A domestic corporation desiring or intending to conduct the trade, business or calling of a plumber or of plumbing in the City as employing or master plumber may do so, provided that one or more officers of such corporation separately or aggregately actually hold and own at least 51% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of said corporation, and provided that each of such officers holding such percentage of the stock is the holder of a certificate of competency of such Board of the City in which it conducts or proposes to conduct the business. In case one or more officers of a corporation engaged in such business shall die, being the holder of a certificate of competency, the corporation may continue the business during the time necessarily required for the administration of the estate of such deceased officer not exceeding two years from the granting of letters, provided that one or more officers of the corporation is the holder of a certificate of competency and, together with the legal representatives of such deceased officer or officers, actually owns and holds at least 51% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of said corporation. Each and every member of said corporation holding a certificate of competency shall comply with all the rules and regulations applicable to master or employing plumbers. Such corporation shall register as provided in § 138-59.
A.
No person otherwise qualified shall engage in the
trade, business or calling of a plumber or of plumbing in the City
as employing or master plumber until he has first procured from the
Examining Board of Plumbers a metal plate or sign, the fee for which
is to be paid by the applicant, appropriately lettered or marked "licensed
plumber"; such plate or sign to be conspicuously posted in the window
of the place where such business is conducted. Any person retiring,
abandoning or not actually engaged in such trade, business or calling
hereinbefore mentioned shall surrender to the Examining Board of Plumbers
such metal plate or sign and shall not again engage in such trade,
business or calling until he has again procured a metal sign as herein
provided.
[Amended 6-2-1986 by L.L. No. 3-1986]
B.
The Examining Board of Plumbers shall prepare metal
plates or signs at least 14 inches wide and not less than 22 inches
in length appropriately lettered or marked "licensed plumber," the
lines of each letter to be four inches long and 5/8 of an inch
wide; such plate or sign shall, on some part thereof, contain an identification
number, which number, together with the name and location of the place
of business of the person to whom issued, shall be recorded in the
office of the Examining Board of Plumbers. Any person to whom such
plate or sign has been issued who shall loan, rent, sell or transfer
the same to another person, whether such person be entitled to receive
a similar plate or sign or not, or otherwise willfully violates the
provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Every employing or master plumber carrying on
his trade, business or calling in the City shall register his name
and address at the office of the Plumbing Inspector under such rules
as the Examining Board of Plumbers shall prescribe, and thereupon
he shall be entitled to receive a certificate of such registration;
provided, however, that such employing or master plumber shall, at
the time of applying for such registration, hold a certificate of
competency from an examining Board of Plumbers.
Any and all certificates of competency heretofore
issued or certificates of registration heretofore issued or metal
plates heretofore issued to qualified persons engaged in the trade,
business or calling of a plumber or of plumbing as employing or master
plumber shall remain in full force and effect until terminated, suspended
or revoked pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
