[CC 1989 §5-30]
A. 
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no person shall do plumbing work of any kind, lay any drain or agree to do any plumbing or drainlaying jobs, either by contract, on a time-and-wage basis, or by employment of some other person who is not a duly licensed plumber to do the work, or assume to direct or supervise any plumbing or drainage work in the City unless he/she shall then hold an unrevoked plumber's license issued to him/her by the City, as provided in this Chapter.
B. 
A person who is not a licensed plumber but who is employed by a plumber who is licensed, as provided in this Article, may do plumbing work for such licensed plumber if such work is done by him/her under the continuous and immediate supervision of such licensed plumber. Such employee shall comply at all times with all provisions of this Article other than for the one requiring plumbing workers to have licenses.
C. 
A plumber who is a full-time wage earner or salaried employee of an industrial plant in this City, who does plumbing work only for his/her employer and in his/her plumbing work no health hazards are involved, shall not be required to have a plumber's license, but he/she shall comply at all times with the provisions of this Chapter in all other respects.
D. 
The owner of a property may himself/herself install plumbing to serve such property if the plumbing does not and will not serve a dwelling and if he/she has obtained the required permit for such work; or if the plumbing 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 plumber;
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 a least one (1) year after the completion of the plumbing work;
5. 
The owner has applied for a permit to do such plumbing work; and
6. 
The owner, in doing the work, will comply with all applicable requirements of this Article and, in particular, will duly submit his/her work for inspection by the City Plumbing Inspector.
[CC 1989 §5-31]
A. 
Every person desiring to obtain a plumber's license such as is required by this Chapter to engage in plumbing 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 a plumber's license.
2. 
Tender to the City Clerk, with his/her application, the license tax which shall apply for the remainder of the calendar year for which the license is sought in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
3. 
In conjunction with his/her application, and before the application shall be acted upon, 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 or 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 the insurance shall cover the licensee and all employees of the licensee who may perform work within the City under the provisions of this Chapter.
4. 
(Reserved)[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Subsection (A)(4), regarding obtaining a surety bond, was repealed 10-28-2019 by Ord. No. 19-015.
5. 
Each plumber shall file a certificate showing that he/she has Worker's Compensation insurance if, under the laws of the State, he/she is required to carry such insurance.
[CC 1989 §5-32]
Upon compliance with the provisions of Section 520.110 by an application for a plumber'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 plumbing work within the City.
[CC 1989 §5-33]
Each plumber's license required by this Article 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 plumber's license issued by the City Clerk should apply, before the end of such year and in the manner required by Section 520.110, for a plumber's license for the following year, the City Clerk shall issue such license and show thereon that it is for such following year. No plumber's license shall be issued except upon the applicant's complying with the requirements of Section 520.110 regardless of when the application therefore shall be made.
[CC 1989 §5-34]
Every person who is or who shall be doing plumbing work in this City and who is required by this Article to have a plumber's license issued by the City Clerk shall pay to the City an annual license fee in an amount of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Such license fee shall be paid on or before January first (1st) of the year for which it shall be applicable.
[CC 1989 §5-35]
Payment of the plumber's license fee assessed by this Article shall not relieve any merchant plumber from the payment of any license fee assessed by this Code or any other ordinance of this City against merchants. The term "merchant plumber" means any person who is or has been a plumber and who, in addition to doing plumbing work, sells fixtures, appliances or merchandise of any kind.
[CC 1989 §5-36]
No person to whom a plumber'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.
[CC 1989 §5-37]
A. 
In the event that any holder of a plumber's license shall violate any of the terms or provisions of this Article, his/her certificate may be suspended or revoked by the Plumbing Board after notice to the holder of such electrician's license that the Plumbing Board has suspended or revoked the same. 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 a plumber'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.