[Ord. No. 09-7340 §1, 4-27-2009]
A. 
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no person shall do electrical work of any kind, install any wiring or agree to do any electrical or wire installation, either by contract or on a time-and-wage basis or by employment of some other person, who is not a duly licensed electrician to do the work or assume to direct or supervise any electrical or wiring work in the City unless he/she shall then hold an unrevoked electrician's license issued to him/her by the City as provided in this Chapter. All licensed master, journeyman and apprentice electricians must carry their current electrician's license (including the name of their employer) in their possession on the job site at all times. Failure to produce a valid license upon demand by any City Official shall result in a stop work order until the proper documentation is produced.
B. 
In order to become a duly licensed electrician, a person must first obtain a certificate of competency from the City Clerk as a journeyman electrician, unless such person is presently licensed in good standing with another municipal, County or State government.
C. 
Webb City will grant an electrician's certificate of competency in lieu of satisfactory completion of the Block Test examination, provided the applicant for electrical contractor's license is presently licensed in good standing in a City with which this City has a reciprocal licensing agreement.
D. 
A person who is not a licensed electrician but who is employed by an electrician who is licensed, as provided in this Chapter, may do electrical work for such licensed electrician if such work is done by him/her under the continuous and immediate supervision of such licensed electrician. Such employee shall comply at all times with all provisions of this Chapter other than the one requiring electrical workers to have licenses.
E. 
A journeyman electrician who is a full-time wage earner or salaried employee of an industrial plant in this City, who does electrical work only for his/her employer and in his/her electrical work no health hazards are involved, shall not be required to have an electrician's license, but he/she shall comply at all times with the provisions of this Chapter in all other respects.
F. 
The owner of a property may himself/herself install wiring to serve such property and he/she may repair wiring already serving such property if the wiring does not and will not serve a dwelling and if he/she has obtained the required permit for such work; or if the wiring to be installed or repaired does or will serve a dwelling, he/she may do the work himself/herself if all the following facts and conditions then exist:
1. 
The owner is to do all the work himself/herself without the help of any person other than a duly licensed electrician;
2. 
The dwelling is a single-family dwelling;
3. 
The owner is not building such dwelling or having it built, for sale;
4. 
The dwelling is not to be sold for at least one (1) year after the completion of the electrical work;
5. 
The owner has applied for a permit to do such electrical work; and
6. 
The owner, in doing the work, will comply with all applicable requirements of this Chapter and, in particular, will duly submit his/her work for inspection by the City Electrical Inspector.
[Ord. No. 09-7340 §1, 4-27-2009]
A. 
Every person desiring to obtain an electrician's license such as is required by this Chapter to engage in electrical work in this City shall make application to the City according to the following procedure:
1. 
Present to the City Clerk an application, upon a form prescribed and approved by the City, for an electrician's certificate of competency or, when applicable, an electrician's license from another City which has entered into a reciprocal licensing agreement with this City.
2. 
Application for an electrician's certificate of competency shall be made to the office of City Clerk. The Board shall consider the experience, training and qualifications of the applicant in addition to the written examination required by this Chapter and, if satisfactory, the application for an electrician's certificate shall be approved, provided that where the application is made by a firm, partnership, association or corporation, the issuance of a certificate of competence to the person actually intending to do the work shall be deemed sufficient compliance with the requirements of this Chapter.
3. 
The examination for an electrician's certificate of competency shall include the written examination known as the Pro Metric Test or any other test deemed to be substantially the same and adequate by the Electrical Inspector.
4. 
The examination required under this Chapter shall be held within thirty (30) days of an applicant's request to the City Clerk that he/she desires to be examined. If the City Clerk shall find an applicant unqualified to obtain a certificate of competency, he/she shall not be entitled to reapply until the lapse of six (6) months after the examination.
5. 
Upon obtaining the certificate of competency or its equivalent, the applicant shall tender to the City Clerk with his/her application the license fee which shall apply for the remainder of the calendar year for which the license is sought.
6. 
In conjunction with his/her application and before the application shall be acted upon, an applicant shall submit to the City Clerk proof of his/her having obtained comprehensive general contractor's bodily injury liability insurance providing for a limit of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for all damages arising out of bodily injuries to or death of one (1) person and subject to that limit for each person, a total limit of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for all damages arising out of bodily injuries to or death of two (2) or more persons in any one (1) accident and comprehensive general contractor's property damage liability insurance providing for a limit of not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for all damages arising out of injury to or destruction of property in any one (1) accident and subject to that limit per accident, a total aggregate limit of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for all damages arising out of injury to or destruction of property during the policy period. This insurance must cover below-grade damage and be in full force during the entire construction process and further be with a company approved by the City; and such insurance shall cover the licensee and all employees of the licensee who may perform work within the City under the provisions of this Chapter.
7. 
(Reserved)[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Subsection (A)(7), regarding obtaining a surety bond, was repealed 10-28-2019 by Ord. No. 19-015.
8. 
Each electrical contractor shall file a certificate showing that he/she has Workmen's Compensation insurance if, under the laws of the State, he/she is required to carry such insurance.
9. 
Failure to comply with any of the requirements of this Section at any time during the term of the license shall result in immediate forfeiture of such license.
[Ord. No. 09-7340 §1, 4-27-2009]
Upon compliance with the provisions of Section 515.200 by an applicant for an electrician's license, the City Clerk shall issue to such applicant a written license and shall authorize him/her, when the required insurance shall have been obtained, to do electrical work within the City.
[Ord. No. 09-7340 §1, 4-27-2009]
Each electrician's license required by this Chapter shall expire with the ending of the calendar year in which it shall have been issued, except that if a person holding an unexpired and unrevoked electrician's license issued by the City Clerk should apply, before the end of such year and in the manner required by Section 515.200, for an electrician's license for the following year, the City Clerk shall issue such license and show thereon that it is for such following year. No electrician's license shall be issued except upon the applicant's complying with the requirements of Section 515.200 regardless of when the application therefore shall be made.
[Ord. No. 09-7340 §1, 4-27-2009]
Every person who is or shall be doing electrical work in this City and who is required by this Chapter to have an electrician's license issued by the City Clerk shall pay to the City an annual license fee as follows:
Electrical contractor: $50.00.
Electrical master: $10.00.
Electrical journeyman: $10.00.
Electrical apprentice: $5.00.
License fees shall be due on or before January first (1st) of the year for which the license is valid.
[Ord. No. 09-7340 §1, 4-27-2009]
Payment of the electrician's license fee assessed by this Chapter shall not relieve any merchant electrician from the payment of any license fees assessed by this Code or any other ordinance of this City against merchants. The term "merchant electrician" means a person who is or has been an electrician and who, in addition to doing electrical work, sells fixtures, appliances or merchandise of any kind.
[Ord. No. 09-7340 §1, 4-27-2009]
No person to whom an electrician's license has been issued for the City shall cause or permit the certificate to be used in any manner by another person and no other person except the person to whom the license has been issued shall use the license in any manner.
[Ord. No. 09-7340 §1, 4-27-2009]
A. 
In the event that any holder of an electrician's license shall violate any of the terms or provisions of this Chapter, his/her certificate may be suspended or revoked by the City Clerk who shall also give notice to the holder of such electrician's license that the license has been suspended or revoked. Such notice shall be in writing. There shall be sufficient service thereof if it shall be deposited in the United States mail directed to the last known address of the holder of the license required by this Chapter.
B. 
The holder of an electrician's license which has been suspended or revoked by the preceding Section shall be entitled to appeal to the City Council from the ruling of the Board, which appeal will be informally taken, but in any case must be taken within ten (10) days after said suspension or revocation of such certificate by the Board. The City Council shall provide full opportunity for the person whose certificate has been suspended or revoked to appear before it and show cause why his/her certificate should not be suspended or revoked.
[Ord. No. 09-7340 §1, 4-27-2009]
An electrician's license shall be issued for a period of one (1) year and will not be subject to renewal if he/she shall have failed to engage in his/her trade for more than one (1) year after the issuance of the license. In the event a license is allowed to expire or is revoked as herein provided, the holder of such license shall be considered a new applicant in all respects and shall be required to obtain a new certificate of competency from the City Clerk.