(A) International Plumbing Code adopted by reference. To provide certain standards, provisions and requirements for regulating the design, construction, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, addition to, use or maintenance of plumbing systems and providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor, each and all of the regulations, provisions, conditions and terms of the International Plumbing Code, 2012 edition, published by the International Code Council, are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference as though printed in full herein. Three copies of said Code shall be on file at the office of the City Clerk, available for public inspection during office hours. The provisions of the International Plumbing Code shall be controlling throughout the city and throughout its zoning jurisdiction.
(Prior Code, § 8-603)
(B) Master plumbers; license.
(1) No person shall engage in the business of plumbing as a master plumber within the city’s corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction unless he or she is the holder of a current and valid master plumber’s license and has registered with the City Building Inspector. In the case of any firm having more than one person engaging in plumbing, only one of such persons shall be required to qualify as a master plumber; and in the case of a legally constituted corporation, only one executive officer, who is liable to service of regular processes, shall be required to qualify as a master plumber.
(2) Registration with the City Building Inspector shall require:
(a) Completion of a master plumber’s registration application form as provided by the city;
(b) Submission of documentation that the applicant has four years’ experience as a journeyman plumber and that the applicant has passed a master plumber examination given by a recognized national testing agency with a score of 75% or higher, or submission of a copy of the applicant’s current and valid City of Omaha, City of Bellevue, City of Fremont or City of Council Bluffs master plumber’s license;
(c) Submission of a current certificate of insurance which provides coverage for bodily injury and property damage in a minimum amount of $300,000; and
(d) Payment of the fee as provided in § 110.05.
(3) Each license shall be valid from the date of issuance up to and including the next December 31, unless sooner revoked, and shall be renewed before the expiration date thereof by submitting the required application form, master plumber’s license, certificate of insurance and fee.
(Prior Code, § 8-612)
(C) Journeyman plumbers; license.
(1) No person shall perform any plumbing work as a journeyman plumber within the city’s corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction unless he or she is the holder of a current and valid journeyman plumber’s license and has registered with the City Building Inspector.
(2) Registration with the City Building Inspector shall require:
(a) Completion of a journeyman plumber’s registration application form as provided by the city;
(b) Submission of documentation that the applicant has four years’ experience as an apprentice plumber and that the applicant has passed a journeyman plumber’s examination given by a recognized national testing agency with a score of 75% or higher, or submission of a copy of the applicant’s current and valid City of Omaha, City of Bellevue, City of Fremont or City of Council Bluffs journeyman plumber’s license; and
(c) Payment of the fee as provided in § 110.05.
(3) Each license shall be valid from the date of issuance up to and including the next December 31, unless sooner revoked, and shall be renewed before the expiration date thereof by submitting the required application form, journeyman plumber’s license, certificate of insurance and fee.
(Prior Code, § 8-613)
(D) Apprentice plumbers; license.
(1) No person shall perform any plumbing work as an apprentice plumber within the city’s corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction without first having obtained from the City Building Inspector an apprentice plumber’s license.
(2) An apprentice plumber’s license shall be issued to an applicant by the City Building Inspector upon fulfillment of the following:
(a) Completion of an apprentice plumber’s license application form provided by the city;
(b) Submission of a copy of the applicant’s written indentured apprenticeship agreement through a certified apprenticeship program which provides for training through employment and classroom-related instruction; and
(c) Payment of the fee as provided in § 110.05.
(3) An apprentice plumber’s license shall authorize the licensee to perform plumbing work while on the job with and under the direct supervision of a licensed journeyman or master plumber, except that a fourth year apprentice may work by himself or herself on service and repair work. For the purpose of this section, SERVICE AND REPAIR WORK shall include only the following:
(a) The cleaning of stoppages in drains, soil, waste or vent pipes;
(b) The repair of leaks in pipes and valves when such repairs do not involve or require the rearrangement of valves or pipes and the total distance of the pipe to be replaced is less than 15 feet;
(c) The replacement of such fixtures as water closets, lavatories, water heaters, garbage disposers, dishwashers and kitchen sinks, when such replacement does not require the rearrangement of water, waste and venting piping; provided, that an apprentice may set fixtures in a new house or building or on a remodel job;
(d) The replacement or repair of faucets, traps and supplies on existing fixtures; and
(e) The replacement of sill cocks, pressure reducing valves, backflow preventers and similar devices.
(4) An apprentice plumber’s license shall be valid from the date of issuance up to and including the next December 31, unless sooner revoked, and shall be renewed before the expiration date thereof by submitting the required application form, documentation and fee.
(5) No master plumber shall employ any apprentice plumber who is not licensed by the City Building Inspector. No more than three licensed apprentice plumbers may be supervised by a master or journeyman plumber.
(Prior Code, § 8-614)
(Ord. 685, passed 2-9-2016)