A.
No person shall engage or conduct a business of maintaining,
installing or altering, repairing or contracting to install, alter
or repair any plumbing in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream
until such person shall apply for and obtain a master plumber's license
to engage in such business as herein provided.
B.
MASTER PLUMBER
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
A person duly qualified and licensed by the Incorporated
Village of Valley Stream to engage in the work of installing, setting
up or putting together any plumbing fixtures, water or gas piping
or appurtenances of any kind which are connected or are to be connected
with the sewerage system of a building or in the work of connecting
such plumbing fixtures, pipes or appurtenances with a sewerage system.
A.
Any person desiring a master plumber's license shall
make a sworn application in writing, accompanied by a filing and examination
fee of $60, not returnable, and by two photographs of the applicant,
approximately 1 1/2 inches by 1 1/2 inches, taken within the past
30 days, to the Examining Board who, if said application is in good
order, shall refer it to the Board. The Board shall thereupon arrange
and conduct an examination as to the competency and qualifications
of such applicant within six months of the date of said application;
except that where the applicant is, at the time of taking the application,
a duly licensed master or employing plumber in any other municipality
in Nassau County, he shall submit a certified or photostat copy of
a certificate of competency or license issued by such municipality.
If he shall maintain his principal place of business or reside in
such municipality, examination hereunder be waived, provided that
such municipality has adopted an ordinance waiving examination of
a master plumber's license under this code on application for a license
to do plumbing in said municipality. The fee, however, in such cases
shall be the same as for those requiring examination by the Board.
No partnership, corporation or other business entity shall engage
in soliciting or performing any plumbing work, unless at least 51%
of the control, interest or voting capital stock of such partnership,
corporation or other business entity is unconditionally owned by one
or more licensed master plumbing contractors.
B.
After such examination, said Board shall endorse on
said application its recommendation of approval or disapproval of
the application and shall issue a master plumbing license or reject
the applicant.
C.
A fee of $125 shall be paid at the time a master plumber's
license is issued.
[Amended 5-20-2013 by Res. No. 095/13]
D.
Every license shall expire on the 3lst day of December
of the year of its issuance, but may be renewed without examination
for each succeeding year on the payment of $75 for two years; provided,
however, that such renewal is applied for prior to February 1 of the
year following said expiration date. If such renewal is not applied
for by January 31 of the succeeding year, it will be necessary for
payment of the full fee of $125 to be made. Any license not renewed
within a period of one year from its expiration date becomes null
and void.
[Amended 9-23-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002; 5-20-2013 by Res. No.
095/13]
E.
Persons who have plumbing license of other municipalities.
Anything contained in this code to the contrary notwithstanding, any
person who holds a valid certificate of competency or license to conduct
the trade or business of an employing or master plumber duly issued
by any municipality which is a party to a reciprocal licensing compact
to which the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream is also a party
shall be deemed to be competent to conduct that business in the Incorporated
Village of Valley Stream, New York, and shall not be required to obtain
a certificate of competency from the Examining Board of Plumbers of
the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, New York, as a prerequisite
to conducting that business in the Incorporated Village of Valley
Stream, New York, but he must comply with and shall be subject to
and bound by all other provisions and requirements of this code and
by all rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
F.
As of January 1, 1988, the Incorporated Village of
Valley Stream became participants of the Tri-Town Plumbing Licensing
Agreement.
A.
Whenever a licensed master plumber shall retire from
business or remove his place of business from the place named in his
application for license, the Building Department shall be notified
of such retirement or removal and shall be given the address of the
new place of business in case of emergency.
B.
Any licensed plumber who because of his employment
shall be subjected to a conflict of interest shall surrender his license
to the Examining Board within 60 days of such employment. At the termination
of such employment, his plumbing license shall be immediately restored
upon payment of the current registration renewal fee.
C.
Any licensed plumber who has a certificate of competency
from the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream may temporarily shelve
his or her license by submitting a letter notifying the Village and
payment of $10 per year.
A.
Any license may be revoked or suspended by the Plumbers'
Examining Board for any violation of the provisions of this code after
a hearing duly held by said Plumbers' Examining Board. Such hearing
shall be held after at least 10 days' notice to such licensee. Said
notice shall be served on such licensee in person or by registered
mail sent to such licensee's last known address.
B.
Licenses may be revoked or suspended for violation
of any of the provisions of this code and for any of the following
causes:
(1)
Failure to file application for permit prior to installation
of plumbing work.
(2)
Failure upon receipt of violation notice to take the
action called for.
(3)
Performance of plumbing work in a manner contrary
to the requirements of the Plumbing Code.
(4)
Any improper or fraudulent practice shown by the Board
to exist after hearing.
(5)
For renting or lending a license.
(6)
For conviction of a felony.
(7)
For altering or defacing a certificate of inspection
or approval.
(8)
For filing of an application for a person or persons
not licensed as a master plumber by the Incorporated Village of Valley
Stream.
No master plumber shall directly or indirectly
allow his license to be used in connection with work not actually
done by him or his employees under his supervision.
Every master plumber shall file with the Building
Department before beginning operations under his license, and upon
each renewal of said license, a surety company bond, approved by the
proper authority, in the penal sum of $2,000 indemnifying and saving
harmless the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream of and from all
damages or claims for damage to a public sewer, water service mains
or pipes, to a highway or the surface thereof, to public or private
property or to any persons, arising from unlawful or negligent acts
omissions of said master plumber, his agents or employees, or anyone
operating under the authority of his license, in making connections
with a public sewer, in opening a public sewer, or making an opening
or excavation in a public highway, public square or public park, or
in maintaining, guarding, refilling or working in and about such opening
or excavation, or in maintaining or guarding objects or materials
taken from such opening or excavation or used in connection therewith.
Said bond shall remain in full force and effect until the 31st day
of December of the year of its issuance, unless sooner canceled by
the Superintendent of Public Works, and shall be and remain security
for indemnity for damages, as aforesaid, during the time it is in
force. The above bond shall be filed with the Building Department
only when the plumber does this type of work.
[Amended 9-23-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002]
For operations of excavations in connection
with sewer services, a public liability insurance policy to cover
liability, if any, arising out of operations under permits indemnifying
the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream as coinsured shall be on
file with the Building Department in an amount not less than current
minimum aggregate liability, which is $1,000,000 for a self-employed
plumber in most municipalities, for all operations for street excavations
in connection with sewer services and all plumbing work.
Any applicant refused a license hereunder may
apply to the Village Board to reverse the Examining Board's determination.
