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DIVISION 1. Generally
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DIVISION 2. Uniform Mechanical Code
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[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989; Ord. No. 812, 4-13-1999; Ord. No. 863, 2-11-2003]
The current edition of the State Adopted Mechanical Code, together
with Appendix A, as adopted by the State, is hereby adopted as the
mechanical code for the City of Williston for regulating the erection,
construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, removal, demolition,
conversion, occupancy, equipment, use and maintenance of heating or
ventilation systems in all buildings or structures within the jurisdiction
of the City of Williston.
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Editor's Note: Former § 5-210, previously codified
herein and containing portions of Ordinance No. 726, was repealed
in its entirety by Ordinance No. 863, adopted February 11, 2003.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989; Ord. No. 863, 2-11-2003]
Three copies of the State Adopted Mechanical Code shall be on
file and open for inspection to the public in the office of the City
Auditor of the City of Williston. Subsequent amendments, deletions,
or supplements to the State Adopted Mechanical Code are hereby adopted
and incorporated as fully set out at length provided that such amendments,
deletions, or supplements are filed with the City Auditor and said
provisions thereof shall be controlling within the jurisdictional
limits held by the City of Williston.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989; Ord. No. 825, 2-11-2000]
Upon approval of an application for a permit under this division,
such permit shall be issued when an appropriate fee is paid or suitable
arrangements for payment are made. No permit nor any amendment thereof
as required by the building code shall be issued to any contractor
who has an amount overdue for prior permits. The procedures for billing
permits shall be adopted by the City Building Official and require
that any contractor who does not pay for a permit at the time it is
picked up will have 30 days to pay the invoice for all permits issued
to such contractor. The fee for any permit shall be established by
resolution by the Board of City Commissioners. The building official
shall have the right to refuse to charge to any contractor who has
failed in the past to make full payment of a properly billed permit
fee within 30 days of such billing being sent.
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DIVISION 3. License
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[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
No person shall erect, install, alter, repair, relocate or replace
any heating, ventilating, cooling, or refrigeration systems, incinerators
or other miscellaneous heat-producing appliances, designated in this
article as a "mechanical system," or engage in such business, or do
any such work within the jurisdiction of the City without holding
a master mechanic's license for the pursuit of such work, issued
by the Board of City Commissioners.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
Any person who is employed by a master mechanic and who does
mechanical work, as defined in this division, shall be licensed as
a journeyman mechanic by the City.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
An application for a master or journeyman mechanic's license
shall be presented to the Board of City Commissioners with the endorsement
of the City Building Official, and no person shall receive such license
who shall not have first furnished to the City Building Official with
satisfactory evidence of his ability to ply the trade in accordance
with the requirements of this chapter and the mechanical code of the
City for the conduct of such work.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
(1)
A person must have three years as an apprentice mechanic and two
years as a journeyman mechanic, for a total of five years' experience
in the mechanical systems trade before applying for a master mechanic's
license.
(2)
A person who is a graduate of a two year qualified trade school in
mechanical systems, and who has two years' experience as a journeyman
mechanic, may apply for a master mechanic's license.
(3)
A person with one year at a qualified trade school in a mechanical
systems class, and one year as an apprentice mechanic, may apply for
a journeyman mechanic's license; after two years' training
as a licensed journeyman mechanic, that person may apply for a master
mechanic's license.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
When a mechanic applies for a different qualification from those
specified in this division, he shall furnish to the City Building
Official a certificate of his ability from his employer and references
that may be deemed necessary that the applicant is capable of applying
the skills required.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
No master mechanic's license shall be issued under this
division until and unless the applicant for such license deposits
with the City Building Official a policy or copy thereof of liability
insurance. Said policy of liability insurance shall be acceptable
to and shall meet the approval of the Board of City Commissioners
and shall be issued by a company licensed to do business within the
state, indemnifying the applicant in the sum of at least $100,000
for injury or death to one person and $300,000 for injury or death
for more than one person in any one accident and $100,000 for property
damages in any one accident arising out of the operation of the applicant's
business. The policy of insurance so deposited shall contain a clause
obligating the company insuring the same to give at least 10 days'
written notice to the said City Building Official before cancellation
or expiration thereof. The license for the operation of said applicant
shall expire upon the lapse or termination of the said policy. A certification
of insurance shall be filed with the City annually to indicate that
the policy is effective.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
After proper application for a license under this division,
favorable endorsement of the City Building Official and favorable
action by the Board of City Commissioners granting such license, and
payment of the license fee, the City Building Official shall issue
a license to an applicant to ply the trade of master or journeyman
mechanic.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989; Ord. No. 863, 2-11-2006]
The fees for master and journeyman mechanic's licenses
shall be established by resolution by the Board of City Commissioners.
All master and journeyman mechanic's licenses shall expire on
the first day of March of each year.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
Each licensed mechanic shall be furnished each year with a license
card by the City and such identification shall be carried on his or
her person at all times.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
No person licensed to carry on the business of mechanics or
to do any mechanical work in the City shall allow his name to be used
by any other person for the purpose of obtaining any permits or doing
any work under a license under this division, and every person shall
have recorded in the office of the City Building Official his place
of business and the names of all licensed mechanics employed by him.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
If a master or journeyman mechanic fails to renew his license
within 30 days of the date of expiration, it shall be necessary to
make application through the regular procedures stated in this division
and pay the initial fee again.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
The Board of City Commissioners, after giving an opportunity
to be heard, shall have the right to revoke any annual license issued
by the City in the case of violation of any provision of this article,
or rules or regulations governing mechanics within the jurisdiction
of the City.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
Nothing in this division shall prevent a person from serving
as an apprentice under a licensed mechanic, and no licensed mechanic
shall allow an apprentice to work at an installation unless such apprentice
is working with a licensed mechanic on the job.
