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Home My WebLink About~Master - Creating Board of Examiners of Plumbers, Repealing Ordinance 554 ORDINANCE NO. 821 I AN ORDINANCE CREATING A BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PLUMBERS, PRO- VIDING FOR THE EXAMINATION AND LICENSING OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN i THE BUSINESS OF PLUMBING, FIXING THE FEES FOR SUCH EXAMINATION AND LICENSE, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 554 AND ALL OTHER ORDIN- ANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING PUNISHMENT FOR THE i VIOLATION OF ITS PROVISIONS. I iBE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE :ITY OF AMES, IOWA: Section 1. Board Created. There is hereby created a board of plumbing examiners, of three members, at least one of whom shall be a laymmn;, at least one a licensed plumber, appointed by the mayor and approved by the council. Two of the board members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The plumbing inspector employed by the city shall be a member IIIf ex--officao of the board without voting power. i Section Z. Compensation. The memboersof the board shall serve without compensation. Section 3. Term of Office. The term of office of the members of the board shall be three years and they shall serve until their successors are appointed. I Section 4. Officers. The board shall select one of its members to act as chairman and one to act as vice chairman. The plumbing inspector shall act ias secretary and shall assist the board in preparing and conducting examinations. I n the third Wednesday I Section 5. Date of Meetings. The board shall meet o y of January, April, July and October of ea&h year, or oftener if notified to do so by the chairman of the board, at the office of the building official, to examine applicants for a license to engage in or work at the business of plumbing. i Section 6. Definitions. The following definitions of terms shall be used in the interpretation of this ordinance. (a) Journeyman Plumber. A journeyman plumber is a person who through I training and experience has acquired the requisite skill and knowledge necessary for the proper installation, alteration and repair of plumbing and who holds a valid license as a journeyman plumber from the cityof Ames, Iowa. He shall have had at leas t three (3) years' experience as an apprentice plumber. (b) A master plumber is a person, firm, or corporation engaged in the I business of plumbing, other than a journeyman plumber engaged in the actual installation, alteration and repair of plumbing, and who is skilled in the planning, superintending and practical installation oyf ` plumbing and familiar with the laws, rules and regulations of the City of Ames and state of Iowa governing the same and who holds a valid license as a master plumber issued by the board of plumbing examiners of the City of Ame s. (c) Apprentice. An apprentice is a person who while learning the trade of plumbing, is assisting in the installation, alteration or repair of I plumbing and while engaged in such work is in the presence of and under the direct supervision of a licensed journeyman plumber. i (d) Plumbing Inspector. The duly appointed representative of the city of Ames authorized to inspect plumbing. Section 7. Application for License. Each applicant for a license either I+ as a journeyman or master plumber shall fill out and file with the secretary of the board an application for such license on forms furnished by the secretary, shall pay at the office of the city clerk an examination fee of five dollars ($5. 00) for journeyman plumbers and fifteen dollars ($15. 00) for a master plumber and shall report for examination at the time and place fixed by the board. Section 8. Notification of Examination. The secretary shall notify the applicant of the time and place where such examination will be held. Such notice shall be given in writing at least three (3) days, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, { in advance of the date set for such examination. ` Section 9. Examination. The applicant shall before taking such examina� tion present to the secretary of the board a receipt from the city clerk showing j payment of the examination fee. The board shall examine each applicant at the time and place set forth I in the notice and if satisfied as to the competency of the applicant for the license applied for shall authorize the secretary of the board to notify the city clerk of the names, address and license to be issued to each applicant successfully passing such examination. If the applicant fails to qualify upon 1 examination he may be reexamined after sixty (60) days, without payment of an additional examination fee. Section 10. Issuance of License. The cityclerk upon receipt of written notice from the secretary of the board of the applicants to receive licenses shall issue such licenses and retain a record thereof in his office. The examination ! j fee shall constitute payment of the license fee for the calendar year of issue. II f Section 11. Secretary to Keep Records. The secretary of the board shall ke keep a record of all meetings of the board, the names, addresses of all persons examined, and all licenses authorized to be issued by the board. Section 12. Annual License Fee. Licenses shall not be transferable andl Ishall expire on the 31st day of December of each year. Licenses may be renewed upon payment of an annual license fee at the office of the city clerk of two dollar ($2. 00) for a journeyman plumber and five dollars ($5. 00) for a master plumbers1 Failure to renew a license before the expiration date of December 31st may subject the person to a new examination. Section 13. Licenses Recognized From Other Cities. The board may without examination issue a license to any plumber holding a license from anothea municipal corporation recognized by such board as having similar licensing standards. I Section 14. Revocation of License. The City Council may revoke a license upon recommendation of the Board for repeated violation or neglect of the plumbing ordinances of the city of Ames or the rules and regulations of the locali j or state board of health after a hearing before the City Council upon written notice, stating the grounds of complaint which notice shall be served on the ! { person or persons charged with the violation at least ten (10) days prior to the date of such hearing. Section 15. Apprentices. All persons serving as apprentice to plumbers shall register with the secretary of the board before beginning suchwork. It i shall be the duty of the master plumber employing such persons to ascertain if the proper registration has been made before employing such person. Every apprentice shall renew such registration prior to December 31st of each year. + II Section 16. Master Plumbers License. Any person, firm or corporation may engage in the business of plumbing only when an active member of such firm or corporation or the resident manager thereof is the holder of a valid master + plumbers license from the city of Ames, Iowa. The license issued to such firm or corporation shall state the name of member of such firm or corporation or the resident manager thereof who holds such master plumbers license; and, whenever a firm or corporation licensed as a master plumber fails to have in } their employ a resident manager or have one of its members so licensed the !` plumbing license of such firm or corporation shall be automatically revoked. Section 17. Bond of Master Plumber. Before a master plumbers licenso. shall be issuecl, the applicant shall file with the city clerk a bond in the sum of i five thousand dollars ($5, 000. 00), to save the city harmless on account of any and liall failure s on the part of said applicant to c omply in all particular s with the lordinances of the city of Ames, and the rules and regulations of the local and state boards of health. Where two (2) or more persons in the same firm or corpo - ation are licensed as master plumbers only one bond as required herein need be ifiled for such firm or corporation. II Section 18. Penalty. Any per son, other than a registered apprentice plu ber I Ames, without first having IIwho shall engage in or do plumbing work in the city of obtained a license as herein provided for, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and u on liconviction shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100. 00) and/or to be committed to jail not to exceed thirty (30) days. I Section 19. Repeal. Ordinance No. 554 and all other ordinances or parts ithereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. I Section 20. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and afte its passage and publication as provided by law. I I Passed this 22nd day of November, 1955. I II J.lW. Prather, City Clerk P. Lawlor, Mayor I Moved by Bliss and seconded by Smith that Ordinance No. 821 be passed on its first reading. I Voting dye: Griffith, Judge, Smith, Bolton and Bliss Voting Nay: None IlAbsent: De Hart I Moved by Smith and seconded by Judge that the rules governing the passage of ordinances be suspended, the second and third readings be omitted and Ordinance INo. 821 be placed on its final reading. iI Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, Smith, Bolton and Bliss Voting Nay: None Absent: De Hart Moved by Judge and seconded by Bliss that Ordinance No. 821 do now pass. Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, Smith, Bolton and Bliss Voting Nay: None ! Absent: De Hart I li Mayor Pro Tem Griffith declared Ordinance No. 821 duly adopted. I, J. W. Prather, City Clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa, do hereby certify that No. 821 was duy and roperly passed at a I the above and foregoing I Ordinance on the e22nd day f Novembe r p1955 and published by� meeting of the Ca.tyCou (� codifying on the 0 day of 19 S 1 • W. Prather, City Clerk I I I V