[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Municipality
of Kingston 5-4-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-4.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 60.
Electrical standards — See Ch. 84.
Mechanical standards — See Ch. 121.
Plumbing — See Ch. 133.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 135.
Sewers and drains — See Ch. 147.
[1]
Editor's Note: The provisions of this ordinance were
originally adopted as Ch. 85, but were renumbered to maintain the
alphabetical organization of the Code.
This chapter shall be known as the "Tradesmen Licensing Code."
Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
The Department of Licenses and Inspection.
A tradesman who engages in construction and remodeling of
residential or commercial structures, not including the provision
of electrical, plumbing or HVAC services.
A tradesman who regularly engages in and works in the trade
of providing climate control to residential or commercial structures.
MASTER PLUMBERA master plumber is a person who regularly engages in and works at the plumbing trade, who employs and directs journeyman plumbers and apprentice plumbers, and who is entitled to secure permits for the installation or repair of plumbing.
JOURNEYMAN PLUMBERA journeyman plumber is a person who regularly engages in and works at the plumbing trade and is employed and supervised by a licensed master plumber.
APPRENTICE PLUMBERAn apprentice plumber is a person who is learning the plumbing trade and is employed and supervised by a licensed master plumber.
Any person, firm or corporation desiring to engage in the business
or occupations of plumber, HVAC or general building contractor shall
apply to the Bureau of Inspection for a license and registration as
herein required.
A.
An individual applying to the Bureau of Inspection for a license
and registration to engage in the business or occupation of plumber
or HVAC professional shall provide evidence of licensing from a first,
second or third class city in Pennsylvania, Hanover Township, Pennsylvania,
or such other jurisdiction that shall have administered testing evidencing
knowledge of necessary and appropriate codes and proficiency in the
aforementioned trades. The Bureau of Licensing shall determine the
adequacy and sufficiency of the credentials and the testing jurisdiction.
B.
Furthermore, said applicant shall supply the Bureau of Inspection
with a copy of his or her public liability and property damage insurance
policy or policies indicating coverage in the amount of $300,000 and
$500,000 for public liability and $50,000 for property damage. The
applicant shall pay the Municipality of Kingston the fee identified
in this chapter, upon which payment a license shall be issued for
a period of one year.
An individual seeking a license as a general building contractor
in the Municipality of Kingston shall present himself or herself before
the Bureau of Inspection at a time and place fixed by the Bureau,
wherein his or her qualifications and knowledge shall be inquired
into. If the Bureau of Inspection shall find, upon due examination,
that the applicant presenting himself or herself has a reasonable
knowledge of construction codes and proper building techniques and
skills and is possessed of skill and knowledge in matters pertaining
to the construction of residential and/or commercial structures, then
the Bureau of Inspection upon proof of the payment of the fee herein
provided, and upon filing with the Bureau of Inspection a copy of
his or her public liability and property damage insurance policy or
policies indicating coverage in the amount of $300,000 and $500,000
for public liability and $50,000 for property damage shall issue to
said person a general building contractors license.
Any applicant who is unsuccessful in passing the examination
prescribed by the Bureau of Inspection will be permitted to take a
reexamination not less than 30 days after the date of the unsuccessful
examination.
Any licensee desiring to continue to practice the profession
or trade for the year following the expiration of the current license
shall, between the first and 31st day of December of each and every
year, surrender the current license for the then-current year to the
Bureau of Inspection, which shall forthwith, upon proof of the payment
of the proper fee hereinafter provided, filing of a copy of current
required insurance policy or policies regarding public liability and
property damage, issue to the applicant a license for the ensuing
year.
A.
An appeal from any decision of the Bureau of Inspection may be taken
to the Appeals Board. Such board shall be the same board as established
as an Appeals Board relating to the uniform construction code. Such
appeal shall be made in writing within 10 days after such decision
has been made, shall be verified by affidavit and filed with the Municipal
Secretary. A hearing shall be scheduled by the Appeals Board within
30 days after the appeal has been filed. The appellant or his representative
shall have the right to appear and be heard, if such right is requested
in the written appeal. The decision on such appeal should be made
by the Appeals Board within 10 days after the hearing. The decision
of the Appeals Board on such appeals shall be in writing, copies of
which shall be served on the Board of Licensing and the appellant.
B.
A fee of $50 shall be payable in advance to the Municipal Treasurer
for each appeal taken to the Appeals Board from a decision of the
Board of Licensing to cover the cost of notices and hearing of the
appeal. This fee shall be refundable to the appellant in such instances
when the Appeals Board reverses the decision of the Board of Licensing.
Any person who shall perform any work as a tradesman subject
to licensing of this provision, or who shall fail to comply with the
lawful regulations, order and direction of the Board of Licensing
shall be liable, on conviction thereof, to a fine or penalty not exceeding
$300 for each and every offense, or undergo imprisonment not exceeding
30 days, or both; and, whenever such person shall have been notified
by the Board of Licensing, or by service of summons in prosecution,
or in any other way, that he or she is committing such violations
of this chapter, each day in which he or she shall continue such violations
after such notification shall constitute a separate offense punishable
by a like fine or penalty. Such fines or penalties shall be collected
as like fines or penalties are now by law collected.
The provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable,
and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter shall
be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining sections, sentences, clauses
or phrases of this chapter, but the same shall remain in full force
and effect, it being the intent that this chapter shall stand, notwithstanding
the invalidity of any part thereof.
