[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Jenkintown as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Plumbing — See Ch. 137.
[Adopted 11-26-1990 by Ord. No. 90-6[1]]
On or after the passage of this article, it shall be unlawful
for any person to carry on or work at the business of plumbing or
house drainage in the Borough of Jenkintown until a license to engage
in or work at said business shall have been granted to said person
by the Borough of Jenkintown. Said license shall be issued upon registration
in the office of the Borough Manager of said Borough as herein provided.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the employment
of journeyman or apprentice plumbers under the direction and supervision
of a duly registered and licensed master plumber.
A.
Registration of master plumbers. All master plumbers duly registered
and currently licensed in a Pennsylvania municipality, the examination
and licensing requirements of which are satisfactory to the Borough
Manager, shall not be required to undergo any examination, and they
shall be entitled to register for the current year and annually thereafter
before the 31st day of December of each year.
B.
Registration of journeyman plumbers. All journeyman plumbers duly
registered and currently licensed to work as such at the business
of plumbing and house drainage in a Pennsylvania municipality, the
examination and licensing requirements of which are satisfactory to
the Borough Manager, shall not be required to undergo any examination,
and they shall be entitled to register for the current year and annually
thereafter before the 31st day of December of each year.
A.
Initial license registration fee. Any master plumber engaged or engaging
in the business of plumbing or house drainage in the Borough of Jenkintown
and any journeyman plumber working at the business of plumbing or
house drainage in the Borough of Jenkintown shall pay for an initial
registration a fee which shall be fixed from time to time by a resolution
of the Borough Council.
B.
Expiration of licenses. At the expiration of each calendar year,
said license shall be null and void. A licensed master or journeyman
plumber desiring to continue in or work at the business of plumbing
and house drainage for the ensuing year shall, before the 31st day
of December of each year, surrender said license for the current year
to the Borough Manager and reregister his, their, her or its name
or names and business or home address upon such form or forms as may
from time to time be furnished by the Borough Manager.
C.
License reregistration fee. Unless the licensed master plumber or
journeyman plumber shall have failed to make application for reregistration
on or before the 31st day of December, master plumbers and journeyman
plumbers shall be reregistered upon surrender of a license for the
current year and the payment of a reregistration fee which shall be
fixed from time to time by a resolution of the Borough Council. The
reregistration fee for all applications for reregistration received
after December 31 shall be the same fee as is charged for an initial
registration.
D.
Registration as institutional plumber. A person who is currently
registered as a master plumber in a Pennsylvania municipality, the
examination and licensing requirements of which are satisfactory to
the Borough Manager, may be registered as an institutional plumber
for the care, alteration or addition of or to the drainage system
of a designated manufacturing or mercantile establishment, institution,
hotel, apartment building or similar establishment where it is necessary
to have the continual services of a qualified plumber. An institutional
plumber shall be subject to all the licensing and registration requirements
to which a master plumber is subject. In no case shall an institutional
plumber be permitted to do any plumbing or drainage work in any building
or buildings other than those for which he/she is registered. To obtain
a registration other than as an institutional master plumber, the
person must submit proof that he/she is no longer employed by said
manufacturing or mercantile establishment, institution, hotel, apartment
house or similar establishment and must offer evidence of a bona fide
place of business.
E.
Licenses may be revoked.
(1)
The license granted under this article may be suspended or revoked by the Borough Manager when a master plumber, firm or corporation, or the registered representative thereof, shall violate any rules or regulation of Chapter 137, Plumbing, of this Code; shall refuse or neglect to make the necessary corrections to work not approved by the Borough within a reasonable time after notification thereof; or shall permit the use of his, her, their or its name by a person or persons for the purpose of obtaining a permit or permits to do plumbing or drainage work.
(2)
No person or corporation carrying on the business of plumbing and
house drainage shall allow his, her or its name to be used by any
person, directly or indirectly, either to obtain the permit or permits
or to do any work under his, her or its license.
A.
Display of signs. Every master plumber doing work in the Borough of Jenkintown
must have his/her truck or trucks clearly lettered with the name and
address of his/her business.
B.
Notice of change of place of business.
(1)
Every registered master plumber, firm or corporation shall give immediate
notice of any change in his, her, their or its place of business,
and upon his, her, their or its retirement from business or upon his,
her, their or its failure to continue to actively engage in the business
of plumbing, shall surrender the certificate of registry to the Borough
Manager.
(2)
Every person registering for any firm or corporation shall give the
full name or names of the person or firm or the names of the officers
of the corporation for which he/she shall register.
A.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation who or which shall fail
to comply with any of the provisions of this article regarding the
procuring of a license or certificate to engage in or work at the
business of plumbing or house or building drainage shall be guilty
of a summary offense and liable, upon conviction, to a fine of not
less than $25 nor more than $600 or imprisonment for not more than
90 days, or both, for each and every day he, she, they or it shall
engage in or work at said business without first having obtained said
certificate, license or registration, in the discretion of the Magisterial
District Judge, together with costs of prosecution in each case. Any
person or persons, firm or corporation who or which shall violate
any of the approved rules and regulations of the Borough of Jenkintown
regarding the construction, reconstruction, testing or removal of
plumbing, house and building drainage or water connections to private
or public fixtures or equipment shall be liable, upon conviction for
the offense, to a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $600 or
imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both, at the discretion
of a Magisterial District Judge, together with the costs of prosecution
in each case.
B.
All prosecutions for violations of this article shall be by summary
proceedings brought in the name and for the use of the Borough of
Jenkintown before the Magisterial District Judge of said Borough.
C.
All fines and penalties shall be paid to the Borough of Jenkintown
to apply to general funds.
