A.
No person, partnership or corporation shall do any
plumbing work whatever within the corporate limits of the Township
of Saddle Brook without first having registered his or its name and
place of business at the office of the Division of Health upon forms
to be furnished by said Division. In case of removal from any such
registered address, the registrant shall forthwith notify the Division
in writing of the change to be made in said register. The fee for
such registration shall be $10, payable in advance.[1] The registration shall be renewed annually on or before
December 31 of each year. In addition to the payment of the fee herein
provided, each registrant shall enter into a bond to the Division
of Health of the Township of Saddle Brook, with surety satisfactory
to the Division, on the forms to be prescribed by the Division of
Health, in the sum of $1,000, for the faithful performance of any
plumbing work done by him or it. The bond shall indemnify and save
harmless said Division of Health of the Township of Saddle Brook for
any expense or costs paid by said Division in the correction or replacement
of any work done by such registrant, due to his or its negligence
or mistake or that of any person working under his or its direction
in the performance of the work.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 45:14C-14, which
provides that no municipality shall require any master plumber licensed
under The State Plumbing License Law of 1988 to obtain a municipal
license or business permit to engage in the business of or perform
the work of master plumber in such municipality.
B.
No person, partnership or corporation shall be entitled
to register to do plumbing work within the Township of Saddle Brook
unless:
(1)
In the case of an individual, he shall be duly licensed
as a master plumber by the Board of Examiners of the Division of Health
of the Township of Saddle Brook; or
(2)
In the case of a partnership or a corporation, one
or more of its members, officers or employees shall be duly licensed
as a master plumber by said Board. In the event that at any time a
registered partnership or corporation shall cease to have a licensed
master plumber as one of its members, officers or employees, its registration
shall automatically be void, and it shall do no plumbing work in the
Township of Saddle Brook until it shall once again have a licensed
master plumber as one of its members, officers or employees and until
it shall have reregistered.
A.
The Township of Saddle Brook Division of Health shall
annually appoint a Board of Examiners, whose duty it shall be to determine
the qualifications of every applicant for a master plumber's license
to engage in the practice of plumbing in the Township of Saddle Brook.[1] Said Board of Examiners shall consist of the Plumbing
Inspector in the employ of the Division of Health, one master plumber
and one journeyman plumber. Unless sooner removed by the Division
of Health, each Examiner shall hold office for one year and until
his successor is appointed.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 26:3-31e, which
authorizes local boards of health to pass ordinances to regulate the
practice of plumbing, to issue licenses and to create an examining
board to determine the qualification of any applicant for a license
to practice plumbing, but which also provides that no such ordinance
shall require the obtaining of a license by any person, firm or corporation
licensed in accordance with The State Plumbing License Law of 1968.
B.
Said Board of Examiners shall conduct all examinations
of applicants for a master plumber's license to practice plumbing
in the Township of Saddle Brook. The examination shall be written,
oral and practical. All licenses issued by said Board shall be signed
by all the members thereof. All licenses shall be valid during the
calendar year for which issued, unless sooner revoked by the Division
of Health.
C.
Every applicant for a master plumber's license shall
give to the Plumbing Inspector of the Division of Health at least
10 days' notice of his intention to take the master plumber's examination
and shall pay at the time of taking such examination a fee of $50.
Said fee shall be for the purpose of defraying the expenses of holding
such examination and shall entitle the applicant, upon request and
without further fee, to a second examination if he shall fail to pass
the first. If the applicant shall fail to pass said second examination,
he may, not sooner than three months from the date of the preceding
examination, submit an application for reexamination. Said application
shall be accompanied by a fee of $50 and shall entitle the applicant,
upon request and without further fee, to a second examination if he
shall fail to pass the first. If the applicant shall fail to pass
the second examination under his second application, not less than
a year shall elapse before he shall be eligible to apply for further
examinations.
D.
A master plumber's license shall be renewable upon
application made on or before December 31 of the year for which it
is issued and upon payment of a fee of $10. Failure to secure prior
to December 31 a renewal of license for succeeding year will require
a new application and examination, the same as required for an original
application.
Before any plumbing work is done, a permit therefor
shall be secured from the Division of Health. In the case of new construction
or substantial replacement or extension, the plumber or applicant
for such permit shall file in the office of the Division, on blanks
furnished by the Division and signed by the applicant, a description
and location of the building or buildings, together with a plan or
drawing in ink and a written description of the work to be done, showing
and describing the complete plumbing and drainage system from its
connection with the house sewer to every point throughout the entire
building, including the location of all fixtures, traps, ventilating
pipes and other parts of the system.
In cases of work other than those covered by § 152-4, the said plan and written description shall show and explain to the satisfaction of the Division all portions of the proposed construction. One drawing showing a vertical section of building and work to be done will be sufficient where it can be made to show all the work included in the application for permit. If more than one drawing shall be required by the Division, additional plans or drawings shall be furnished by the applicant before permit is issued.
No portion of the said plumbing or drainage
work shall be done until plans, drawings and written description thereof
shall have been approved in writing and a permit issued therefor by
the Division or its duly authorized agent. The work must be executed
strictly in accordance with the approved plans, drawing or drawings
and description. After a plan has been approved and a permit issued,
no alteration or deviation shall be made except upon the written application
of the plumber, approved by the Division or its duly authorized agent.
The regulations set forth in §§ 152-4, 152-5 and 152-6 shall also apply to any extensions or alterations of existing systems, with the additional requirement that in cases of such extension or alteration, a plan of the old system as well as a plan and description of the proposed changes must be filed in the office of the Division of Health. If, in the judgment of the Plumbing Inspector, during the course of alteration it becomes necessary to change the existing plumbing system to comply with the new conditions, the Inspector shall have the power, with the approval of the Division, to order the same done.
At the time of filing the plans and specifications
of any plumbing or drainage system, the applicant shall pay a fee
of $2 to cover the cost of the inspection and filing of said plans
and specifications. In addition thereto and for the purpose of defraying
the expense of subsequent inspection and testing of the work, the
applicant shall, at the time of filing the plans and specifications,
pay a fee of $8 plus a fee of $1 for each sewer-connected fixture
to be placed in the building in excess of three.
