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Home My WebLink AboutO-319-10-80ORDINANCE NO. 319 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, CREATING A PROCESS FOR THE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF PLUMBING CONTRACTORS; ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS ON THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING PROCESS; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Building Official has reviewed the policies and procedures, or lack thereof, of the City of Allen, Texas, surrounding plumbing work done within the City by plumbing contractors; and, WHEREAS, the Building Official is of the opinion that plumbing contractors who desire to do work in the City of Allen, Texas, should be required to register and obtain a license therefor; and, WHEREAS, the Building Official further recommends that the City of Allen, Texas, create a method and process for the registering and licensing of plumbing contractors; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the recommendations of the Building Official and concurs with his recommendations and opinions; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, TEXAS: SECTION L• ADOPTION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF PLUMBING CONTRACTORS: That from and after the effective date of this Ordinance, there is hereby adopted by the City of Allen, Texas, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the registration and licensing of plumbing contractors, the following: Section 1: Registration Required: A person who is not registered by the City as a plumbing contractor may not obtain permits required for plumbing work. Exception: (a) A building permit issued to a General Contractor which includes plumbing work shall satisfy the permit requirement, providing the plumbing contractor shall register with the building inspection division and satisfy all other divisions of this Ordinance. Section 2: Method of Registration: (a) To register with the City of Allen to perform plumbing work described in the codes, a person shall apply to the building inspection division in writing on forms furnished for that purpose. The application must contain applicant's name, local address, and telephone number, and other information which may reasonably be required to properly identify the contractor. (b) No person may represent himself as a registered or licensed plumber with the City unless the person is, in fact, registered and holds a valid state license. Section 3: Supervision: The work of installing, maintaining, altering, or repairing of plumbing for which a permit is required by the codes must be supervised by a licensed master plumber as provided by the Texas Plumbing Licensing Law. The owner of a plumbing contracting business who is not a licensed master plumber shall have a licensed master plumber continuously in his employment. The owner of a plumbing contracting business shall designate a licensed master plumber to the Chief Plumbing Inspector as the person responsible for, and supervising, the plumbing work done by the plumbing contractor. A designated master plumber may be the supervisory plumber of only one plumbing contractor within the City at any one time. Should supervision not be continuously provided, the Building Official may order the work being done by a plumbing contractor to be discontinued until proper supervision and control has been provided and the name of the new master plumber has been submitted to the building inspection division. Section 4: License Required: (a) A person who is not licensed as a plumber by the State of Texas shall not install, alter, repair, relocate, add to, or replace a plumbing system or supervise plumbing work in the City. (b) Nothing in this chapter prohibits the employment of a journeyman plumber to engage in the installation, alteration, repairing, and renovating of plumbing, or the employment of a plumber's apprentice who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in the learning of and assisting in the installation of plumbing, or the employment of unskilled laborers to handle materials when working under the immediate supervision of a master plumber. Section 5: Display of License: (a) Each holder of a license as a master plumber shall display his license in a conspicuous place in his principal place of business. (b) Each holder of a master or journeyman plumber's license shall carry a card on his person at all times while engaged in plumbing work which identifies him as the holder of a license and shall produce and exhibit this card when requested by an inspector or officer of the City. SECTION II: PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION: From and after the effective date of this Ordinance, any person, firm or corporation violating any rule or regulation pertaining to this Ordinance shall be penalized as follows: (a) Any person, parties in interest, or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance or fail to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof shall be subject to a misdemeanor prosecution and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), and each day that such violation shall be permitted to exist or continue shall constitute a separate offense. (b) In the event a corporation is the violator of any of the provisions of this Ordinance, each officer, agent and employee of such corporation who is responsible for or contributes to such violation in any manner shall be individually and severally liable for the penalties herein prescribed. Where any person is acting solely as agent for the party in ownership, no penalties under this section shall be assessed against such agent as such. (c) Conviction under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed just cause for the revocation of any license which said person, firm, or corporation or association may have and/or hold under the provisions of this Ordinance or any ordinance of the City of Allen dealing with the issuance of licenses which relate to the codes adopted herein. (d) In addition to the penal remedies herein, the City Attorney shall, upon the direction of the City Manager, institute any appropriate action or proceeding, including actions for injunction to prevent, restrain, correct or abate any act, conduct, work, business, practice, or use which is a violation of and illegal under this Ordinance. SECTION III- VALIDITY CLAUSE: If for any reason, any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, or provision of this Code shall be held invalid, it shall not affect any valid provision of this or any Code of the City of Allen to which these rules and regulations relate. SECTION IV: PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE: The caption of this Ordinance shall be published one (1) time in a weekly newspaper published in the City of Allen, and shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, TEXAS, on this play of , A.D., 1980. M. B. Pierson, Mayor ATTEST: Juiafelle Dalsing, City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: A. Don Crowder, City Attorney Y AFFIDAVIT AND PROOF OF PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF COLLIN BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared BUDDY W. CAMPER, who having been by me duly sworn, on oath deposes and says: That he is publisher of THE ALLEN AMERICAN, a newspaper published in Collin County, Texas, not less fre- quently than once a week, having a general circulation in said county, and having been published regularly and con- tinuously for more than twelve months prior to publishing J ze!n of which the attached is a true and written copy, and which was published in THE ALLEN AMERICAN on and which was issued on a , by 2 of Collin County, Texas. A printed copy of -said publication isa 2ched hereto. SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this �� day �''"`, , A.D. 19' . o � Notary Public in and for Collin County, Texas Publisher's Fee $ �d ORDI' iii. 319 <.,, AN ORDINAdCE OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, COLLINJ COUNTY, TEXAS, creating all process for the registration and licensing of plumbing; contractors; ordaining other matters on the subject; pro- viding rules and regulations pertaining to the registra- tion and licensing process; providing penalties for viola- tion of the ordinance; pro viding for the publication of the caption hereof; and pro-' viding for an effective date. DULY PASSED by the Ci- ty Council of the City of Allen, Texas, on the 2nd day of October, 1980. Approved: -s-M.B. Pierson, Mayor Attest; Juanelle Dalsing, City Secretary r (Published In the Allen+ American Monday, October, 6 and Thursday, October 9, 1980.) ORDINAN NO. O 81p -- AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, creating a Process for the replstratlon -Ncenalnp of'piu`rnbinp contractors; ortlainlnp other matters on the subject; pro- vlding rules and regulations Pertaining, to -the registra tion and licensing process. Providing Penalties for viola- tion of the ordinance; pro- viding for the publication of the caption hereof; and pro - vi In for an effective date. DULY PgSSED by the [ i- ty Council of the City of Allen, Texas, on the 2nd day of, October, 1980. Approved: -s-M.B. Pierson, Mayor Attest: Juanelle Dalsing, I City Secretary (Published In the Allen American Monday, October 6 and Thursday, October 9, 1980.) — —