It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business
of installing water or sanitary sewer service leading to a building
from the public water main or public sewer without first having secured
a license to do so from the Building and Inspection Department.
Each applicant for a license required by § 225-8.36 shall make application to the Building and Inspection Department on blank forms prepared and furnished by such department and indicating thereon that the application is for a drainlayer's license.
A.
As a member of the International Code Council, Inc., all examination
and testing examinations will no longer be administered by this jurisdiction.
Each applicant for a license required by the Building and Inspection
Department shall provide proof of an associated passed exam given
through the procedures set forth by the International Code Council,
Inc. All exam and testing information can be located on the internet
at iccsafe.org, under the contractor's testing section.[1]
B.
After completion of the exam, each applicant for a license required
by the Building and Inspection Department shall appear before the
Building and Inspection Department, upon notice, and submit proof
of passing examination and testing of his/her education and competency
as may be required by such department.[2]
C.
Metropolitan licensee. The holder of a valid drainlayer's license
issued by a metropolitan city in the State of Nebraska will be accepted
in the City of Seward's jurisdiction without the examination
requirements listed previously in this section.
When an applicant for a sewer layer's license passes the
examination and tests required to the satisfaction of the City, he/she
shall pay a license fee in an amount set from time to time by the
City Council.
Prior to receiving a license under the preceding section, an
applicant who has successfully passed the sewer layer's examination
shall provide a certificate of insurance which provides combined coverage
for bodily injury and property damage in a minimum amount of $300,000,
and shall strictly comply with this code and any other ordinances
of the City relating to the installation, alteration or repair of
any water or sanitary sewer service system leading to a building from
the public water main or public sewer within the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of the City.
At the time of approval by the Building Official and the payment
of a license fee as set from time to time by the City Council, the
Building Official shall issue a license to do sewer laying work in
the City, which shall be effective and valid through December 31 of
each calendar year.
Before the expiration of any license issued from or by the Building
and Inspection Department, the holder may, upon payment of a renewal
fee in an amount set from time to time by the City Council, make application
to the Building and Inspection Department for renewal of his/her license.
Failure to make application and pay the renewal fee for renewal of
a license before the expiration date thereof subjects the applicant
to pay the renewal fee plus an additional late fee in an amount set
from time to time by the City Council for each month or partial month
since the expiration date of the license, up to and including three
months from such expiration date. If the application is filed and
the fees are paid in accordance with the above, the Building Official
shall issue a renewal of such license without examination unless there
are revocations or suspension proceedings in progress against such
individual. If the holder of a license fails to make application for
renewal of his/her license within 90 days from the expiration date,
he or she shall lose all rights of his/her license and proceed in
the same manner as if he or she had never held a license. If the Building
Official has reason to believe that the licensee has violated the
provisions of this code, he/she shall have the power to impose any
revocation or suspension clause contained within the context of this
article.
