No person may execute any plumbing or drainage
work in the city or in connection with the city's water mains or sewage
system outside the city without first obtaining from the Examining
Board of Plumbers of the city a certificate of competency.
Before issuing a certificate to engage in the
business of Master Plumber, the Board shall inquire into the applicant's
fitness and qualification for conducting such business, and may require
the applicant to submit under oath such evidence, in addition to the
examinations and tests provided, as will satisfy the Board that he
is a person of good repute, character and responsibility, and otherwise
qualified to engage in the business as Master or Employing Plumber.
[Amended 12-22-2020, approved 1-5-2021]
A. If the
applicant satisfactorily passes the examination, he shall receive
a certificate of competency from the Examining Board of Plumbers.
All such certificates shall expire on the 31st day of December of
the year in which they have been issued and shall be renewed within
30 days preceding such expiration by application therefor to the Examining
Board of Plumbers upon payment of an annual renewal fee indicated
in the City's most recent fee schedule. Any person who permits his
certificate of competency to lapse may apply for and upon approval
of the Examining Board of Plumbers receive a certificate of renewal
upon payment of a fee double the annual renewal fee and such renewed
certificate shall expire on the 31st day of December in the year in
which it is issued.
B. Any person
whose certificate of competency has not been shelved or renewed for
two consecutive years will be required to submit an application for
a new certificate of competency, retake appropriate exams and pay
all applicable fees.
A registered Master Plumber is a Master Plumber
who holds a certificate of competency issued by the Examining Board
of Plumbers of the City of Kingston who performs or intends to perform
plumbing work in the City of Kingston on his own account, or as a
bona fide member of a firm or corporation, under the provisions of
the General City Law, and has his name and metal sign conspicuously
displayed at his place of business in the City of Kingston, New York.