Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated:
APPRENTICE PLUMBERBeginner or novice in the trade of plumbing for a minimum of three years. Any person who works as an apprentice plumber must at the time of registration be employed by a master plumber. Master plumbers must register apprentice plumbers annually with the Plumbing Inspector.
FIXTUREIncludes water closets, washbasins, bathtubs, shower stalls, kitchen and pantry sinks, urinals, laundry tubs, automatic washing machines, drinking fountains, openings for future fixtures, soda fountains, bar wastes, dental units, water heaters and refrigerator waste and connections for drip pans and all other plumbing fixtures.
JOURNEYMAN PLUMBERNo person shall be registered as a journeyman plumber unless he shall have had three years in the plumbing trade under a licensed master plumber or equivalent experience or training. Documented proof of same is mandatory.
MASTER PLUMBER(1) Every employing or master plumber, before engaging in the trade, business or calling of plumbing in the City of Cortland, shall appear in person at the office of the Plumbing Inspector, and register his name and place of business. The Plumbing Inspector shall furnish a certificate of competency additionally signed by the Director of Code Enforcement, that the applicant has met the prescribed criteria, and upon payment for the designated fee, as determined by a resolution of the Common Council, shall be entitled to receive a plumbing license. No license shall be issued for more than one year, and must be renewed before the last day of January of each succeeding year. The fee, as determined by a resolution of the Common Council, for such license shall be received annually.
Notice of any change in the place of business of a registered master plumber shall be given to the Plumbing Board. Master plumbers shall not sell, loan or assign their certificate of licenses.
MECHANICAL TECHNICIANEach applicant for examination for heating, ventilating and air-conditioning license is subject to an exam and must submit proof of at least two years' experience as a heating, ventilating, gas and air-conditioning mechanic or proof of at least one year experience as above and attendance at a school of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning training or an equivalent combination of experience and education, with affidavits supporting such qualifications.
PLUMBINGThe installation, repair, replacement and relocation of the pipes, fixtures and other apparatus for bringing in and distributing the water supply, removing liquid and waterborne waste, removing rain water and other liquid drainage. The term is also used to denote the installed fixtures, drainage vent and gas piping of a building.
PLUMBING SYSTEMSWhen applied to a building or premises shall include the water supply-distributing pipes, the fixtures and the fixture traps, the soil, waste and vent pipes, the building house drain and the building house sewer, the stormwater system, with their devices, appurtenance connections within the building and adjacent premises. Such term shall also include the primary city water supply to plumbing fixture, appliance, heating or cooling boiler or compressor, humidifier or any other apparatus or device, automatic or nonautomatic, instantaneous, tank or tankless type, direct or indirect domestic water heating equipment or any other type equipment which receives its primary water supply from the Cortland City water system, also includes the main drains or waste from such equipment.
REGISTRATIONIt shall be unlawful to install, alter, add, erect or repair plumbing system (see definition of plumbing system) in the City of Cortland, New York or for any person to engage in the business of plumbing (see definition of plumbing), to display a sign or to give other notice setting forth or intending to imply that he is engaged in the business of plumbing, unless such person shall furnish to Plumbing Inspector of the City of Cortland a certificate of competency from the Examining Board of Plumbers of said city, certifying such person is qualified to engage in said business as a licensed plumber and shall have registered his name and business address and received a certificate of registration and metal sign from the Plumbing Inspector.
TYPE B PLUMBERAny Type B license issued by the Plumbing Inspector shall be authorized to install water lines from the water board tap, to the shutoff valve, before the meter inside the building, in addition to the sanitary sewer as has been previously the case. Type B license applicants are subject to a test administered by the Plumbing Inspector. Such individuals shall submit documentation of previous experience and qualification.