It shall not be lawful for any person to engage in the business of plumbing or to expose a sign or advertisement pertaining thereto in the Borough of Prospect Park unless he shall have first been registered in the office of the Board of Health of the Borough and obtained a license as herein provided. The registration of one licensed person to represent a corporation or partnership shall be sufficient, provided that such representative is registered as representing the said corporation or partnership and is an employee thereof or one of the general partners of a partnership.
Any person desiring to engage in the business of plumbing and/or house and building drainage in the Borough shall apply in person at the office of the Board of Health and, upon presenting satisfactory proof of his being a bona fide master plumber, shall be issued a license except in the event that a license previously issued to him shall have been revoked, in which case the issuance of a license shall be at the discretion of the Board.
No person or persons other than a registered master plumber or a journeyman in his employ or under his supervision shall alter, repair or make connections with any drain, sewer line, waste line, vent pipe or any connection therewith.
No owner, builder or other interested party shall permit any plumbing work subject to Borough regulation by anyone other than a master plumber having a license as required by the Board of Health and until proper permit has been obtained.
[Amended 2-12-1974 by Ord. No. 916, approved 2-12-1974]
A. 
No license shall be granted until the applicant shall have filed with the Board of Health a bond in form satisfactory to the Board, in the sum of $500, conditioned for the observance of all the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder and for the payment of all fines and penalties imposed by this chapter or such rules. If the applicant is a representative of a corporation or partnership, the bond shall be signed by the applicant and also by the corporation or partnership, and they shall be jointly and severally liable thereon.
B. 
In addition to the foregoing, no license shall be granted until the applicant shall also have filed with the Board of Health proof of a Manufacturers and Contractors Liability Insurance Policy with limits of not less than $100,000, in form satisfactory to the Board.
[Amended 2-12-1974 by Ord. No. 916, approved 2-12-1974; 12-14-1993 by Ord. No. 1147, approved 12-14-1993[1]]
A fee as fixed and amended from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council[2] shall be paid into the Borough treasury for each license issued.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided that the current fees remain in full force and effect until the Borough Council enacts changes by resolution.
[2]
Editor's Note: The fees resolution is on file in the Borough Secretary's office.
[Amended 1-14-1975 by Ord. No. 929, approved 1-14-1975]
A. 
At the expiration of each calendar year said license shall expire. A licensed resident master plumber desiring to continue in or work at the business of plumbing and/or house and building drainage for the ensuing year shall, before December 31 of each year, renew the said license and register his name and address and pay a renewal fee of $10.
B. 
A licensed nonresident master plumber desiring to continue in or work at the business of plumbing and/or house and building drainage for the ensuing year shall, before December 31 of each year, renew the said license and register his name and address and pay a renewal fee in the amount of the fee charged in the municipality in which he resides.
If any applicant for a license has his principal place of business in a municipality which charges a higher license fee, he shall pay to the Borough of Prospect Park the same license fee as is charged in the municipality in which he has his principal place of business, it being the purpose to charge a plumber from another municipality the same fee as a Prospect Park plumber would have to pay in that municipality.
A. 
The license shall be suspended or revoked by the Board of Health when a master plumber shall:
(1) 
Have violated any of these rules and regulations or shall refuse to or neglect to make the necessary corrections or changes after notification of such violation; or
(2) 
Be deemed incompetent by the Board of Health; or
(3) 
Permit the use of his or their name for the purpose of obtaining a permit for another person, partnership or corporation to do plumbing and drainage work.
B. 
If a master plumber shall have been issued a license individually and also as a representative of a corporation or partnership, then any violation by him shall entitle the Board, in its discretion, to revoke both licenses.