[Ord. 11/24/1937, § 1]
From and after the passage of this Part, it shall not be lawful
for any person or persons to carry on or work at the business of plumbing
or house or building drainage in the Borough of Forty Fort, Pennsylvania,
until a certificate or license to engage in or work at said business
shall have been granted said person or persons by the Board of Health;
and the Board of Health shall register said license in a book, kept
for the purpose, which register shall be opened to public inspection.
[Ord. 11/24/1937, § 2]
All and every person or persons with three years or more practical
experience, engaged or engaging in the business or work of plumbing,
house and building drainage in the Borough, shall apply in writing
to the Board of Health for such certificate or license; and if, after
proper examination made by the Board of Examiners, such person or
persons so applying shall be found competent, the same shall be certified
to the Board of Health and the Board shall thereupon issue either
a master plumber or journeyman plumber license to such person or persons,
which shall, for the period of one calendar year or fractional part
thereof, next ensuing the date of such examination, entitle him or
them to engage in or work at the business of plumbing, house and building
drainage.
[Ord. 11/24/1937, § 3]
The Borough Council is hereby authorized to appoint a Board
of Examiners to consist of the Secretary of the Board of Health, the
Plumbing Inspector for said Borough, and two competent plumbers of
10 years experience, in nowise connected with the local government,
who shall examine all applicants for license, under the provisions
of this Part. The examining board shall make all rules and regulations
governing such examinations which shall be approved by the Secretary
of Health for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 11/24/1937, § 4; as amended by Ord. 2009-8,
12/7/2009]
An examination of any one member of a firm or corporation, therefor,
shall be deemed sufficient. Said person or persons, firm or corporation
engaged in the business of plumbing or house or building drainage
shall pay for such examination in an amount as established from time
to time by resolution of Borough Council and each journeyman or person
engaged in the work shall pay the sum in an amount as established
from time to time by resolution of Borough Council, which sum shall
be paid into the Borough Treasury. The Borough Council is hereby authorized
to pay to the plumbers, acting on said Board, the sum in an amount
as established from time to time by resolution of Borough Council
for each day or session thus actually employed.
[Ord. 11/24/1937, § 5; as amended by Ord. 2009-8,
12/7/2009]
1.
The Borough Council be and is hereby authorized to appoint a practical
plumber of at least 10 years experience, not engaged or connected
directly or indirectly with the plumbing business, as Plumbing Inspector,
whose duty it shall be to supervise, superintend and inspect all plumbing,
house and building drainage in conformity with the provisions of this
Part. The owner or owners of property requiring inspection by the
Plumbing Inspector shall, at the time of the filing of the plans for
any building or work requiring inspection, pay to the Borough Treasurer
the amount as established from time to time by resolution of Borough
Council.
2.
Buildings of larger construction than those comprised in paragraph
.1, the charges for inspection shall be the amount to be determined
upon by the Board of Health.
3.
The Plumbing Inspector be paid for his services for inspection a
sum equivalent to the amount received by the Borough for the inspection,
as fixed in paragraph .1 above and said sum or fee to be in lieu of
all other emoluments.
[Ord. 11/24/1937, § 6]
Every registered master plumber shall have a bona fide place
of business, either within the said Borough or within a distance of
one mile of its nearest boundary and shall display on the front of
his or their place of business a sign "Registered Plumber" bearing
the name or names of the person, firm or corporation in letters not
less than three inches high. Signs displayed or buildings not occupied
as a bona fide place of business (other than advertisements) of any
registered master plumber, firm or corporation must not be construed
to permit or allow said registered master plumber, firm or corporation
to establish the same privileges or benefits as registered master
plumbers, firms or corporations within the limitations of said Borough.
[Ord. 11/24/1937, § 7]
No person, other than a registered master plumber, as herein
provided, shall be allowed to carry on or engage in the business;
nor shall any person or persons expose the sign of plumbing, house
or building drainage or any advertisement or display pertaining thereto
(wholesale show rooms excepted) unless he or they have first secured
a license or certificate and been registered in the Board of Health
of said Borough; nor shall any person or persons, other than a registered
master plumber or a registered journeyman plumber in his or their
employ (registered apprentice excepted) be allowed to alter, repair
or make any connection with any water drain, soil, waste or vent pipe
or any pipe connected therewith.
[Ord. 11/24/1937, § 8]
Every registered master plumber, firm or corporation shall give
immediate notice of any change in his, their or its place of business;
and upon his, their or its retirement from business shall surrender
his, their or its certificate of registry to the Board of Health.
Every person, firm or corporation in registering shall give the full
name or names of the person, firm or officers' names of the corporation
for which he or they shall register.
[Ord. 11/24/1937, § 9]
At the expiration of each calendar year, said certificate or
license shall be null and void. A master plumber or journeyman plumber,
desiring to continue in or work at the business of plumbing, house
and building drainage for the ensuing year shall, between the first
and 31 days of December of each and every year surrender the said
certificate or license to the Board of Health and re-register his,
their or its name or names and business or home address, upon such
form or forms as may from time to time be furnished by the said Board
of Health.
[Ord. 11/24/1937, § 10; as amended by Ord. 2009-8,
12/7/2009]
A re-examination will not be necessary for re-registration,
unless the licenses master or journeyman plumber should have failed
to make application for re-registration at the specified time. Re-registration
fees shall be in such amounts as established from time to time by
resolution of Borough Council. A register of all such applicants and
the license or certificates issued shall be kept by the Board of Health
which said register shall be opened to the inspection of all persons
interested therein.
[Ord. 11/24/1937, § 11; as amended by Ord. 2009-8,
12/7/2009]
Any person, firm or corporation holding a license or certificate
granted by any city, borough, incorporated town, or township of the
first class of this Commonwealth, to engage in or work at the business
of plumbing and drainage work, desiring to do plumbing or drainage
work in the Borough shall, without examination, be registered before
entering upon such work, upon paying a fee in an amount as established
from time to time by resolution of Borough Council, which fee shall
be paid into the Borough Treasury for the use of the Borough; provided,
however, that such registration shall be restricted and limited to
such plumbing and drainage work as he, they or it shall have contracted
for at the time of registry. On the completion of such contract or
contracts, the registration of such person, firm or corporation shall
be null and void and no further permit shall be issued to such person,
firm or corporation until he, they or it shall have first registered
his or its or their names and address, as hereinbefore provided.
