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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Amending Plumbing Code ORDINANCE NO. 2560 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA, BY ENACTING NEW SECTIONS 28-2016. 1 AND 28-2021 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PENALTY FOR THE UNLICENSED PRACTICE OF PLUMBING; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ENACTED by the City Council for the City of Ames, Iowa that: Section 1. The Municipal Code of the City of Ames , Iowa be and the same is hereby amended by enacting new Sections 28-2021 and 28-2016. 1 as follows : "Sec. 28-2016. 1. Suspension of Plumbing License. The City Council shall suspend the license of any master plumber, plumbing firm or journey- man plumber found to have violated the provisions of Section 28-2021 on two or more occasions within a twelve (12) month period. The first such suspension shall not exceed seven (7) days . In the event a master plumber, journeyman plumber or plumbing firm has been found to be in violation of Section 28-2021 on three or more occasions within a twelve (12) month period, the City Council shall suspend the plumbing license of said master plumber, journeyman plumber or plumbing firm for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days . " "Sec. 28-2021 . Any master plumber, journeyman plumber, plumbing firm or any other person or business organization which permits, allows or employs an unlicensed person to engage in or perform plumbing work in the City in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. " Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. Section 3 . This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as required by law. PASSED this 7th day of September 1976. Mary E. Paul, City Clerk Lee Fellinger, Mayor lst reading: Stevens-Nelson (4-0) Hammer & Koerber absent. 2nd reading: Maxwell-Stevens (5-1) Hammer-nay. 3rd reading: Koerber-Nelson (5-1) Hammer-nay.