As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
EMPLOYING OR MASTER PLUMBER
A person otherwise meeting the requirements of this chapter
and having a regular place of business and who, by himself or journeymen
plumbers in his employ, performs plumbing work.
[Amended 6-2-1986 by L.L. No. 3-1986]
There is hereby created and established an Examining
Board of Plumbers consisting of five members to be appointed by the
Mayor, one of whom shall be the City Engineer, one of whom shall be
the Building Inspector, one of whom shall be the Plumbing Inspector
of the City, one of whom shall be a master plumber and one of whom
shall be a journeyman plumber and all of whom shall be citizens and
actual residents of the City.
[Amended 6-2-1986 by L.L. No. 3-1986]
The terms of office of the three members of
the Board who are City employees shall be for as long as they continue
to hold such offices, and when they shall cease to hold their offices,
their successors shall act on the Examining Board in their place and
stead. Terms of office of the master plumber and the journeyman plumber
shall be three years from the first day of January following their
appointments. Vacancies occurring by expiration of a term shall be
filled by the Mayor for a full term. Vacancies caused by death, removal,
inability to act, resignation or removal from the City of either the
master plumber or journeyman plumber shall be filled by the Mayor
for the unexpired term.
[Amended 6-2-1986 by L.L. No. 3-1986]
The Mayor shall, annually, appoint a person
to the position of Clerk to the Board, who shall be paid the sum prescribed
by the Council. The Clerk shall attend all meetings of the Board and
keep the minutes of the meetings and all other records of the Board.
[Amended 6-2-1986 by L.L. No. 3-1986]
The master and journeyman plumbers serving as
members of the Board shall be compensated for attendance at Board
meetings.
The Examining Board of Plumbers shall have power
and it shall be their duty:
A. To meet at stated intervals, not less frequently than
once every three months. They shall also meet whenever the Mayor shall,
in writing, request them so to do. Their meetings shall all be public.
[Amended 6-2-1986 by L.L. No. 3-1986]
B. To have jurisdiction over and to examine all persons
desiring or intending to engage in the trade, business or calling
of plumbing as employing or master plumbers in the City, with the
power of examining persons applying for certificates of competency
as such employing or master plumbers or as inspectors of plumbing
to determine their fitness and qualifications for conducting the business
of master plumbers or to act as inspector of plumbing and to issue
certificates of competency to all such persons who shall have passed
a satisfactory examination before such Board and shall be by it determined
to be qualified for conducting the business as employing or master
plumbers or competent to act as inspectors of plumbing.
C. To charge and collect from each person applying for
examination the sum of $250 for each examination made by such Board,
which sum shall be paid at the time of making his application and
all moneys so collected shall be paid over by the Board, monthly,
to the Department of Finance.
[Amended 12-27-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-20]
D. To charge and collect for the issuance of a certificate
of registration or for the renewal of such certificate to qualified
employing and master plumbers the sum of $200. All certificates of
registration issued shall expire on the 31st day of December of the
year in which they shall be issued and may be renewed within 30 days
preceding such expiration upon payment of the renewal fee. Such renewals
shall be for one year from the first day of January in each year.
[Amended 1-5-1981 by Ord. No. 80-163]
E. To determine, within the performance objectives of
the plumbing standards of the New York State Building Construction
Code and subject to the limitations imposed therein, the durability
of materials and joints used under local conditions. Determination
by the Examining Board of Plumbers shall take precedence over the
uses of standard materials and joints permitted in the plumbing standards
of the New York State Building Construction Code.