[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
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 Building Inspector 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 (1) 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 Building Inspector.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
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 Building Inspector through the office of the City Clerk. The Commission 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 a 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 Building Inspector 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, 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. 
The applicant 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.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
Upon compliance with the provisions of Section 505.220 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.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
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 505.220 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 505.220 regardless of when the application therefor shall be made.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
Every person who is or who shall be doing electrical work in this City and who is required by this Article to have an electrician's license issued by the City Clerk shall pay to the City an annual license fee of fifty dollars ($50.00). Such license fee shall be paid on or before the first day of January or in accordance with Section 605.050 of this Code.
Electricians working without a required license shall pay a late fee in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) in addition to the annual license fee; provided, however, the late fee shall not be imposed if the required license is obtained before 12:00 Noon on the next business day after notification by the City of the need to obtain the license.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
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.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
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.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
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 Building Inspector after notice to the holder of such electrician's license that the Building Inspector 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 Building Inspector, 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.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
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 such shall be required to obtain a new certificate of competency from the Building Inspector.