(A) No person shall engage in or work at the installation, extension or alteration of consumer’s gas piping or certain gas appliances, until such person shall have secured a license as hereinafter provided, and shall have executed and delivered to the city’s Recorder a good and sufficient bond in the penal sum of $10,000, with corporate surety, conditioned for the faithful performance of all such work, entered upon or contracted for, in strict accordance and compliance with the provisions of the Gas Code. The bond herein required shall expire January 1 next following its approval by the city’s Recorder, and thereafter on January 1 of each year a new bond, in form and substance as herein required, shall be given by such person to cover all such work as shall be done during such year.
(B) Upon approval of said bond, the person desiring to do such work shall secure from the city’s Recorder a non-transferable license which shall run until January 1 next succeeding its issuance, unless sooner revoked. The person obtaining a license shall pay any applicable license fees to the city’s Recorder.
(C) Nothing herein contained shall be construed as prohibiting an individual from installing or repairing his or her own appliances or installing, extending, replacing, altering or repairing consumer’s piping on his or her own premises, or as requiring a license or a bond from an individual doing such work on his or her own premises. All such work must be done in conformity with all other provisions of the Gas Code, including those relating to permits, inspections and fees.
(2011 Code, § 12-304)