is also otherwise considered an employee under applicable laws.
INACTIVE MASTER PLUMBER. A person who is licensed by the city as a master plumber, but has not been designated as a master plumber for a plumbing contractor and who may be issued upon request an inactive plumbing contractors license.
JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER. A person who has the necessary qualifications, training, experience and technical knowledge to do plumbing installations in accordance with the standard rules and regulations governing the installations and who is licensed by the city and the State Plumbing Commission.
LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION CONTRACTOR. A person who engages in the business or trade of installing, altering, repairing, relocating, replacing or adding to irrigation systems inside or outside a building.
MASTER PLUMBER. A person who undertakes or offers to undertake, to plan for, lay out or install or make additions, alterations or repairs in the installation of plumbing and irrigation systems or equipment with or without compensation and who is licensed by the city and the State Plumbing Commission.
OWNER. A natural person who physically performs plumbing work on the premises the person owns and actually occupies as a resident or owns and will occupy as a residence upon completion of construction.
PLUMBING WORK. Installing, altering, repairing, planning, laying out of plumbing systems or equipment.
(1992 Code, § 33-3) (Ord. 77-95, passed 6-5-1995; Ord. 16-98, passed 2-2-1998; Ord. 118-01, passed 12-10-2001; Ord. 25-04, passed 3-1-2004; Ord. 43-05, passed 4-18-2005; Ord. 11-17, passed 1-10-2017)