[Amended 4-16-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002]
A.
Master electrician. No person shall hereafter engage
in, carry on or conduct the business of master electrician or do or
perform or offer or undertake or contract to do or perform the work
of a master electrician within the Village or hold himself or herself
out to the public, directly or indirectly, as being able to do so
unless licensed pursuant to this article.
B.
Journeyman electrician. No person shall hereafter
engage in, undertake or perform the work of a journeyman electrician
or agree to do or perform such work within the Village or hold himself
or herself out to the public, directly or indirectly, as being able
to do so unless licensed pursuant to this article or unless working
under the direction of a person so licensed, and no person shall directly
or indirectly hire, employ, engage or suffer or permit any person
to do the work of a journeyman electrician unless such person is licensed
as a journeyman electrician pursuant to this article.
C.
Verification of licenses. It shall be within the authority of the Electrical Inspector or any Village official to verify that any person or persons performing electrical work within the Village (other than property owners authorized pursuant to § 140-5 of this chapter) are duly licensed to perform such work according to the provisions of this chapter. If proof of proper licensing is not shown to the Inspector or Village official, the work on the project shall be stopped until such time as properly licensed electricians are available to complete the project, and the person performing the work without a valid license shall be subject to a minimum fine of $500 and a maximum fine of $1,500. In addition, the owner of the premises where the work was being performed, the Electrical Inspector and the Code Enforcement Officer shall be notified, in writing, that the person or persons performing the electrical work on said premises were unable to show proof of proper licensing and the work on said premises is to be discontinued until a properly licensed electrician is retained to perform the work.
[Amended 7-17-1990 by L.L. No. 4-1990; 12-21-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993; 4-16-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002; 3-3-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
The Village Clerk may issue licenses under this article as follows:
A.
Master electrician's license, Class A.
(1)
Master electrician's license, Class A, shall authorize the licensee
to engage in the business of master electrician within the Village
for a period ending the 31st day of December next following the date
of its issuance.
(2)
The fee for such license shall be set by resolution of the Village
Board of Trustees.
(3)
Such a license may be renewed annually on or before the expiration
thereof for periods of one year upon payment of an annual renewal
fee which shall be set by resolution of the Village Board of Trustees.
B.
Master electrician's license, Class B.
(1)
A master electrician's license, Class B, shall authorize the
licensee to engage in the business of master electrician in the Village,
but only for the purpose of undertaking, performing and completing
a single continuous job or installation at one location of property.
Only one Class B license can be issued within a twelve-month period.
(2)
The fee for such a license shall be set by resolution of the Village
Board of Trustees.
C.
Journeyman electrician's license.
(1)
A journeyman electrician's license shall authorize the licensee
to perform only the work of a journeyman electrician within the Village
for a period ending the 31st day of December next following the date
of its issuance.
(2)
The fee for such license shall be set by resolution of the Village
Board of Trustees.
D.
Failure to renew license generally. Every licensee shall pay an additional
fee as set by resolution of the Village Board of Trustees, together
with the license fee prescribed in this section, upon the renewal
of the license.
E.
Effect of failure to renew any license. Every licensee who fails
to renew his or her license after a period of five years will be required
to retake the examination.
[Amended 4-16-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002; 3-3-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
A.
Master electricians. Every person desiring a license as a master
electrician under this article shall make application therefor to
the Village Clerk in such form and detail as the Clerk may prescribe.
Such application shall state, among other things, the name and place
of business of the applicant, the class of license applied for and
the name of the representative of the applicant who will take the
examination for the license and who will act as the supervisor of
the work to be done under the license, if granted. A corporation or
partnership that performs electrical work as defined in this section
must have a licensed master electrician that is a stockholder of such
corporation in a minimum amount of 25%.
B.
Journeyman electricians. Every person desiring a license as journeyman
electrician under this article shall make application therefor to
the Village Clerk in such form and detail as the Clerk may prescribe.
Such application shall state, among other things, the name and residence
address of the applicant, the name and business address of the employer
of the applicant and the nature and extent of the experience of the
applicant in work as a journeyman electrician.
[Amended 3-3-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
A.
A person desiring or intending to conduct the trade, business or
calling of a master electrician or journeyman electrician in the Village
shall be required to take the Prometric examination. The Village will
provide any applicant a list of the approved testing locations for
such examination.
B.
Waiver of examination. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section where an applicant for a master electrician's license,
Class B, holds a current mater electrician's license from another
state or political subdivision thereof or from the State of New York
or any political subdivision thereof, the Prometric examination will
be waived.
D.
Each applicant must pay any fees and costs associated with taking
the Prometric examination at an approved testing location. The Village
shall charge and collect from each person applying for examination
a sum set by resolution of the Board.
[Amended 4-16-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002; 3-3-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
Any person shall be eligible to take the Prometric examination
as a master electrician who has submitted proof of at least four years'
prior experience as a licensed journeyman electrician, with prior
experience in the installation, repair and maintenance of electrical
systems; or that he or she has received a degree in electrical engineering
from a college or university accredited by the State Department of
Education, holds a license as a professional engineer in the state
and has had at least three years' prior experience in the installation,
repair and maintenance of electrical systems in the United States,
its territories and possessions under the supervision of a person
or persons licensed as a master electrician under the provisions of
this article.
[Amended 4-16-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002; 3-3-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
Any person shall be eligible to take the Prometric examination
as a journeyman electrician who has submitted proof of 9,000 hours
of electrical experience under a licensed electrician's supervision;
or enrollment in, and subsequent completion of, an approved electrical
apprenticeship program with at least 8,250 hours of training completed
before applying to take the Prometric exam for journeyman electricians;
or any other experience comparable to the above training.
[Amended 3-3-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
Licenses shall be signed by the Village Clerk
and shall be issued by the Village Clerk.
[Amended 3-3-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
It shall be the duty of the Village Clerk to
keep and maintain records of all licenses issued, suspended or revoked
and to make such records available for public inspection.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 7-33, Minimum
age of applicant, refusal of license to person convicted of felony,
which immediately followed this section, was deleted 7-17-1990 by
L.L. No. 4-1990.
[Amended 4-16-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002]
A.
Assignment; transfer. No license issued hereunder
shall be assigned or transferable.
B.
Identification of licensee. Each license as a master
electrician issued hereunder shall specify the name of the person
licensed, who shall be known as the holder of the license, and such
persons shall be designated in the license as the supervisor of all
work to be done under the license.
C.
Numbering, form, color, etc. All licenses shall be
numbered in the order in which they are issued and shall be in such
form and of such color and shall contain such information as may be
prescribed by the Village Clerk.
[Amended 3-3-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
D.
Display. Each license shall at all times be kept conspicuously
displayed in the place of business or employment, as the case may
be, of the licensee.
E.
In case one or more officers of a corporation engaged
in such business shall die, being the holder of master electrician
license, the corporation may continue the business during the time
necessarily required to administer 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 master
electrician's license and, together with the legal representative
of such deceased officer or officers, actually owns and holds at least
25% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of said corporation.
[Amended 12-21-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993; 3-3-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
A.
Any license issued hereunder may be suspended or revoked,
at the discretion of the Code Enforcement Officer, after hearing upon
due notice held, upon charges given to the licensee and an opportunity
to be heard in his or her defense in person and/or by attorney, if
the Code Enforcement Officer is satisfied that the holder of such
license or any of his or her or its officers or employees willfully
or by reason of incompetence has violated any provision of this chapter
or of any other law or of any ordinance, local law or the building
code of the Village governing electrical work or requiring permits
therefor or any requirements contained in the rules and regulations
of the National Fire Protection Association, known as the "National
Electrical Code."
B.
The Code Enforcement Officer may, in lieu of suspending
or revoking a license hereunder, impose a fine not exceeding $50 for
the first offense and not less than $100 nor more than $500 for a
subsequent offense and may suspend the license until such fine is
paid.
