[Amended 1-28-1975; 11-11-1980; 2-9-1993; 3-13-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001; 4-22-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2014]
No person shall conduct the trade, business or calling of employing
of a master plumber and master electrician in the Town of Mount Pleasant
until he has applied for and obtained a license from the County of
Westchester.
A.
No person shall do any wiring for the installation of any device,
appliance or apparatus for the utilization of light, heat, power,
or alarm system unless such person has an electrician's license
issued by the County of Westchester.
B.
No person shall conduct the trade, business or calling of a plumber
unless such person has a plumber's license issued by the County
of Westchester. Such license or authorization is necessary to practice
plumbing as defined in the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention
and Building Code.
A.
An electrical job permit is required to do any electrical work in
the Town of Mount Pleasant. The applicant shall file with the Building
Inspector a completed application form designated by the Building
Inspector with a description of the work, any plans or diagrams that
the Building Inspector deems necessary, and the permit fee as established
herein.
B.
An inspector must approve all electrical work. An "inspector" is
defined as a third-party inspection agency approved by the Town of
Mount Pleasant ("inspector").
C.
Before concealing any part of the electrical work from view, the
electrical contractor must give the inspector written notice of when
the electrical work is ready for inspection, and the inspector must
conduct an inspection and approve the work.
D.
Before connecting service lines or using the installation, the electrical
contractor must obtain a certificate of approval from the inspector.
E.
After a certificate has been issued, the inspector shall have the
right to reinspect any work to ascertain if the work in question is
kept in good condition and that no violation exists. The inspector
shall have the authority to turn off all current in excess of 50 volts
when, in his opinion, the condition of the installation is dangerous
to life or property.
A corporation, partnership, limited liability corporation or
any type of entity desiring or intending to conduct the trade, business
or calling of a plumber or electrician in the Town of Mount Pleasant
as employing a master plumber or master electrician may do so, provided
that one or more officers of such corporation who hold licenses as
provided in this chapter, separately or aggregately, actually hold
or own at least 51% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of
said corporation. Such corporation shall register at the office of
the Building Inspector as provided in this chapter. No corporation,
partnership, limited liability corporation or any type of entity shall
practice or engage in the plumbing or electrical business as defined
in this chapter except as herein prescribed. Any violation of any
provision of this chapter by such corporation, partnership, limited
liability corporation of any type of entity shall constitute a violation
of this chapter by the officers/members of such corporation, partnership,
limited liability corporation or any type of entity holding plumbing
or electrical licenses.
The Town Board may, from time to time, impose such other requirements
for engaging in the trade, business or calling of a plumber or electrician
in the Town of Mount Pleasant as shall be in the public interest.
The Building Inspector of the Town of Mount Pleasant or an assistant
thereto who shall be a duly licensed resident master plumber or master
electrician, either of whom is hereinafter referred to as the "inspector,"
shall have charge of the enforcement of this chapter and shall inspect
the construction and alteration of all plumbing or electrical work
promptly and file reports, in writing, thereon in the office of the
Building Inspector. For such purpose, such inspector shall have the
right to enter and inspect at any time any building, structure or
premises and to perform any other act necessary for the enforcement
of this chapter.
Wherever there is reported to the inspector a violation of any
rule or regulations of this chapter or a deviation from any officially
approved plans or specification for plumbing, drainage or electrical
work filed hereunder, the inspector shall, if after an inspection
such violation or deviation is found to exist and in cases deemed
to be emergency cases, forthwith serve a notice of the violation upon
the master plumber or master electrician who did the work, if a licensed
plumber or electrician, and upon either the owner or lessee of the
building or premises whereon the work was done.
The notice provided for in the preceding section shall be served
personally or by registered mail. In the case of a licensed plumber
or electrician, the notice, if served by mail, shall be addressed
to him at the address registered by him with the Building Inspector
and/or the County of Westchester, but the failure of a master plumber
or electrician to register properly will waive the requirement of
giving notice. Unless the violation is removed within three days after
the service of the notice, exclusive of the day of serving or mailing,
each additional day such violation shall continue shall constitute
a separate violation.
The plumbing, drainage or electrician work hereafter constructed
upon all premises and in all buildings now erected or hereafter erected,
both public and private, shall be constructed in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter and the New York State Plumbing, Fuel,
Gas and Mechanical Code, as well as the National Electrical Code ("NEC")
(hereinafter the "state code").
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability
corporation, or any type of entity or association violating any rule,
regulation or provision of this chapter shall be subject to a civil
penalty of $250 for each violation thereof. The violation of any rule,
regulation or provision of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof, the person so convicted shall be subject
to a fine not exceeding $250 for each such violation, or to imprisonment
for not exceeding 15 days for each such violation, or both. If any
licensed master plumber or electrician shall be convicted of a violation
of any rule, regulation or provision of this chapter, such conviction
shall be deemed to constitute such person an undesirable person to
conduct the business of plumbing or electrical work as a master or
employing plumber or electrician, and said permit issued to him may
be revoked in addition to any other penalty herein imposed.
No person other than a licensed plumber or electrician holding
a license issued by the County of Westchester shall make connections
with any public sewer system in the Town or with any public water
system in the Town.
Before any plumbing or electrical work involving the installation, alteration or construction of plumbing or electrical work in any building in the Town of Mount Pleasant, both public and private, shall be commenced, a permit therefor shall be obtained from the inspector, unless such plumbing or electrical work shall involve the installation of a new fixture and/or work only on the house side of existing traps without any interference with the traps. In the case of all plumbing work involving work on the sewer side of any trap, a permit shall be required, and there shall be submitted with the application for a permit a sketch/plan in ink showing the layout of vents, wastes and the drainage system and of the water distribution system before the permit shall be issued, except that a permit may be issued to replace fixtures which involve work on the sewer side of the traps without the submission of such ink sketches/plans, and further provided that riser diagrams shall not be required in any case where fewer than 13 fixtures are to be installed. A permit shall also be required for the replacement of electric, oil-fired or gas water heaters and all gas appliances. Any electrical work installed on the house side of the Con Edison meter shall require detailed plans and specifications approved by the Building Inspector and/or the inspector. The fees for the inspection of the completed work, in accordance with the schedule contained in § 157-119, shall be paid to the Building Inspector before any permit shall be issued. Application for a change in plans or work in the building shall be made in writing by the plumber or electrician, signed by the owner or his agent, and a written permit obtained from the inspector before any part of the change is begun.
