(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to do or undertake to do any electrical work within the city unless licensed by the state to perform such work in accordance with this article, except where a person is performing electrical work for a class of business that is exempt from this article as set forth in section 22-404, or the person is a homeowner performing electrical work or wiring on his own residence and is exempt from this article as set forth in section 22-404.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in or carry on, directly or indirectly, or to advertise or to hold himself out as engaging in or carrying on electrical work or to perform any act as a master electrician, industrial electrician, journeyman electrician, maintenance electrician, master sign electrician, journeyman sign electrician, residential wireman, or apprentice electrician, as defined within this article, without first obtaining an appropriate license from the state.
(c) 
In addition to any license required in this section, any person who shall engage in the business of electrical contracting shall, prior to making contracts or subletting the contracts, obtain a registration, referred to as an "electrical contractor registration." Such electrical contractor registration shall be issued by building and code administration, contingent upon compliance with the applicable sections of this article and the following:
(1) 
The business for which the registration is issued shall be owned by or have in its employment at least one registered master electrician, and such master electrician shall be designated on the registration application as responsible for the daily supervision of all electrical work of the business so registered.
(2) 
Such designated master electrician's name, address and telephone number shall be provided to the building and code administration upon application for the electrical contractor registration.
(3) 
Such master electrician shall make himself available during the normal working hours of the building and code administration in order to meet with the electrical inspector either at the jobsite or at the inspector's office regarding any electrical work performed by that business. When such designated master electrician may be unavailable, such as in cases of emergency, illness, or absence from the city, the electrical inspector may allow the business to designate an alternate master or journeyman electrician as the city contact during such period of absence.
(4) 
At any time the designated master electrician's registration is suspended, revoked, or expires, or such master electrician leaves the employment of the business so registered under this subsection, the electrical contractor registration shall become null and void until such master electrician registration has been reinstated or another master electrician has been designated by the business.
(5) 
An electrical contractor's registration shall expire on December 31 and may be renewed thereafter.
(6) 
A fee shall be charged for each electrical contractor registration, issued in accordance with the fee established by separate ordinance.
(7) 
No permits shall be issued to any master electrician whose contractor's registration is not current.
(d) 
A master electrician or industrial electrician shall not use his registration to obtain electrical permits issued under this article for any other class of electrician who is not a full-time employee of the master electrician's or industrial electrician's company and under his direct supervision and control. Business records of the electrical contractor may be required by the chief building official to substantiate the master's involvement with the business.
(2001 Code, sec. 22-346; Ordinance 85-2004, sec. 1, adopted 10/19/04; Ordinance 28-2022 adopted 7/19/2022)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any registered electrician to perform or hold himself out as being able to perform any type or class of electrical work not expressly included under coverage of his registration.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise or to hold out or to state to the public or to any customer, either directly or indirectly, that any electrical work or installation complies with the city electrical code unless such work has in fact been inspected and approved by the electrical inspector.
(c) 
It shall be unlawful for any person or the owner, agent or occupant of any premises to aid or abet an electrical contractor in the violation of this article or connive in its violation.
(2001 Code, sec. 22-347; Ordinance 85-2004, sec. 1, adopted 10/19/04; Ordinance 28-2022 adopted 7/19/2022)
It shall be unlawful for any registered electrician to allow any unregistered electrician or unregistered apprentice to work at any jobsite or electrical installation project under his control or supervision.
(2001 Code, sec. 22-348; Ordinance 85-2004, sec. 1, adopted 10/19/04; Ordinance 28-2022 adopted 7/19/2022)
(a) 
Any person engaged in the electrical contracting business in the corporate city limits shall obtain and have in full force and effect a policy of liability insurance, insuring against claims or actions for personal injuries or property damage occurring or claiming to have occurred upon or growing out of engaging in the electrical contracting business with limits as prescribed by state licensing requirements. A current certificate of insurance meeting or exceeding these limits must be on file in the inspector building and code administration's office prior to the issuance of any permit. The insurance coverage shall include a provision that if such coverage is canceled or reduced, the insurance carrier shall notify the chief building official at least ten days prior to such cancellation or reduction in coverage.
(b) 
No electrical permit shall be issued to any master electrician until such time as the certificate of insurance required in subsection (a) of this section is filed with the chief building official .
(c) 
It shall not be necessary, however, for a master electrician to furnish a certificate of insurance as required by this section if such electrician does not actively engage in the electrical business as a master electrician and files with the chief building official a letter so stating. A master electrician may engage in his electrical business at any time by so advising the chief building official in writing and furnishing the required insurance certificate.
(d) 
The requirements of this section shall not apply to the following:
(1) 
A homeowner seeking a homeowner's permit to do work on his own residence.
(2) 
An industrial electrician seeking an in-house electrical permit as provided in section 22-148(3) to do work outlined by such permit.
(2001 Code, sec. 22-349; Ordinance 85-2004, sec. 1, adopted 10/19/04; Ordinance 28-2022 adopted 7/19/2022)
The holder of any electrical registration shall, when on the jobsite of any electrical installation, have in his immediate possession a wallet-size identification of such registration. The registrant shall, upon request, present such registration for identification to the electrical inspector or any of his deputies. In addition to the identification requirement in this section, each master electrician and industrial electrician shall cause to be posted in a prominent place at his place of business or employment the certificate of qualification which is issued by the secretary at the time his registration is issued.
(2001 Code, sec. 22-350; Ordinance 85-2004, sec. 1, adopted 10/19/04; Ordinance 28-2022 adopted 7/19/2022)
(a) 
Every master electrician and industrial electrician shall file with the chief building official a written statement setting forth the current business address and phone number of such electrician. It shall be the responsibility of the electrician to advise the electrical inspector of any changes to the information required in this subsection.
(b) 
The chief building official shall not issue any permit required by this article to any master electrician or industrial electrician who has not complied with this section.
(2001 Code, sec. 22-351; Ordinance 85-2004, sec. 1, adopted 10/19/04; Ordinance 28-2022 adopted 7/19/2022)
Any electrical registration issued in accordance with this article shall be nontransferable.
(2001 Code, sec. 22-352; Ordinance 85-2004, sec. 1, adopted 10/19/04; Ordinance 28-2022 adopted 7/19/2022)
(a) 
Every master electrician or industrial electrician shall be responsible for and exercise supervision and control over every journeyman electrician or apprentice electrician performing work upon any jobsite for which the master electrician or industrial electrician has secured a permit in accordance with this article. Consistent with the responsibility of the master electrician or industrial electrician to exercise supervision and control over journeyman electricians and apprentices, no master electrician or industrial electrician shall use the services of a journeyman electrician or apprentice on any job who is not a full-time employee of the same company as the master electrician or industrial electrician.
(b) 
The chief building official may require the master electrician or industrial electrician to produce payroll records, quarterly federal withholding reports, or other information to verify the employee relationship.
(2001 Code, sec. 22-353; Ordinance 85-2004, sec. 1, adopted 10/19/04; Ordinance 28-2022 adopted 7/19/2022)
It shall be a violation of this article and an additional reason for revocation or suspension of a journeyman's registration if a journeyman electrician is found to be undertaking or engaged in performing electrical work when a permit for such work has not been issued to the master electrician or industrial electrician who is employed on a full-time basis by the same company as the journeyman electrician.
(2001 Code, sec. 22-354; Ordinance 85-2004, sec. 1, adopted 10/19/04; Ordinance 28-2022 adopted 7/19/2022)
(a) 
The holder of a journeyman electrician registration shall notify the chief building official in writing if the holder of such a registration changes places of employment. The notice shall contain the name, address and telephone number of the new employer, together with the date of new employment.
(b) 
The holder of a maintenance electrician registration shall follow the same procedure as set forth in subsection (a) of this section if he changes places of employment.
(c) 
The holder of an industrial electrician registration shall follow the same procedure as set forth in subsection (a) of this section if he changes places of employment.
(d) 
The notification required by this section shall be made to the chief building official no later than ten days after the commencement of new employment.
(2001 Code, sec. 22-355; Ordinance 85-2004, sec. 1, adopted 10/19/04; Ordinance 28-2022 adopted 7/19/2022)
No class of registered electrician shall have more than three apprentice electricians working under his direct supervision and control.
(2001 Code, sec. 22-356; Ordinance 85-2004, sec. 1, adopted 10/19/04; Ordinance 28-2022 adopted 7/19/2022)
(a) 
Each electrician's registration issued under this article shall expire at 12:00 midnight on December 31 of each year.
(b) 
Every holder of any class of registration issued in accordance with this article may make written application for renewal of his registration; however, such application shall be filed with the chief building official prior to the expiration of his current registration.
(c) 
Application forms for renewal of any registration issued in accordance with this article shall be furnished by the chief building official .
(d) 
A fee shall be charged for each renewal registration issued in accordance with the schedule of fees established by separate ordinance.
(e) 
The chief building official shall refuse to renew any registration issued in accordance with this article where the applicant for renewal thereof fails to maintain his license through the state, complete the required application, maintain insurance as required, and tender the fees for renewal.
(2001 Code, sec. 22-357; Ordinance 85-2004, sec. 1, adopted 10/19/04; Ordinance 28-2022 adopted 7/19/2022)
(a) 
Each vehicle used in the business of electrical contracting work in the city shall be properly identified by the placement of a sign or lettering on such vehicle. The sign shall display the name of the person doing business, and the lettering for such sign shall be at least two inches in height in contrasting colors. These signs shall be placed on both front doors of each vehicle or on both upper side panels of each van.
(b) 
In addition to subsection (a) of this section, all trucks or other vehicles used by any master electrician shall also have, placed upon the left-hand side of such vehicle, the registration number of the master electrician, in numbers a minimum height of two inches in size. These numbers shall be placed above the door signs or included as part of the sign.
(c) 
Every master electrician shall include his registration number on all printed or written advertising used or employed by such electrician.
(2001 Code, sec. 22-358; Ordinance 85-2004, sec. 1, adopted 10/19/04; Ordinance 28-2022 adopted 7/19/2022)
An electrician licensed by the city on October 19, 2004, may continue to perform electrical work in the city provided his city license is registered, timely renewed and is otherwise maintained in good standing. Except for the licensing requirements of section 22-346(a), an electrician performing work under a city license shall comply with all requirements and shall be subject to all disciplinary action for a state licensee under this article. In the event a city licensee shall fail to renew his license within 31 days of expiration, he shall be required to obtain a state license before performing any electrical work that requires a license.
(2001 Code, sec. 22-362; Ordinance 85-2004, sec. 1, adopted 10/19/04; Ordinance 28-2022 adopted 7/19/2022)