Cross Reference — As to plumbing code, ch. 500.
[R.O. 2012 §640.010; CC 1979 §23-1; Ord. No. A-1650 §1, 3-6-1959]
No person shall engage in the plumbing business or in any activity
associated or connected therewith in the City, without first obtaining
a license from the City to engage in such business.
[R.O. 2012 §640.020; CC 1979 §23-2; Ord. No. A-1650 §§2 — 3, 3-6-1959; Ord. No. 8007 §1, 11-19-2010]
A.
Any person
desiring to obtain a plumber's license pursuant to this Chapter shall
make application therefor, in writing, at the office of the City Clerk,
shall satisfy the City Engineer that he/she is qualified to engage
in the plumbing business in the City and shall furnish to the City
a surety bond in the minimum sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00),
conditioned that he/she will faithfully perform the duties and activities
of his/her trade in the City and that he/she will compensate the City
for any damage or destruction done or permitted by him/her to the
City property, including the streets, alleys, parkways, curbs, gutters,
paving and sewer or water lines, and that he/she will repair and replace,
in a manner satisfactory to the City, all paving, material or excavation
moved, damaged or destroyed by him/her in connection with his/her
plumbing activities.
B.
Upon
any applicant's complying with the foregoing provisions, the City
Clerk shall issue such applicant a license to engage in the plumbing
business in the City, which license shall continue in force for a
period of one (1) year from the date of issuance, unless sooner terminated,
suspended or revoked by the City.
[R.O. 2012 §640.030; CC 1979 §23-3; Ord. No. A-1650 §4, 3-6-1959]
Any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter
may be revoked or suspended by the City in the event of failure of
the licensee to perform the work or services of his/her trade in a
proper and workmanlike manner; provided, that such failure injures,
damages or affects any City property or utility. In determining the
question of whether or not a plumber performs his/her work in a proper
and workmanlike manner and whether his/her failure, if any, to do
so injures, damages or affects City property or utilities, the judgment
and opinion of the City Engineer shall be final.
[R.O. 2012 §640.040; Ord. No. 8008, 11-19-2010]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall
be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation; provided, that unless
otherwise provided in this Chapter, any person who shall carry on
or engage in the plumbing business or any activity associated or connected
therewith in the City in violation of this Chapter shall be deemed
guilty of a separate and distinct offense under the provisions of
this Section for each day such activity shall be carried on or engaged
in violation of this Chapter.
