(a)
No
corporation, association or individual shall engage in the business
of installing electrical wiring and apparatus within any building
in the city without first appearing in person or by duly authorized
representative at the office of the city secretary and securing from
him a master electrician’s license.
(b)
Exception:
Any property owner who does electrical work in a building owned or
occupied by him as his homestead. Such work is still subject to inspection
by building inspector.
(1987 Code, ch. 3, sec. 10D; 2001
Code, sec. 3.904)
No master electrician’s license shall be issued except
upon passage of the required examination to be administered by the
city and payment of a fee as set by the city council and on file with
the city secretary, together with the filing of a bond with good and
sufficient sureties in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00)
conditioned upon full compliance with the ordinances of the city regulating
the installation of electrical wiring and apparatus and the faithful
performance of all contracts entered into for the installation of
electric wiring and apparatus within the limits of the city, and such
license shall entitle the holder to engage in the practice of installing
wiring and apparatus for a period of one (1) year from the date of
issue, and renewals of said license shall be made upon the payment
of an additional fee as set by the city council.
(1987 Code, ch. 3, sec. 10E; 2001
Code, sec. 3.905)
No journeyman electrician’s license shall be issued except
upon passage of the required examination to be administered by the
city and payment of a fee as set by the city council and on file with
the city secretary. Such license shall entitle the holder to engage
in the practice of installing wiring and apparatus under the direction
of a master electrician for a period of one (1) year from the date
of issue, and renewals of said license shall be made upon the payment
of an additional fee as set by the city council.
(1987 Code, ch. 3, sec. 10F; 2001
Code, sec. 3.906)
Any failure on the part of the holder of an electrician’s license to comply with the provisions of any orders of the city regulating electric wiring and apparatus or to faithfully carry out the conditions of a contract for installation of wiring and apparatus shall be deemed sufficient cause for revoking said license, together with all rights thereunder and the forfeiture of the bond required under section 3.02.262, and the city secretary is authorized to refuse to issue an electrician’s license to any previous holder whose license has been revoked or to any corporation, association or individual with which said holder is associated.
(1987 Code, ch. 3, sec. 10G; 2001
Code, sec. 3.907)
Upon the forfeiture of any bond, the money received by the city
shall first be applied in making the necessary changes in the electric
wiring and apparatus found to be contrary to the provisions hereof,
or deficient in quality or other particulars as specified in the contract
entered into and covered by the bond, and the balance of said monies,
if any remain, shall be paid into the general fund of the city.
(1987 Code, ch. 3, sec. 10H; 2001
Code, sec. 3.908)
