No person, firm or corporation shall do any general plumbing on any
premises in the Town of Clarence unless first duly licensed in a manner provided
by this article. This section shall not apply to a person or a member of his
household doing plumbing work on a one- or two-family residence owned and
occupied by him, provided that he has filed the proper plans and paid the
regular fees.
No person, firm or corporation shall do any general plumbing work on any premises in the Town of Clarence as a contractor, subcontractor or employing plumber unless licensed as a master plumber in the manner provided by this article. The master plumber's license shall be issued by the Town Clerk to any person upon receipt of a certificate from the Board of Plumbing and Drainage Examiners showing that such person has satisfactorily passed the examination held by such Board for such license; and upon receipt of the licensee fee; and upon the filing of a certificate of insurance as described in §
151-13.
The applicant for examination for qualification as a master plumber
shall have a minimum of six years of practical experience in the trade or
business of plumbing and drainage. The Board of Plumbing and Drainage Examiners
may accept, at its discretion, an equivalent combination of training, education
and experience in lieu of the requirements of six years of practical experience.
Proof of practical experience or satisfactory equivalent training, education
and experience shall be submitted to the examiners before the applicant is
admitted to the examination.
Each licensee shall file with the Town Clerk a certificate of insurance
effective for the license period naming the Town of Clarence, New York, as
an additional insured in the following limits:
A. Five hundred thousand dollars for each occurrence for
bodily injury liability.
B. One hundred thousand dollars for each occurrence for
property damage liability.
The applicants for examination for qualification as a journeyman plumber
shall have a minimum of four years of practical experience in the trade or
business of plumbing and drainage under the supervision of a master or employing
plumber. Proof of practical experience shall be submitted to the examiners
before being admitted to the examination.
The applicant for examination for qualification as a sewer contractor
or employing sewer contractor shall have a minimum of six years actively engaged
in the trade or business of sewer contracting work. Proof of practical experience
shall be submitted to the examiner before being admitted to the examination.
Each licensee shall file with the Town Clerk a certificate of insurance
naming the Town of Clarence, New York, as an additional insured in the following
limits:
A. Five hundred thousand dollars for each occurrence for
bodily injury liability.
B. One hundred thousand dollars for each occurrence for
property damage liability.
A renewal license as a master plumber, sewer contractor, or journeyman
shall be issued by the Town Clerk each year to any person holding the same
license at the expiration of the preceding year, without examination, upon
payment of the license fee provided for such license and upon filing a renewal
of the required certificate of insurance effective for the term of the license.
If the license is not renewed by January 31, the person will be deemed to
not have a license and an examination will be required before issuing a new
license.