[Adopted 10-6-2014 by L.L. No. 8-2014 ]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes all work done and materials used in installing,
manufacturing and extending a system of electrical wiring for light,
heat or power and all appurtenances thereto and all apparatus or equipment
used in connection therewith inside or attached to any building or
structure, lot or premises.
Includes any person engaged in or holding himself out to
the public as engaged in the business of contracting to install or
alter the electrical equipment or apparatus for the utilization of
electricity supplied for light, heat or power, except a person doing
electrical construction or repair work personally on his own property
or an electric light or power company, telephone or telegraph company
or electric or steam railway company, or the like, which does electrical
or repair work on its own property or constructs or installs its own
system.
Includes one or more persons of either sex, natural persons,
corporations, partnerships, associations, joint-stock companies, societies
and all other entities of any kind capable of being sued.
No person shall, within the limits of the Incorporated Village
of Stewart Manor, engage in, carry on or work at the business of installing
or making repairs, alterations, additions or changes to existing systems
of electrical wiring or electrical apparatus for heat, light or power,
as master electrician as herein defined, without first having passed
an examination and obtained and paid for, and having in full force
and effect, a license as herein provided.
All persons seeking an electrician license shall file the following
with the Village Clerk:
A.
Electrician license application, fully completed, signed and notarized;
B.
Current certificate of workers' compensation insurance or an
affidavit of no help in a form acceptable to the Village Clerk;
C.
Certificate of liability insurance naming the Incorporated Village
of Stewart Manor as an additional insured and certificate holder,
with limits of no less than $1,000,000 per occurrence;
D.
A copy of a current master electrician's license issued by either
the Town of Hempstead, the Town of North Hempstead or the Town of
Oyster Bay;
E.
With respect to new licenses, a copy of a certificate of competency;
and
The Village Clerk upon receipt of all applicable documents and fees shall, except as herein provided, issue to the applicant a license to engage in or work at the business as provided in § 108-10. All licenses shall be numbered in the order in which they are issued and shall state clearly the name and address of the licensee and the fee paid.
Every master electrician shall pay an initial license fee and
yearly renewal fee as established by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
All licenses shall be issued as of January 1 and shall continue in
force for up to one year, unless sooner revoked by the Village Clerk.
No license or certificate shall be used by any person other than the
original licensee or person to whom it was issued, and any holder
of such license or certificate who permits it to be used by any other
person, and any person who uses such license or certificate granted
to any other person, shall each be guilty of a violation of this article.
Before a license shall be issued or renewed, every master electrician
shall make, execute and deliver to the Village Clerk a certificate
of insurance naming the Incorporated Village of Stewart Manor as an
additional insured and certificate holder on a general liability policy,
with limits of no less than $1,000,000 per occurrence, insuring against
damages imposed by law from insurance companies authorized to do such
business in the State of New York. Such insurance shall protect such
Village against all loss or damage occasioned by the negligence of
the master electrician or his agents, servants, employees or representatives
in failing to execute properly and protect all work done by him or
his agents, servants, employees or representatives or under his direction
or supervision, and from all loss or damage occasioned by or arising
in any manner from any such work done, which is not caused by the
negligence of such Village or its agents or employees. This certificate
of insurance shall provide that the policies shall not be changed
or canceled until 30 days' written notice has been given to the
Village. In addition, a current certificate of workers' compensation
insurance or an affidavit of no help, in a form acceptable to the
Village Clerk, must be provided.
Any license may be revoked at any time by the Village if the
licensee or any person performing any work under his jurisdiction
willfully violates any ordinance or law relating to electrical construction
or is responsible for any electrical installation which is a hazard
to life or property. Whenever any license shall be so revoked, no
refund of any unearned portion of the fee for said license shall be
made. No license shall be granted to a person whose license has been
revoked within a period of 30 days from the date of such revocation.
Notice of such revocation and the reason or reasons therefor, in writing,
shall be served by the Building Department or Village Clerk upon the
person named in the application, and a copy shall be filed with the
Village Clerk.
A.
No person shall carry on the business at or from any other place
in the Village than the one designated in the license therefor without
first having notified the Village Clerk of the change and having had
the same endorsed on the license; nor shall be continue to carry on
or work at such business after the license has been revoked or has
expired.
B.
No license shall be granted to a person under 21 years of age.
A.
Any person, association, firm or corporation which violates any provision
of this article or assists in the violation of any provision of this
article shall be guilty of a violation of this article only and shall
be punishable as follows:
(1)
By a fine of not more than $2,000 or by imprisonment for a period
not to exceed 15 days, or both, for conviction of a first offense.
(2)
By a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for a period
not to exceed 15 days, or both, for conviction of a second offense,
provided the first and second offenses were committed within a period
of five years of each other.
(3)
By a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for a period
not to exceed 15 days, or both, for conviction of the third or subsequent
offense or a series of offenses, all of which were committed within
a period of five years.
B.
Each week's continued violation shall constitute a separate
additional violation of this article.
