The purpose and intent of this article is to
insure that any person who is required to be licensed by state law
in order to perform plumbing contracting within the City has the required
state license and performs the plumbing contracting in accordance
with applicable codes and regulations.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
that a different meaning is intended:
Any person other than a master plumber or journeyman plumber
who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in learning and assisting
in the installation of plumbing.
Any person other than a master plumber or apprentice plumber
who installs, alters, repairs and renovates plumbing in accordance
with standards, rules and regulations established by the board and
who works under the supervision of a master plumber.
A person licensed pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary
act who has the qualifications, training, experience and technical
knowledge necessary to properly plan, lay out, install and repair
plumbing apparatus and equipment and to supervise others in the performance
of such work in accordance with standards, rules and regulations established
by the state board.
A natural person, association, corporation, LLC, partnership
or other legal entity.
The practice, materials and fixtures used in the installation,
maintenance, extension, alteration, repair and removal of all piping,
plumbing fixtures, plumbing appliances and plumbing apparatus in connection
with any of the following: sanitary drainage, storm facilities and
building sewers to their respective final connection to an approved
point of disposal, venting systems, public and private water supply
systems of any premises to and within the property line of any building,
structure or conveyance to their final connection with an approved
supply system. Plumbing shall also mean the practice and materials
used in the installation, maintenance, extension, alteration, repair
or removal of stormwater, refrigeration and air-conditioning drains,
liquid waste or sewage.
Any licensed master plumber, firm, partnership, corporation
or other legal entity which undertakes or offers to undertake for
another the planning, laying out, supervising, installing or making
of additions, alterations and repairs in the installation of plumbing.
In order to act as a plumbing contractor, a licensed master plumber
shall be the holder of not less than 10% of the issued and outstanding
shares of stock in the corporation, or not less than 10% of the capital
of the partnership, or not less than 10% of the ownership of any other
firm or legal entity engaging in the business of plumbing contracting
in the state and shall employ either journeymen plumbers or apprentice
plumbers, or both.
Except as exempted by state law, no person shall
perform plumbing contracting within the City unless licensed to do
so pursuant to the State Plumbing License Law of 1968, N.J.S.A. 45:14C-1
et seq.
A.
No state license issued shall be assigned or transferred
to another person by the licensee.
B.
No licensee shall perform plumbing contracting for
any person within the City unless a plumbing permit is obtained in
accordance with the requirements of the State Uniform Construction
Code.
C.
Any person preventing the plumbing subcode official
from entering the premises or structure at reasonable times to conduct
inspections of the plumbing work being performed is in violation of
this article.
A.
Any person advertising or engaging in the business
of plumbing contracting within the City without a state license is
a disorderly person.
