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Applicants who have met the requirements of the board and upon payment of a fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the first year and having in place a certificate of insurance as herein provided for, issue to such applicant a pipe layer business (contractor's) license in the name of the city of Waterloo, by the plumbing inspector. Renewal license fee will be one hundred dollars ($100.00) per year.
It shall be unlawful for any person to install, erect, alter, repair, service, reset, replace thereto, as defined in the plumbing code, unless said person or some member of such firm or corporation shall first have obtained a state plumbing contractor license or pipe layer business (contractor's) license or unless such person, firm or corporation has regularly and steadily in his employ a holder of such a license, who shall be the authorized representative of the person, firm or corporation in all matters pertaining to this chapter. The authorized representative who is the holder of a state plumbing contractor license or pipe layer business (contractor's) license may not apply for permits for more than one person, firm, or corporation and the permit shall apply only to the type of work pertaining to the specific license possessed by the license holder. (Ord. 5392, 3-20-2017; amd. Ord. 5673, 11-21-2022)
A pipe layer's application shall be filed with the building official (or a specified intergovernmental agency if so designated by the building official) accompanied by a certificate of insurance written by a company authorized to transact business in the state, in limits of not less than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) combined single limit to any person and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) property damage; said certificate to be written on a standard form and carrying an endorsement naming the city and its employees (or the intergovernmental agency designated by the building official) as additional insureds as its interest may appear and conditioned upon the faithful performance of all duties required of such contractor by any ordinances, rules and regulations of the city. It shall be a further condition of said certificate of insurance that the obligator will hold the city (through the specified intergovernmental agency if so designated) harmless from any and all damages sustained by reason of neglect or incompetency on the part of such contractor, his agents or employees in the performance of the work done under a license or permit issued upon the filing of said certificate.
Said certificate of insurance shall be issued by December 31 of each year, and shall be filed on or before said date for each subsequent year and shall be in continuous full force and effect. That it is the intent and purpose of said certificate of insurance to also bind the individual, company, firm, association or partnership, whether it be a trade name, corporation, or other business association or arrangement with which the principal is associated.
Homeowners working on their principal residence shall be exempt from filing said certificate. (Ord. 5392, 3-20-2017; amd. Ord. 5673, 11-21-2022)
A. Must Be Licensed: No person other than those holding a state plumbing contractor license or pipe layer's license issued by the city of Waterloo, shall not tap any water or sewer mains, nor install any private building sewer, water service, private sewage disposal plant or private water system; nor shall they make any connections, extension, replacement, removals or additions of any nature to the sanitary plumbing or water supply system or disconnect any fixture or change the sanitary or water pipe arrangement.
B. Exceptions: Those persons who perform the function of water softener installers only, and who do not perform any other plumbing work, may install water softeners only; provided, that said person obtains the proper permits, prior to any work performed, has in place insurance as by this chapter provided, requests and has inspected by the plumbing inspector any installations, and pays any and all inspection fees. (Ord. 5392, 3-20-2017; amd. Ord. 5673, 11-21-2022)
A pipe layer's license or a state plumbing contractor license may be revoked for cause by the board, after a hearing by said board, upon a written notice served upon the person in whose name said license is issued, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing, stating the time and place thereof and the grounds for such hearing. (Ord. 5392, 3-20-2017; amd. Ord. 5673, 11-21-2022)