[CC 1975 §44.21; Ord. No. 95-02 §44.21, 2-7-1995]
A. Except
as otherwise provided in this Section, no person shall do electrical
work of any kind, install any wiring or agree to do any electrical
or wire installation either by contract or on a time-and-wage basis
or by employment of some other person who is not a duly licensed electrician
to do the work, or assume to direct or supervise any electrical or
wiring work in the City unless he/she shall then hold any unrevoked
electrician's license issued to him/her by the City, as provided in
this Article. Any electrician who possesses a "certificate of competence"
issued by this City shall not contract to perform electrical work
in this City unless also currently licensed as an electrician.
B. In
order to become a duly licensed electrician, a person must first obtain
a certificate of competency from the Electrical Board as a journeyman
electrician, unless such person is presently licensed in good standing
with a City with which this City has a reciprocal licensing agreement.
C. A person
who is not a licensed electrician but who is employed by an electrician
who is licensed, as provided in this Chapter, may do electrical work
for such licensed electrician if such work is done by him/her under
the continuous and immediate supervision of such licensed electrician.
Such employee shall comply at all times with all provisions of this
Article other than the one requiring electrical workers to have licenses.
D. An
electrician who is a full-time wage earner or salaried employee of
an industrial plant in this City, who does electrical work only for
his/her employer and in his/her electrical work no health hazards
are involved, shall not be required to have an electrician's license,
but he/she shall comply at all times with the provisions of this Article
in all other respects.
E. The
owner of property may himself/herself install wiring to serve such
property and he/she may repair wiring already serving such property,
if the wiring does not and will not serve a dwelling and if he/she
has obtained the required permit for such work; or if the wiring to
be installed or repaired does or will serve a dwelling, he/she may
do the work himself/herself if all the following facts and conditions
then exist:
1. The owner is to do all the work himself/herself without the help
of any person other than a duly licensed electrician;
2. The dwelling is a single-family dwelling;
3. The owner is not building such dwelling, or having it built, for
sale;
4. The dwelling is not to be sold for at least one (1) year after the
completion of the electrical work;
5. The owner has applied for a permit to do such electrical work; and
6. The owner, in doing the work, will comply with all applicable requirements
of this Article and, in particular, will duly submit his/her work
for inspection by the City Electrical Inspector.
[CC 1975 §44.22; Ord. No. 95-02 §44.22, 2-7-1995; Ord. No. 06-26 §2, 5-16-2006]
A. Every
person desiring to obtain an electrician's license such as is required
by this Article to engage in electrical work in this City shall make
application to the City according to the following procedure:
1. Present to the City Clerk an application, upon a form prescribed
and approved by the City, for an electrician's certificate of competency
or, when applicable, an electrician's license from another City which
has entered into a reciprocal licensing agreement with this City.
2. Application for an electrician's certificate of competency shall
be made to the Electrical Board through the office of City Clerk.
The Board shall consider the experience, training and qualifications
of the applicant in addition to the written examination required by
this Chapter and, if satisfactory, the application for an electrician's
certificate shall be approved, provided, that where the application
is made by a firm, partnership, association or corporation, the issuance
of a certificate of competence to the person actually intending to
do the work shall be deemed sufficient compliance with the requirements
of this Chapter.
3. The examination for journeyman electrician's certificate of competency
shall include a standard journeyman's written examination.
4. The examination required under this Chapter shall be held within
thirty (30) days of an applicant's request to the City Clerk that
he/she desires to be examined. If the Electrical Board shall find
an applicant unqualified to obtain a certificate of competency, he/she
shall not be entitled to reapply until the lapse of six (6) months
after the examination.
5. Upon obtaining the certificate of competency, or its equivalent,
the applicant shall tender to the City Clerk with his/her application,
the license fee which shall apply for the remainder of the calendar
year for which the license is sought.
6. In conjunction with his/her application, and before the application
shall be acted upon, an applicant shall submit to the City Clerk proof
of his/her having obtained comprehensive general contractor's bodily
injury liability insurance providing for a limit of not less than
one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for all damages arising
out of bodily injuries to or death of one (1) person, and subject
to that limit for each person, a total limit of three hundred thousand
dollars ($300,000.00) for all damages arising out of bodily injuries
to or death of two (2) or more persons in any one (1) accident, and
comprehensive general contractor's property damage liability insurance
providing for a limit of not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)
for all damages arising out of injury to or destruction of property
in any one (1) accident, and subject to that limit per accident, a
total aggregate limit of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00)
for all damages arising out of injury to or destruction of property
during the policy period. This insurance must cover below-grade damage
and be in full force during the entire construction process and further
be with a company approved by the City; and such insurance shall cover
the licensee and all employees of the licensee who may perform work
within the City under the provisions of this Article.
7. Each electrician shall file a certificate showing that he/she has
Workers' Compensation insurance if, under the laws of the State, he/she
is required to carry such insurance.
8. Failure to comply with any of the requirements of this Section at
any time during the term of the license shall result in immediate
forfeiture of such license.
[CC 1975 §44.23; Ord. No. 95-02 §44.23, 2-7-1995]
Upon compliance with the provisions of Section
505.080 by an applicant for an electrician's license, the City Clerk shall issue to such applicant a written license and shall authorize him/her, when the required insurance shall have been obtained, to do electrical work within the City.
[CC 1975 §44.24; Ord. No. 95-02 §44.24, 2-7-1995]
Each electrician's license required by this Article shall expire with the ending of the calendar year in which it shall have been issued, except if a person holding an unexpired and unrevoked electrician's license issued by the City Clerk should apply, before the end of such year and in the manner required by Section
505.080 for an electrician's license for the following year, the City Clerk shall issue such license and show thereon that it is for such following year. No electrician's license shall be issued except upon the applicant's complying with the requirements of Section
505.080 regardless of when the application therefor shall be made.
[CC 1975 §44.25; Ord. No. 95-02 §44.25, 2-7-1995; Ord. No. 05-09 §7, 4-5-2005]
Every person who is or who shall be doing electrical work in
this City and who is required by this Chapter to have an electrician's
license issued by the City Clerk shall pay to the City an annual license
fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
[CC 1975 §44.26; Ord. No. 95-02 §44.26, 2-7-1995]
Payment of the electrician's license fee assessed by this Article
shall not relieve any merchant electrician from the payment of any
license fees assessed by this Code or any other ordinance of this
City against merchants. The term "merchant electrician" means a person who is or has been an electrician and who, in addition
to doing electrical work, sells fixtures, appliances or merchandise
of any kind.
[CC 1975 §44.27; Ord. No. 95-02 §44.27, 2-7-1995]
No person to whom an electrician's license has been issued for
the City shall cause or permit the certificate to be used in any manner
by another person, and no other person except the person to whom the
license has been issued shall use the license in any manner.
[CC 1975 §44.28; Ord. No. 95-02 §44.28, 2-7-1995]
A. In
the event that any holder of an electrician's license shall violate
any of the terms or provisions of this Article, his/her certificate
may be suspended or revoked by the Electrical Board after notice to
the holder of such electrician's license that the Electrical Board
has suspended or revoked the same. Such notice shall be in writing.
There shall be sufficient service thereof if it shall be deposited
in the United States mail, directed to the last known address of the
holder of the license required by this Chapter.
B. The
holder of an electrician's license which has been suspended or revoked
by the preceding Section shall be entitled to appeal to the Board
of Aldermen from the ruling of the Board, which appeal will be informally
taken, but in any case must be taken within ten (10) days after such
suspension or revocation of such certificate by the Board. The Board
of Aldermen shall provide full opportunity for the person whose certificate
has been suspended or revoked to appear before it and show cause why
his/her certificate should not be suspended or revoked.
[CC 1975 §44.29; Ord. No. 95-02 §44.29, 2-7-1995]
An electrician's license shall be issued for a period of one
(1) year and will not be subject to renewal if he/she shall have failed
to engage in his/her trade for more than one (1) year after the issuance
of the license. In the event a license is allowed to expire, or is
revoked as herein provided, the holder of such license shall be considered
a new applicant in all respects and as shall be required to obtain
a new certificate of competency from the Electrical Board.