[Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1; Ord. of 7-20-1992, § 6; Ord. of 6-6-1994, § 5]
(a) 
No person may execute any plumbing work in the city without first obtaining from the Plumbing Board of the city a certificate of competency and registration as a licensed master plumber or a special permit from the Plumbing Inspector, pursuant to Section 6-146 of this Chapter; provided, however, that those persons now authorized to perform plumbing work in one- and two-family dwellings as set forth in Section 6-145 of this chapter shall not be subject to the requirements of this section and Sections 6-159 through 6-178 of this chapter.
(b) 
No person, corporation, firm or partnership shall engage in or conduct the trade or business of plumbing as an employing or master plumber and in such capacity execute any plumbing work in the City without first obtaining from the Plumbing Board a certificate of competency and registration as a master plumber. A corporation shall also be subject to the requirements in Section 6-177 of this chapter in order to so conduct business in the City.
(c) 
Any person, business, partnership or corporation, firm or partnership who violates any provision of this section shall be liable to a penalty of $500 per day of violation or imprisonment not exceeding six months.
[Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1; Ord. of 5-1-1995, § 5; Ord. of 12-4-1997, § 3; Ord. No. O-08-18, § 3]
Any person who desires to procure a certificate of competency shall make written application for an examination therefor upon a form to be prescribed by the Plumbing Board and shall pay a nonrefundable examination fee of $250 at the time of filing such application. The applicant shall furnish to the Board such information as it may require concerning the applicant's reputation, character, fitness and qualifications to receive a certificate of competency.
[Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1]
No person shall be examined unless he shall have had either experience of at least five years as a journeyman plumber or graduation from a four-year college or university with major course work in plumbing engineering and, in addition, one year's experience as a journeyman plumber, or he shall be a licensed professional engineer.
[Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1; Ord. No. O-07-17; § 1]
If the applicant satisfactorily passes the examination, he shall receive a certificate of competency from the Plumbing Board. He shall pay a fee of $100 therefor, and all such certificates shall expire on the 31st day of December of the year in which they have been issued and shall be renewed within 30 days preceding such expiration by application therefor to the Plumbing Board upon payment of an annual renewal fee of $100. Any person who permits his certificate of competency to lapse may apply for and receive a certificate of renewal upon payment of a fee of $200, and such renewal certificate shall expire on the 31st day of December of the year in which it was issued.
[Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1; Ord. of 5-1-1995, § 6; Ord. of 12-4-1997, § 4; Ord. No. O-08-18, § 4]
In the event that the applicant fails to pass the examination, (s)he may apply for reexamination after a lapse of three months upon payment of a fee of $250, and, in the event that such applicant again fails, (s)he may apply for a second reexamination after the lapse of a further period of one year upon the payment of an additional fee of $250. The Plumbing Board, however, may in its discretion permit the applicant to file a new application to examine him/her at any time before the lapse of said period of one year.
[Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1; Ord. No. O-07-18, § 1]
In case a certificate is lost by the holder thereof, the Board may issue a duplicate certificate of competency upon payment of a fee of $75.
[Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1; Ord. of 5-1-1995, § 7; Ord. of 12-4-1997, § 5; Ord. No. O-07-1, § 2; Ord. No. O-11-01, 1-3-2011, § 9]
(a) 
Issuance. Any applicant who has successfully passed the examination provided for by this article and received a certificate of competency who desires to engage in the business of plumbing in the City and who wishes at any time to execute any plumbing work within the City shall register with the Building Inspector for such purpose; and upon payment of a fee as provided for in Section 6-26 above, the Building Inspector shall issue to him/her a certificate of registration appropriately lettered or marked "licensed plumber" and with such further marking or lettering as may from time to time be prescribed by this Code.
(b) 
Duration, renewal. All certificates of registration shall expire on the 31st day of December of the year in which they are issued and shall be renewed within 30 days preceding such expiration by application to the Building Inspector upon payment of a renewal fee as provided in Section 6-26 above. Any lapse in renewal shall require payment of an administrative fee in an amount equal to the reapplication fee. The administrative fee shall be in addition to any reapplication fee. Prior to expiration, a licensed master plumber may petition the Building Inspector to suspend his/her license. A master plumber whose license has been suspended at the master plumbers request may reinstate such license at any time within five years from the date the license was scheduled to expire. There shall be a fee plus the license fee to reinstate a license that has been suspended at the request of the master plumber.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 6-165, Issuance, display of metal plate or sign, Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1, was repealed by an ordinance of 5-1-1995, § 8.
[Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1; Ord. of 5-1-1995, § 9]
Any registered master plumber who retires from or discontinues doing business in plumbing work in the City shall surrender to the Plumbing Board his/her certificate of registration and (s)he shall not thereafter engage in such trade or business unless (s)he shall again register in accordance therewith.
[Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1]
Every master plumber shall give immediate notice of any change in his place of business and, upon his retirement from business, shall surrender his certificate of registration to the Plumbing Board.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 6-169, Surrender of sign upon forfeiture of certificate, cancellation of registration, Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1, was repealed by an ordinance of 5-1-1995, § 10.
[Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1]
All certificates and registration of master plumbers at present in force are hereby continued and shall be renewable under the provisions of this Code.
[Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1]
The Plumbing Inspector, in November of each year, shall certify to the Plumbing Board the master plumbers entitled to renewal of their licenses and shall report those not entitled to renewal.
[Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1]
No master plumber shall allow his name to be used by any person, directly or indirectly either to obtain a permit or to do any work under his certificate of competency and registration.
[Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1; Ord. of 5-1-1995, § 11]
The Plumbing Inspector shall investigate the registration and license of every master plumber and shall promptly report to the Plumbing Board any violation of the provisions of this article relating to the loaning, renting, selling or transferring of the certificate of registration, and the Plumbing Inspector shall immediately apply to the Plumbing Board for the forfeiture of the certificate of registration of any master plumber who shall have loaned, rented, sold or transferred such certificate in violation of this article.
[Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1]
(a) 
Notice required. Whenever any inspector or other person reports a violation of any rules and regulations for plumbing or a deviation from any officially approved plan or specification for plumbing filed with the Plumbing Board, the Plumbing Inspector shall first serve a notice of the violation thereof upon the master plumber doing the work and shall advise the Plumbing Board of such action.
(b) 
Service of notice. Such notice shall be served personally or by registered mail, and if by registered mail, it shall be addressed to such master plumber at the address registered by him with the Plumbing Board.
(c) 
Compliance required. Unless the violation is removed within three days after the service or mailing of such notice, exclusive of the day of service or mailing, or within such other time as prescribed by the Plumbing Inspector, the Plumbing Board may proceed according to law.
[Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1; Ord. of 5-2-1977, § 1]
(a) 
Denial. There shall be no registration as master plumber or renewal of such registration or granting of a second permit to any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this Code or not having paid in full any amounts due and owing the City for permits issued or services rendered by the City with respect to plumbing work performed by the master plumber who, or whose firm, has been employed to do the plumbing work or not having disposed of all complaints entered against him in the manner satisfactory to the Plumbing Board.
(b) 
Cancellation. Any registration as master plumber or renewal thereof or special permit may be canceled by the Plumbing Board upon proof of any violation of any provision of this Code after a hearing is held before said Board. The alleged violator shall be given at least 10 days' notice, in writing, of such hearing, which notice shall also state the time, place and grounds of the complaint in sufficient detail to inform the alleged violator of the charge or charges he may be called upon to meet at such hearing.
[Ord. of 6-6-1996, § 4]
(a) 
Special permits shall be granted for water connections for the installation of heat-producing equipment, to a person or firm who is licensed to install heat-producing equipment pursuant to Section 6-179 of this chapter and has satisfactorily passed a test, given by the Plumbing Board of the City of Poughkeepsie. Water connections shall be any water connection on the heat-producing equipment-side supply valve and any other water connections within five feet horizontally. All other connections on portable water systems shall be subject to the requirements in Section 6-158(a) and Section 6-145(a) of this chapter.
(b) 
There shall be a fee of $50 for each application filed for a special permit for water connections to a licensed person or firm for the installation of heat-producing equipment. This fee shall be nonrefundable. All special permits for water connections shall expire on June 1 of each calendar year and must be renewed on an annual basis, within 30 days preceding the expiration date on the application, to the Plumbing Inspector. The fee of $50 for the renewal is made payable to the City of Poughkeepsie. All special permits shall be deemed null and void if the heating license obtained pursuant to Section 6-179 of this chapter is not renewed.
[Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1]
A domestic corporation desiring or intending to conduct the trade, business or calling of a plumber or of plumbing in the City, as an 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 such 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.
[Ord. of 8-6-1973, § 1]
Any person to whom a sign has been issued a sign pursuant to this division who shall loan, rent, sell or transfer the same to another person, whether such person is entitled to receive a similar sign or not, or otherwise willfully violates the provisions of this division, shall be subject to the penalties as prescribed in Section 6-11 for violation of the Building Code and, in addition thereto, shall forfeit his license and certificate of competency.