[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Commission
of the City of Parsons 12-28-1990 by Ord. No. 5554 (Ch. 7, Art. VI of the
1985 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 1-16-2001 by Ord. No. 5902]
When used in this chapter, the following words
or terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in
this section:
Any person who is working at the trade in the employment
of a licensed plumbing contractor and is under the direct supervision
of a certified master plumber or certified journeyman plumber or a
certified residential plumber.
Person having the necessary qualifications, training, experience
and technical knowledge, under the direct supervision of a master
plumber, to install and repair plumbing works and systems.
Person having the necessary qualifications, training, experience
and technical knowledge to properly plan, lay out and supervise the
installation, maintenance, repair or the alteration of plumbing works
and systems.
Any person, firm, copartnership, corporation, association
or combination thereof who or which undertakes or offers to undertake
for another for hire the planning, laying out, supervising and installing
or making alterations or additions and repairs in the installation
of plumbing works and systems. No person, firm, company or corporation
shall perform the duties of a plumber for hire or with or for another
unless said person possesses a valid plumbing contractor's license
or is an employee of a person, firm, company or corporation that possesses
such a license.
Person having the necessary qualifications, training, experience
and technical knowledge to install and repair plumbing works and systems
in no more than a six-family dwelling.
[Amended 1-16-2001 by Ord. No. 5902]
Nothing in this chapter shall in any way relieve
any plumber from responsibility for materials he/she furnishes or
installs or impair in any way his/her liability for failure to use
due care in protecting life and property in the subsequent use of
plumbing installations made by him, nor shall the City be held as
assuming liability by reason of any inspection authorized herein or
certificate issued.
When the Plumbing Code heretofore adopted[1] shall use the term "Administrative Authority" the same
shall be deemed to mean the Plumbing Inspector of the City of Parsons,
Kansas, who shall be appointed by the City Manager of the City of
Parsons, Kansas.
A.
The Plumbing Inspector shall keep complete records
of all permits issued, inspections made and certificates issued and
all other official work performed under the provisions of this chapter.
All necessary blanks and record books shall be provided by the City.
B.
The Plumbing Inspector shall have the right and privilege
to enter any building within the City within reasonable hours for
the purpose of making inspections of gas or drainage piping or any
fixture or water heating or treating equipment or appliance installations
constructed or under construction in such building.
Plumbing systems for which a permit is required
by this chapter shall be inspected by the Plumbing Inspector. No portion
of any plumbing system intended to be concealed shall be concealed
until inspected and approved.
[Amended 1-16-2001 by Ord. No. 5902]
An appeal may be taken from the order or decision
of the Plumbing Inspector to the Building Trades Board. The decision
of the Building Trades Board shall be final and binding. No appeal
shall be allowed from any order or decision of the Plumbing Inspector
unless the same is filed within 30 days of the decision or order.[1]
Every person, before entering upon any construction
or erection of any plumbing system regulated by this chapter in any
new building or any original installation in any building or any alteration
in the City, shall obtain a permit from the Plumbing Inspector describing
the proposed work before proceeding.
[Amended 11-15-2004 by Ord. No. 6023]
A permit required by this chapter shall only
be issued to:
A.
A plumbing contractor.
B.
Any property owner of residential property who personally
installs plumbing piping or equipment within or upon residential property
owned by him or her, provided that the owner shall secure a permit,
pay required fees, do work in accordance with this chapter, apply
for an inspection and receive approval. Personal installation by an
owner of residential property under this section shall be by himself
or herself, for himself or herself, on his or her own property, without
compensation, and no person shall be employed to assist him or her
in any way on such work except a plumber or plumbing contractor licensed
by the City.
[Added 11-15-2004 by Ord. No. 6023]
This chapter shall not be construed to relieve
from or lessen the responsibility or liability of any party owning,
operating, controlling or performing any plumbing construction for
damages to persons or property caused by any defect therein, nor shall
the City be held as assuming any such liability by reason of the inspection
or reinspection authorized herein or the certificate of approval of
any work or equipment authorized herein or by reason of any permit
or license granted herein.
[Amended 1-16-2001 by Ord. No. 5902; 7-20-2009 by Ord. No. 6189; 6-15-2020 by Charter Ord. No. 36]
No person shall be issued an original or initial certificate unless he/she successfully passes an examination with a score of 70% or greater designated by K.S.A. § 12-1508 and amendments thereto. A certificate of competency from such examination shall be valid proof of the competency of a master, journeyman, or residential plumber, and the applicant shall be issued the appropriate license after which time a person has paid the appropriate fee as listed in § 467-12. Any person who holds a valid license or certificate issued by the City of Parsons on the effective date of this section as a master or journeyman plumber shall be considered to have valid proof of competency, and said person shall be allowed to renew the license or certificate so issued if the license or certificate to be renewed is otherwise current and shall be exempt from the examination requirements.
The ratio for apprentice plumber will be one
apprentice to one journeyman plumber.
[Amended 1-16-2001 by Ord. No. 5902]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in business as a plumbing
contractor without a license from the City. It shall be unlawful to
engage as a master, journeyman or residential plumber without a certificate
from the City. No person shall be issued a license or certificate
pursuant to this chapter unless he/she pays the appropriate fee listed
below:
[Amended 6-15-2020 by Ord. No. 6468]
(1)
Plumbing contractor's license: $50.
(2)
Master plumbing certificate (with or without gas line certification):
$35.
(3)
Journeyman plumbing certificate (with or without gas line certification):
$25.
(4)
Master residential certificate (with or without gas line certification):
$20.
(5)
Journeyman residential certificate (with or without gas line certification):
$20.
B.
All such certificates and licenses shall be in effect
to the end of the calendar year, at which time they may be renewed
upon receipt of appropriate fees.
C.
All fees shall be paid at the office of the City Clerk.
The full amount of the required fee shall be paid at the time of issuance
of the license irrespective of the date of issuance.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 7-232,
Special qualifications for master plumber or journeyman plumber, which
immediately followed this section, was deleted 1-16-2001 by Ord. No.
5902.
[Amended 1-16-2001 by Ord. No. 5902[1]]
Any person, firm or corporation desiring to engage in business as a plumbing contractor in this City shall pay a license fee as provided in § 467-12. Said license shall be issued by the City Clerk. The license fee required herein shall extend to master plumbers engaged in the business of plumbing within the City and shall likewise extend to plumbing contractors who have in their employ a master plumber. It is the intent and purpose of this section to require one license fee only for each person, firm or corporation engaging in the business of a plumbing contractor within the City as an individual unit.
[Amended 8-19-1991 by Ord. No. 5571; 1-16-2001 by Ord. No.
5902]
Before a plumbing contractor's license is issued,
the person making application shall have on file with the City Clerk
a certificate of liability insurance and products liability insurance
with a completed operations endorsement in the amount of $300,000.
Said certificate shall require the insurance company to notify the
City Clerk in the event of cancellation.
[Amended 1-16-2001 by Ord. No. 5902]
The Building Trades Board, upon five days' notice
to the person holding any license or certificate as a plumber under
the provisions of this chapter, may revoke such license or certificate
if said licensee has been convicted in court of violating any of the
provisions of the license, of if said license or certificate has been
fraudulently obtained, or for failure to maintain insurance as required
by this chapter, or for other good cause shown. In the case of revocation
of the license or certificate, of any such licensee, no new license
or certificate shall be issued to such person or any person on his
behalf for a period of 90 days thereafter. Upon written notice filed
with the City Clerk within 10 days after the action by the Building
Trades Board is taken, said action of the Building Trades Board may
be appealed to the governing body of the City of Parsons for hearing
and review.
A.
A license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be
nontransferable. It shall be unlawful for any person to allow or permit
his license to be used by another for the purpose of securing any
permit required by this chapter.
B.
All plumbing contractors licensed by the City shall
display or post the required license in their place of business, and
all persons licensed by the City to work in the plumbing trades shall
carry their licenses on their persons and exhibit the same on demand
of the City Building Inspector, his assistant or any officer of the
City.
All trucks, trailers or other vehicles operated
by any person licensed pursuant to this chapter for the transportation
of the equipment or materials used by him in such licensed business
shall have the name and address of such licensee displayed on both
sides thereof in plain and legible figures and letters not less than
two inches in height which shall be kept in such condition as to permit
the same to be readily distinguished and read at a distance of at
least 40 feet.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
prevent City employees under the supervision of the City Manager from
performing their duties on the water distribution system or the sewer
system of the City of Parsons, confined to public right-of-way, streets,
or alleys.
Gas utility companies or corporations which
operate under a franchise to the City shall not be required to furnish
the bond and license as required for a plumbing business because of
the bond that is required under said franchise. This section applies
to only those duties that the gas company is involved in confined
to public right-of-way, streets or alleys.
