[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-5-1936; amended in its entirety 12-15-1969]
A.
A Board of Examiners shall be appointed by the Board
of Trustees of the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson, who shall examine and determine
the competency and fitness of applicants for licenses to engage in the business
of plumbing or employing plumbers in the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson, and
shall report their findings to the Board of Trustees of said village.
B.
The Board of Examiners shall consist of five members,
composed of three master plumbers, one journeyman plumber and the Plumbing
Inspector of the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson.
The Examining Board of Plumbers shall hold office as follows: the three
master plumbers and one journeyman plumber shall serve for a period of three
years and the Plumbing Inspector shall serve as a permanent member of the
Board. At the expiration of their terms, appointments will be made for a full
term by the Board of Trustees.
Vacancies by death, removal, inability to act, resignation or removal
from the village of any member shall be filled by the Board of Trustees for
the unexpired term. In the event of the term of office or removal of the Plumbing
Inspector, appointed by said Board of Trustees, expiring during the duration
of appointment to serve on the Examining Board of Plumbers, his successor
shall act in his stead.
The compensation for the services of the master and journeymen plumbers
of the Examining Board shall be $5 for each member of the Examining Board
present at the examination. Only the members present at the examination shall
be recompensed. No examination shall be held except in the presence of at
least three members of the Examining Board. Examination shall be given within
30 days from date of application.
All members of the Examining Board shall be citizens and actual residents
of the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson.
The powers and duties of the Examining Board are as follows:
A.
To meet at stated intervals. They shall also meet whenever
the Board of Trustees or the Mayor shall, in writing, request them to do so.
B.
Three members of the Examining Board shall constitute
a quorum.
C.
To have jurisdiction over and to examine all persons
desiring or intending to engage in the trade, business or calling of plumbing
and employing plumbers in the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson.
D.
To have powers of examining persons applying for licenses
or certificates of competency.
E.
To determine their fitness and qualifications for conducting
the business of employment of master plumbers.
F.
To recommend the issuing of licenses or certificates
of competency to all such persons who shall have passed a satisfactory examination
before such Board.
G.
Shall be by it determined to be qualified for conducting
the business of employment of master plumbers.
H.
To formulate, in conjunction with the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson, a code of rules and regulations for
the work of plumbing and drainage and venting; also oil-burner and gas-burner
and fitting installations in such village, including the materials, workmanship
and manner of executing such work, and from time to time to add to, amend
or alter the same, or, in its discretion, to adopt the Standard Plumbing Code
recommended by the State Department of Health.
A.
No person otherwise qualified shall engage in the trade,
business or calling of a plumber, or of plumbing, gas-burner installation
or gas-fitting installations, in said village as employing or master plumber
until he has first procured from the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson and the
Examining Board of Plumbers of said village, so designated by local law in
such village, a metal plate sign or a certificate certifying that he has complied
with all requirements as provided herein. Such plate, sign or certificate
is to be conspicuously posted in place of business where such business is
conducted.
B.
Any person retiring, abandoning or not actually engaged
in such trade, business or calling, hereinbefore mentioned, shall surrender
to the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson such plate, sign or certificate, and
shall not again engage in such trade, business or calling until he has again
procured a plate, sign or certificate as hereinbefore provided.
C.
Any person to whom a license or certificate to do plumbing
in the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson has been issued, who shall loan, rent,
sell or transfer the same to anyone other than to whom it has been issued,
will be subject to a fine not exceeding $100 and shall have his license or
certificate suspended.
A.
Any willful violation of the provisions of this regulation
or article shall constitute disorderly conduct.
B.
Such license or certificate of competency may be canceled
by the Examining Board of Plumbers of the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson, duly
appointed, and enforced therein, after a hearing had before said Examining
Board of Plumbers, and upon a prior notice of not less than 10 days, stating
the ground of complaint, and served on the person charged with the violation;
but such revocation shall not be operative unless concurred in by the majority
of the Board of Examiners present.
C.
All licenses or certificates of competency issued under
the provisions of this article and all licenses authorizing connections with
a water main or mains or street sewers shall expire the 31st day of December
of the year in which they shall be issued and may be renewed within 30 days
preceding such expiration, such renewals to be for one year from the first
day of January in each year; renewal bond and filing fee to be determined
by the Village Board by resolution and set in the fee schedule.[1]
D.
Insurance.
(1)
In addition to providing and filing the surety (Plumbers'
Board) bond herein required, no plumber licensed under and pursuant to the
provisions of this article shall engage in any plumbing business or work within
the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson unless there is on file in the office of
the Building Inspector a current certificate of insurance in form satisfactory
to the Building Inspector evidencing that the plumber is carrying in full
force and effect a contractor's protective liability policy of insurance
or such other insurance as will provide that an insurance company licensed
to do business within the State of New York will pay on behalf of the plumber
all sums which the plumber shall become legally obligated to pay as damages
to persons or property because of any act or omission of the plumber, or any
other person for whose acts or omissions the plumber is legally responsible
arising out of performance of plumbing services for others by the plumber.
Said insurance policy shall be in the minimum amount of $20,000 to cover any
and all claims arising or resulting from any one service performed by the
plumber.
(2)
Any certificate of insurance or renewal thereof shall
be filed annually in the office of the Building Inspector in January of each
year, commencing on January 1 of each year.
A.
All licensed master and employing plumbers shall be held
responsible for all acts of their apprentices or employees in connection with
the business for which such licenses are given. Any person violating any of
the provisions of this article may be liable to a fine not exceeding $100
for each offense, and, if the person offending shall be a licensed plumber,
may have his license suspended.
B.
Any person doing plumbing work as a trade or calling
for compensation without a license or certificate of competency being issued
thereto shall be guilty of disorderly conduct. This provision does not apply
to such plumbing work as performed and inspected under State Factory Laws;
neither is it intended to apply to such persons making replacements to parts
of fixtures, such as washers, not requiring inspection, and where no compensation
is made.
A.
In the event that the Village Plumbing Inspector shall
be engaged in doing the business of plumbing, and has complied with all of
the requirements of this article, any work performed by said Inspector shall
be inspected by two members designated by the Board of Examining Plumbers.
B.
A fee for such inspection shall be paid and divided equally
between the two members making inspection.
A.
The expense of examination for license or certificate
of competency shall be and is hereby to be determined by the Village Board
by resolution and set in the fee schedule,[2] which shall be paid to the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson by the
applicant, in advance.
[2]
Editor's Note: The fee schedule is on file in the village offices.
B.
If the application is denied for failure to pass the
required test, the applicant shall receive a refund of only an amount to be
determined by the Village Board by resolution and set in the fee schedule
on his deposit, the balance to be retained by the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson
to cover expenses of the Board of Examining Plumbers, the balance to the Village
Treasury. All moneys so collected shall be paid to the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson.
A.
A plumber holding a license or certificate of competency
showing that he has passed a test for plumbers in the State of New York may
not be required to subject himself to a test, but must present such license
or certificate to the Examining Board of Plumbers for its certification; but
the fee to be determined by the Village Board by resolution and set in the
fee schedule must be paid in any event.[1]
B.
When no examination test is held, no compensation will
be paid to the Examining Board, but the entire fee shall be paid to the Village
of Hastings-on-Hudson.
A.
Plumbers who have filed their bond with the Village of
Hastings-on-Hudson, and whose name appears on the list on file in said Village
Clerk's office as of the date of May 5, 1936, may be extended the privilege
of presenting themselves to the Examining Board of Plumbers for examination
and test without payment of the fee to be determined by the Village Board
by resolution and set in the fee schedule,[1] provided that he has signed, in writing, within 30 days of notice,
his willingness to present himself for examination and test on a date set
by the Examining Board of Plumbers.[2]
B.
Failure to avail himself of this opportunity will disqualify
him from this exemption.
C.
When no registration fee is paid as covered by the preceding
section, no compensation will be paid to the Examining Board of Plumbers.
A.
The license fee to be determined by the Village Board
by resolution and set in the fee schedule need only be paid once during the
existence of the business of the individual actively engaged in the business,
but, in addition thereto, a surety bond, plus a fee for the filing of the
bond, in an amount to be determined by the Village Board by resolution and
set in the fee schedule shall be filed and paid each year to the Village Clerk
of Hastings-on-Hudson, after recommendation from the Board of Examining Plumbers
to the Board of Trustees that a license or certificate of competency be issued,
and the surety bond being satisfactory to and approved by the Board of Trustees
of Hastings-on-Hudson.[1]
B.
No license or certificate of competency, except as hereinbefore
provided, shall be issued until:
C.
All bonds and certificates of insurance shall be for
one year, beginning on the first day of January and expiring on the 31st day
of December of the current year.
D.
Should a plumber fail to file a bond and certificate
of insurance on the first day of January, but elects to do so during the current
year, the term of the bond shall be for the remainder of that year.
E.
For failure to file a bond and certificate of insurance
during any one year or longer period, the applicant's license or certificate
of competency will be voided until such time as the applicant requests, in
writing, accompanied by the required fee to be determined by the Village Board
by resolution and set in the fee schedule, to reinstate his plumber's
license within the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson.[6]
[A resolution accepting the State Building Construction Code and
making it applicable to the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson was adopted by the
Board of Trustees of the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson 8-11-1953.
The State Building Construction Code applicable to plumbing became effective
in the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson upon its promulgation 2-15-1958.]
