[Amended 4-19-2017 by Ord. No. 2345-17]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
engage in plumbing and drainage work without having first obtained
a license from the Eastern Montgomery County Regional Testing Center
or an examining board of any city, township or borough approved by
Cheltenham Township or the Plumbing Inspector, as a master plumber.
Application shall be made on a form furnished by the Township and
shall set forth the name of the applicant, the names of the members
of the firm, if a partnership, or the officers of the corporation,
if incorporated, and the location or locations where the business
of the applicant, if any, is to be conducted, together with any other
information the Township may require.
Before any master plumber's license is issued,
the applicant shall submit to an examination by the Eastern Montgomery
County Regional Testing Center; provided, however, that a master plumber
holding a license issued by any municipality approved by the Plumbing
Inspector shall not be required to submit to such an examination.
If after proper examination the applicant shall be found to be competent,
this fact shall be certified to the Township Manager who shall thereupon
issue a license to him, for which he shall pay to the Township a fee
to be set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board of Commissioners.
The license shall entitle the applicant to engage in the business
of plumbing and house drainage for the period of one calendar year,
or fractional part thereof, following the date of such examination
unless revoked by the Township. The registration of one member of
a partnership or officer, superintendent or foreman of a corporation
shall be deemed sufficient for the issuance of a master plumber's
license to such partnership or corporation.
[Amended 4-19-2017 by Ord. No. 2345-17]
All journeymen plumbers duly registered and licensed to perform
plumbing and drainage work desiring to work in Cheltenham Township,
holding a license granted by the Eastern Montgomery County Regional
Testing Center or an examining board of any city, township or borough
approved by Cheltenham Township or the Plumbing Inspector, shall without
further examination be entitled to perform plumbing and drainage work
in Cheltenham Township.
A registered plumber desiring to continue in
the business of plumbing and drainage for the ensuing year shall,
between the first and 24th days of December of each and every year,
beginning with the month of December, surrender said certificate of
registry for the current year to the Township and reregister his name
and business address as hereinbefore provided and, upon the payment
of a fee, to be set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board
of Commissioners, to the Township Manager, will receive a certificate
of registry for the ensuing calendar year.
A person certified as competent by the Montgomery
County Regional Testing Center may be licensed as a master plumber
for the care, alteration or addition of the plumbing and drainage
system of a designated manufacturing or mercantile building, institution,
hotel, apartment or similar building, where the continuous services
of a master plumber are required, and receive a certificate of license,
but in such case the person so licensed shall not be permitted to
do any plumbing or drainage work in any building or buildings other
than those for which he is specifically licensed.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation who or which does not have a master plumber's license
issued by the Township to engage in or represent himself, themselves
or itself as engaged in the business of plumbing in the Township or
to use the words "master plumber," "plumber" or "plumbing" in any
form of advertising or to display a sign containing these words or
any of them.
A.
Immediate notice shall be given by any licensee hereunder
to the Township of any change of his place of business. Upon retirement
from business, a licensee shall forthwith surrender his certificate
of license.
B.
Every master plumber doing work in this municipality
must have his truck clearly marked with the name and address of his
business.
A.
The certificate of registry granted under this chapter
may be suspended or revoked by the Township of Cheltenham when a master
plumber, firm or corporation, or the registered representative thereof,
shall violate any of these rules and regulations and shall refuse
or neglect to make the necessary corrections to work not approved
by the Township of Cheltenham within a reasonable time after notification
thereof or who shall permit the use of his, their or its name by a
person or persons for the purpose of obtaining a permit or permits
to do plumbing and drainage work.
B.
No person, firm or corporation carrying on the business
of plumbing and house drainage shall allow his or their name to be
used by any person, directly or indirectly, either to obtain a permit
or permits or do any work under his or their license.
