[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of Baden 3-15-1954
by Ord. No. 368.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 55.
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 71.
Sewers — See Ch. 152.
Water — See Ch. 187.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was amended 6-19-1968 by Ord. No.
606 as follows:
"SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 368, which is commonly known as the 'Plumbing
Code' of said Borough shall be and the same is hereby amended throughout to
permit the use of P.V.C. pipe or equal, as determined by the Plumbing Inspector,
where appropriate in the construction and maintenance of plumbing systems
within the Borough.
"SECTION 2. It is the intent of the Council that this new pipe material
be permitted to be used as above described because of its nature and character.
As new processes develop, it is the intent of Council to permit their use
in plumbing systems within the Borough so as to benefit the citizens and residents
of the Borough."
The Council of the Borough of Baden, Pennsylvania, does hereby enact
an ordinance conferring upon the Board of Health certain powers and duties
regulating the business or work of plumbing or house drainage, as follows.
It shall not be lawful for any person or persons, firm
or corporation to carry on or work at the business of plumbing or house drainage
in the Borough of Baden until a license to engage in or work at said business
shall have been granted said person or persons by the Board of Health. The
Board of Health shall register such license in a book kept for the purpose,
which register shall be open to public inspection.
[Amended 12-29-1982 by Ord. No. 741]
Each person or firm engaged or engaging in the business or work of plumbing
and house drainage in the Borough of Baden shall apply, in writing, to the
Borough Secretary for a license, and if, after proper examination made by
the Borough Building and Plumbing Inspector, such person or persons so applying
shall be found competent, the Borough shall thereupon issue a master plumber
license to such person or persons, which shall be for the period of one calendar
year or fractional part thereof next ensuing the date of such examination
and entitle him or them to engage in or work at the business of plumbing and
house drainage.
A.
No person, firm or corporation shall be licensed as a
master plumber unless he or they have an established place of business with
the proper sign displayed. A fee of $25 shall be paid for the required license
and each renewal thereof.
B.
No person shall be licensed as a journeyman unless he
is employed by a licensed master plumber.
The Board of Health shall appoint a Board of Examiners, to consist of
a member of the Board of Health, Plumbing Inspector and two competent plumbers
in no way connected with the local government, who shall examine all applicants
for license under the provisions of these rules. The examining board shall
make all reasonable rules and regulations governing such examinations, which
shall be approved by the said Board of Health.
An examination of any one member of a firm or corporation, or of the
superintendent or foreman therefor, shall be deemed sufficient. Said person,
firm or corporation, engaged or engaging in the business of plumbing or house
drainage, shall pay for each examination the sum of $5, and each journeyman
or person engaged in work shall pay the sum of $1, which sum shall be paid
into the Borough of Baden treasury for the use of the Borough of Baden. The
Board of Health of the said Borough of Baden is hereby authorized to pay to
the plumbers acting on said Board the sum of $5 per day for each day or session
thus actually employed.
The Board of Health is hereby authorized and required to appoint a competent
person as Plumbing Inspector, whose duty it shall be to supervise, superintend
and inspect all plumbing and house drainage in conformity with the provisions
of this chapter.
No person other than a registered master plumber shall be allowed to
carry on or engage in the business, nor shall any person or persons expose
the sign of plumbing or house drainage or any advertisement pertaining thereto
unless he or they have first secured a license or certificate and been registered
in the office of the Board of Health of the Borough, nor shall any person
or persons other than a registered master plumber or person in his or their
employ or under his or their supervision be allowed to alter, repair or make
any connection with any drain, soil, waste or vent pipe or any pipe connected
therewith.
Every registered master plumber, firm or corporation shall give immediate
notice of any change in his or their place of business, and upon his or their
retirement from business shall surrender his or their license to the Board
of Health.
Every person, firm, corporation or representative thereof, in registering,
shall give the full name or names of the person, firm or officers of the corporation
for which he or they shall register.
At the expiration of each calendar year, said license shall be null
and void. A licensed master or journeyman plumber desiring to continue in,
or work at, the business of plumbing and house drainage for the ensuing year
shall, between the first and 31st days of December of each year, surrender
the said license for the current year to the Board of Health and reregister
his or their name or names and the business or home address upon such form
or forms as may, from time to time, be furnished by said Board of Health.
A reexamination will not be necessary for reregistration unless the
licensed master or journeyman plumber shall have failed to make application
for reregistration at the specified time. The sum of $1 shall be paid by master
plumbers, firms or corporations, and the sum of $0.50 by journeyman plumbers,
for reregistration, which sum shall be paid into the Borough treasury for
the use of the Borough of Baden.
Any person, firm or corporation, holding a license or certificate granted
by the Bureau or Board of Health of any first, second or third class city,
borough or first class township in this commonwealth to engage in or work
at the business of plumbing and house drainage, desiring to do plumbing and
drainage work in the Borough of Baden, shall, without examination, be registered
before entering upon such work; provided, however, that such registration
shall be restricted and limited to such plumbing and drainage work as he or
they 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 or they shall have first registered his or their
names and addresses, as hereinbefore provided.
