[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Henrietta as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-21-1962; amended in its entirety 2-18-2015 by L.L. No. 1-2015]
[Amended 6-26-2019 by L.L. No. 5-2019]
No person, firm or corporation shall conduct the trade, business
or calling of plumbing/electrical within the Town of Henrietta without
first having obtained a license therefor issued by the Building Inspector
or designee of said Town or otherwise than in accordance with the
terms of said license and without having first obtained and filed
with said Inspector a bond as hereinafter provided. Such license shall
be issued in writing on blanks furnished for such purpose.
The annual license fee, as established by the
Town Board, shall be payable when the license is issued, and the same
license fee is payable for a period of less than one year. Each and
every license shall expire on December 1 next after the issuance thereof.
[Amended 6-26-2019 by L.L. No. 5-2019]
The Town Building Inspector or designee may issue a license to any applicant therefor, provided that such applicant holds a license issued by the Examining Board of Plumbers of the City of Rochester, New York, or the Electrical Examining Board of the City of Rochester, New York, or said Building Inspector or designee may issue a license to any person who has carried on the trade of plumbing/electrical for a period of at least 10 years prior to the date of the issuance of such license or may issue such license to any person who has qualified therefor by passing such examination as may be prescribed by the Building Inspector or designee. The Town Building Inspector or designee may issue a license to any domestic corporation which, pursuant to the provisions of § 198-4, is entitled to conduct the trade, business or calling of plumbing/electrical.
A domestic corporation may conduct the trade,
business or calling of plumbing/electrical within the Town of Henrietta
and shall be entitled to a license therefor, provided that one or
more officers of such corporation separately or in the aggregate actually
hold or own at least 51% of the issued and outstanding capital stock
of said corporation, and provided that each of such officers holding
such percentage of the stock is the holder of a license issued as
aforesaid. In case one or more officers of a corporation engaged in
such business shall die, said officer being the holder of such license,
the corporation may continue the business during the time necessarily
required for the administration of the estate of such deceased officer,
not exceeding two years from the granting of letters, provided that
one or more officers of the corporation are the holders of such license
and, together with the legal representatives of such deceased officer
or officers, actually own and hold at least 51% of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of said corporation.
[Amended 6-26-2019 by L.L. No. 5-2019]
A bond in the sum of $5,000, to be approved
by the Town Board, shall be executed by every person or corporation
engaging in such trade within the Town of Henrietta, and the bond
shall be filed in the office of the Department of Building and Fire
Prevention before a license shall be issued as hereinbefore specified;
such bond shall be conditioned so that the Town of Henrietta will
be indemnified and saved harmless from all claims or damages caused
or occasioned by any negligence either in the execution or the performance
or the protection of the work of the licensee or on account of any
unfaithful or inadequate work done or performed by him as such plumber/electrician.
Such bond shall be renewed from year to year so long as the licensee
engages in or does plumbing/electrical work in said Town. This article
shall not apply to any person doing repair work on or to his own private
sewage disposal system nor to any member of his household nor to employees
of public service corporations while they are engaged in the work
of such corporation.
[Amended 6-26-2019 by L.L. No. 5-2019]
A license may be refused if the applicant shall have been convicted
of a misdemeanor or a felony which, in the judgment of the Town Building
Inspector or designee, renders the applicant an unfit or undesirable
person or the applicant, in the opinion of said Building Inspector
or designee, is incapable of conducting the trade, business or calling
of plumbing/electrical. Any applicant who has been refused a license
by the Town Building Inspector or designee may appeal to the Town
Board from such refusal, and such license may be granted or refused
by the Town Board.
[Amended 6-26-2019 by L.L. No. 5-2019]
The Building Inspector or designee may revoke any license issued
under the authority of this article, provided that before such revocation
a public hearing thereon has been had and the licensee has had an
opportunity to be heard, and provided that the Building Inspector
or designee, before such revocation, shall make a determination that
such licensee is undesirable or is incapable, except that a violation
of this article shall be sufficient grounds for the revocation of
such license. The granting, refusal or revocation of such license
by the Building Inspector or designee shall be subject to review by
certiorari.
[Amended 9-27-2023 by L.L. No. 9-2023]
Failure to comply with this article shall constitute
a violation, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine
in the minimum amount of $100, up to a maximum amount of $250.
[Adopted 6-20-2001 by L.L. No. 3-2001;
amended in its entirety 2-18-2015 by L.L. No. 1-2015]
[Amended 6-26-2019 by L.L. No. 5-2019]
No person, firm or corporation shall commence the installation,
alteration or removal of any plumbing/electrical system, in whole
or in part, or cause the same to be done without first obtaining a
separate plumbing/electrical permit from the Building Inspector or
designee for each such installation, alteration or removal, except
that no plumbing/electrical permit shall be required for the performance
of ordinary repairs.
A.
Application for a plumbing/electrical permit shall be made to the
Building Inspector or designee on forms provided by the Department
of Building and Fire Prevention and shall contain the following information:
[Amended 6-26-2019 by L.L. No. 5-2019]
(1)
The location of the building in which the work is
to be done.
(2)
The valuation of the proposed work.
(3)
The full name and address of the owner and of the
applicant and the names and addresses of their responsible officers,
if any of them are corporations.
(4)
A brief description of the nature of the proposed
work.
(5)
The name, business address and telephone number of
the plumber/electrician who will do the work.
(6)
Such other information as may reasonably be required by the Building
Inspector or designee to establish compliance of the proposed work
with requirements of the applicable plumbing/electrical laws, ordinances
and regulations.
B.
Application shall be made by the plumber/electrician who will perform
the proposed work or his duly authorized representative.
C.
Each application shall be accompanied by a duplicate set of plans
and specifications, drawn to scale, showing location and size of all
piping, fixtures, appliances, fittings and other materials to be incorporated
and any other details required by the Building Inspector or designee
which may be reasonably required to show compliance with applicable
laws, ordinances and regulations. The Building Inspector or designee
may waive the filing of plans.
[Amended 6-26-2019 by L.L. No. 5-2019]
All procedures under other relevant sections
of this Code, as amended, shall apply to plumbing/electrical permits
and to all plumbing/electrical work done under building permits.
[Amended 6-26-2019 by L.L. No. 5-2019]
Before any plumbing/electrical work is concealed, it shall be
subjected to all tests called for in the plumbing/electrical standards
of the State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, in the presence
of the Building Inspector or his duly appointed representative, and
no plumbing/electrical work shall be concealed or put into use until
the tests have been made and all requirements of said code have been
complied with and the Inspector has given his approval.
All plumbing/electrical work shall conform in
all respects to the plumbing/electrical standards of the State Uniform
Fire Prevention and Building Code and such additional standards and
requirements as the Town of Henrietta may now or hereafter impose.
Refer to current fee schedule approved by the
Town Board.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
All materials, devices or appliances located for the purpose
of conducting or safeguarding electrical current.
the water system, drainage system, the vent system, fixtures
and traps and hot-water heaters, including their respective connections,
devices and appurtenances within the property line of the premises,
except that septic tank systems are excluded, these being subject
to permits and approval of the Monroe County Health Department.
[Amended 9-27-2023 by L.L. No. 9-2023]
It shall be unlawful to perform or cause to
be performed any plumbing/electrical work except upon compliance with
the requirements of this article, as amended. If any person shall
perform or cause to be performed plumbing/electrical work without
a permit or if any person shall install or cause to be installed plumbing/electrical
work that does not conform to the plumbing/electrical standards of
the State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code or other applicable
regulations, he shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be subject to a fine in the minimum amount of $250,
up to a maximum amount of $1,000; provided, however, that no property
owner or lessee of premises on which plumbing/electrical work is performed
shall be convicted hereunder except upon evidence that such property
owner or lessee personally participated in or performed the plumbing/electrical
work alleged to be in violation of this article or had actual knowledge
that work was done in violation thereof.
