[Last amended 12-17-2019 by L.L. No. 10-2019]
Except as provided in § 200-29, no person shall engage in the trade, business or occupation of plumbing in the Village without first having obtained a license therefor from the Village Clerk.
Every person desiring to obtain a license to engage in the trade,
business or occupation of plumbing in the Village shall file, in the
office of the Village Clerk, written application, subscribed by the
applicant and containing the following information:
A.
The applicant's true full name, place of residence and place
of business.
B.
The trade, business or occupation for which the applicant desires
such license and the true full name under which he or she intends
to conduct such trade, business or occupation.
C.
A statement of facts showing to the satisfaction of the Village Clerk
that the applicant is a practical and experienced plumber.
A.
A person desiring or intending to conduct the trade, business or
calling of plumber or of plumbing in the Village as employing or master
plumber 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.
The Village of Johnson City Village Clerk shall issue a license,
without an examination, to a plumber who possesses a valid license
from the City of Binghamton, provided that the plumber has passed
the Prometric examination at the City's testing center and done
so pursuant to the joint testing agreement between the Village of
Johnson City and the City of Binghamton; and provided that the joint
testing agreement is still in effect.
A.
Any person shall be eligible to take the Prometric examination as
a master or employing plumber who has submitted proof of at least
one year as a journeyman and five years' apprenticeship prior
experience in the installation, repair and maintenance of plumbing
systems in the United States, its territories and possessions under
the supervision of a person or persons licensed or qualified by experience
to be licensed as a licensed master plumbing contractor under the
provisions of this article where no such license is required; or who
has received a degree in mechanical or sanitary 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 plumbing systems in the United States, its territories
and possessions under the supervision of a person or persons licensed
or qualified by experience to be licensed as a master plumbing contractor
under the provisions of this article.
B.
Applicants who were engaged in plumbing work, as above provided,
prior to entering the Armed Services of the United States shall be
permitted to credit their time in the service as experience in the
plumbing business, but such credit shall not exceed two years.
Each applicant must pay any fees and cost 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.
No applicant for a license under the provisions of this article shall be permitted to take the examination required by § 200-20 more than once in six months.
A.
All licenses for plumbers shall be signed by the Village Clerk. No
license shall be issued to any plumber during the time in which he
or she shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of the regulations
relating to plumbing, drainage or ventilation or to remedy any defective
work performed by him or her or under his or her direction in said
Village after receiving written notice from the Board that he or she
has been held responsible therefor under said regulations.
B.
The following insurance is required for all new and renewal licenses:
comprehensive general liability, issued by an insurance company licensed
to do business in the State of New York, including products and completed
operations liability with a limit of $500,000 per occurrence, bodily
and property damage and $500,000 annual aggregate. The Village of
Johnson City shall be included as a named insured or additional insured
for liability arising from work performed under this license. Additionally,
proof of workers' compensation and disability benefits or exemption
on forms acceptable to the Village or NYS Workers' Compensation
Board must be provided.
C.
A certificate of insurance showing the required coverage will be
provided to the Village with 30 days' notice of cancellation
or nonrenewal.
A.
All certificates of registration issued under the provisions of this
article and all licenses authorizing connections with street sewers
or water mains shall expire on the 31st day of December of the year
following the year in which they shall be issued and may be renewed
within 30 days preceding such expiration. Such renewals shall be for
one year from the first day of January of each year.
B.
The fee for renewal shall be set by resolution of the Board. Failure
to renew the preceding year's (years') license(s) requires
full payment of the previous license fee(s). Failure to renew a license
for five consecutive years will be considered as retirement from the
plumbing business, and the license will be terminated. To reestablish
a plumbing license, the retired master plumber must retake the Prometric
examination and receive a passing grade.
A license issued under the provisions of this article may be
revoked by the Board for a violation of the rules and regulations
for plumbing and drainage contained in this chapter after a hearing
before such Board and upon prior notice of not less than 10 days.
The notice stating the ground of complaint shall be served on the
person charged with the violation.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in or carry on
the trade, business or calling of employing or master plumber in the
Village unless his or her name and address shall have first been registered
in the office of the Village Clerk.
A.
Required. No person otherwise qualified shall engage in the trade,
business or calling of a plumber or of plumbing in the Village as
employing or master plumber until he or she has first procured from
the Village Clerk a plate or sign appropriately lettered or marked
"licensed plumber."
B.
Display. Such plate or sign shall be conspicuously posted in the
window of the place where such business is conducted.
C.
Surrender. Any person retiring, abandoning or not actually engaged
in such trade, business or calling hereinbefore mentioned shall surrender
to the Village Clerk such plate or sign and shall not again engage
in such trade, business or calling until he or she has again procured
a sign as herein provided.
D.
Specifications; contents. The Village Clerk shall prepare plates
or signs at least 14 inches wide and not less than 22 inches in length,
appropriately marked "licensed plumber," the lines of each letter
to be four inches long and 5/8 of an inch wide. Such plate or sign
shall, on some part thereof, contain an identification number, which
number, together with the names and location of the place of business
of the person to whom issued, shall be recorded in the office of the
Village Clerk.
E.
Issuance; fee. Every person now actually engaged or about to engage
in the trade, business or calling of a plumber or of plumbing as an
employing or master plumber who has otherwise complied with the provisions
of law relating to the conduct of such business upon the payment of
a fee, as set by resolution of the Board, to the Village Clerk shall
have issued to him or her a sign or plate hereinbefore described.
F.
Transfer, etc.; violation of section. Any person to whom such plate
or sign has been issued who shall loan, rent, sell or transfer the
same to another person, whether such person is entitled to receive
a similar plate or sign or not, or otherwise willfully violates the
provisions of this section shall forfeit his or her license.
A.
A domestic corporation desiring or intending to conduct the trade,
business or calling of a plumber or of plumbing in the Village of
Johnson City as 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 corporations, and provided that each of such officers
holding such percentage of the stock is the holder of license from
the Village Clerk.
B.
In case one or more officers of a corporation engaged in such business
shall die, being the holder of a license, the corporation may continue
the business during the time necessarily required to 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 license and, together with the legal
representative of such deceased officer or officers, actually owns
and holds at least 51% of the issued and outstanding capital stock
of said corporation.
A.
No plumbing or drainage work shall be connected or disconnected without
a permit therefor issued in the manner prescribed by the Plumbing
Code of the Village of Johnson City.
B.
Fees shall be as follows:
(1)
For commercial and industrial properties, issuance of plumbing and
drainage permits, including inspection and approval: a sum as set
by resolution of the Board.
(2)
For residential properties, issuance of plumbing and drainage permits,
including inspection and approval: a sum as set by resolution of the
Board.
(3)
For issuance of a permit for furnace and boiler installation, including
inspection and approval: a sum as set by resolution of the Board.
A licensed plumber is not required for furnace and boiler installation.
(4)
A licensed plumber is not required for the replacement of a water
heater or water softener.
