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Village of New Hyde Park, NY
Nassau County
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Plumbing Compliance and Licensing Law of the Village of New Hyde Park" or, in abbreviated form, as the "PCLL-NHP."
This chapter adopts or continues, as part of the Code of the Village of New Hyde Park (hereinafter, the "Village Code"), those updated provisions of the village's Plumbing Code (originally adopted by the Board of Trustees by ordinance of January 8, 1947) not otherwise superseded or rendered obsolete by the mandatory and peremptory provisions of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code (hereinafter, the "Uniform State Code") and/or Chapter 57 (entitled "Building Construction") of this Village Code. In conjunction with, and as a supplement to, both the aforesaid Uniform State Code and Chapter 57 of this Village Code, this chapter is intended to presumptively provide for all matters concerning, affecting or relating to the installation, alteration, addition, extension, relocation or removal of plumbing, drainage, sewerage and heating systems and their respective components, as well as the qualifications, licensing requirements and other regulatory controls pertaining to plumbers and other persons who may be authorized or required to perform any of the aforesaid work within the Village of New Hyde Park.
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Whenever the same shall appear in this chapter, each of the following words, terms or phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to it under this subsection:
BOARD OF EXAMINING PLUMBERS
The Board established and empowered under the provisions of this chapter to carry out certain prescribed duties and functions, especially the testing and certification of master plumbers. When required by the context, it shall also mean an equivalent counterpart body established by, and acting for, any recognized reciprocating municipality.
BUILDING DEPARTMENT
That Department of the village established and empowered to act under and pursuant to the provisions of Article II of Chapter 57 of the Village Code, and any individual officer, employee or other duly designated agent thereof when acting within the scope of his/her official powers and duties on behalf of that Department.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY
The official written document, issued to a qualified individual by the Board of Examining Plumbers, which certifies that such individual has been tested and examined and found sufficiently knowledgeable, experienced, fit and competent to carry on the business of the plumbing trade as an independent or employing master plumber.
JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER
A person having some degree of training, skill and experience in performing the work of the plumbing trade, but who has not yet qualified for, nor acquired, both the official certificate of competency and the license of a master plumber which are legally required by this chapter to independently practice and carry on such trade.
MASTER PLUMBER
A person officially certified as fit and competent and who is duly licensed and qualified, in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, to independently engage in the business and carry on the practice of the plumbing trade.
MASTER PLUMBER'S LICENSE
The separate written document, issued by the village to a master plumber certified and qualified in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, which officially authorizes and entitles such plumber to independently carry on and engage in the business of the plumbing trade within the territorial jurisdiction of the village.
RECIPROCAL LICENSING AGREEMENT
Any written intermunicipal agreement existing between the village and any one or more other municipalities located within the State of New York and which essentially requires that each of the signatory parties issue a reciprocal master plumber's license to any qualified person who holds an original certificate of competency and current license issued by any other coparty to such agreement and who maintains his/her principal place of business within the municipal boundaries of that other coparty.
RECOGNIZED RECIPROCATING MUNICIPALITY
Any village, city or town which, together with the village, is a signatory coparty to a reciprocal licensing agreement as defined in this subsection.
TRI-TOWN PLUMBING AGREEMENT
The reciprocal licensing agreement originally made and executed by the Towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay on or about September 15, 1969, and subsequently ratified and endorsed by the village and other municipal coparties, as now or hereafter adopted in force and effect.
UNIFORM STATE CODE
The New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code (under Title 9 of the NYCRR[1]), effective on and after January 1, 1984, as currently enacted or hereafter amended.
VILLAGE
The Incorporated Village of New Hyde Park, in the County of Nassau and State of New York.
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Editor's Note: See 9 NYCRR 600.1 et seq.
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For the purposes of this chapter, any word, term or phrase, or any derivative or abbreviation thereof, appearing in this chapter, but not defined in Subsection A of this section or within the particular context of its usage within this chapter, shall have the meaning, if any, ascribed to it (in descending order of priority) under New York Executive Law § 372; the Uniform State Code; or Chapter 57, Building Construction, of this Village Code.