HomeMy WebLinkAbout2245 0RDINANCE N0. 2245
A~ ORDINANCE relating to and regulating the installation and use of
p~lpes, fixtures anc~ apparatus used or intended to be used to conduct or
co~s~ne natural, manufactured or mixed gas in the City of Bremerton, pro-
vidln6 for the issuance of permits, licenses and collection of fees there-
f~'or and amending Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2236, and declaring an emerg-
THE CITY OF BHE~iEHTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That Section 2 of O~dinance No. 2236 is he~eOy amended
to read as follows:
Section 2-a. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpora-
tion to engage in the business of installing, extending, altering or re-
pairing any gas piping, fixtures or appliances in the City of Bremerton
without first obtaining a gas appliance dealer's license by paying the
s~ of ~20.00 ~llars to the City Treasurer, and the City Clera shall,
upon receiving from such person a receipt issued by the City Treasurer
showing the pa~ent of said s~, issued a license which shall be valid
to and includin~ the 30th d2y of June next succeeding the date of issue-
ance of said license, and such person shall annually thereafter pay a
like s~ to the City Treasurer on or before the 30th day of J~e of each
s~cceeding year in order to secure a renewal of such license for the ~er-
i o:.d from July 1st to and including June 30th of the following year.
Section 2-b. A gas fixture and appliance installer shall ~e constru-
ed to mea any person who actually performs the labor required in instal-
liner, extending, altering or repairing any ~as pipings, venting, fixture
or appliance, a~d who is the holder of a valid certificate of competency
issued pursuant to this ordinance.
Section 2-c. There is hereby created an ex~ining board for applia-
nce artisans, consisting of three members, to-wit: the City Engineer,
the Fire Inspector and the City Gas Appliance Inspector, and the Mayor
shall, upon the effective date of this ordinance and from time to time
thereafter, designate one master pl~ber and one journeyman pl~ber who
shall consist of and act as an advisory co~ittee to the examining board.
They shall receive no compensation for their s~rvices while acting in
such capacity.
Section 2-d. The ex~ining board shall, when this ordinance shall
become effective, meet in the City Hall and organi..e and select a chair-
man and ~esignate the time and place of the first examination. Further
ex~inations shall be held from time to time, but no applicant shall be
compelled to wait more than thirty days follow:.:ng his application. Said
~ard shall examine each applicant as to his knowledge of the installa-
tion of gas appliances and fixtures as presc~bed in the I~ational Bureau
of Fire Underwriters P~phlet 54 and the American Standard Code for Pre-
ssure Piping, ASAB 31.1 dated.19~5, an~ if satisfied of the competency of
such applicant, shall thereupon issue a journe~nan's certificate of com-
petency autnormzi g him to install and repair gas-piping, fixtures and
appliances. The board shall keep a record of all persons examined by
them.
Sectio~..2-e. It shall be ~law~ul for any person to engage in or
work as a ~as fitter an~a~.pt~iance installer either as a journeyman or
as a licensed gas installing contractor, working in the capacity of a
gas fitter and appliance installer or to install, extend, alter or re-
pair any gas piping, venting, fixture or appliance in any building or
elsewaere without first making application to the examining board here-
inabove provided for an~i at smch time an~ place as sa.id ooard may desig-
nate, submitting to and passing such ex~ination as to his qualifications
and competency as a gas I~t~er and appliance installer.
The extirpation shall ~e of such character, bot~ practical and theo-
retical, as to thoroughly t~st the applicant's ability and competency
as a gas fitter and appliance installer.
The board, if satisfied with the competency of such applicant, shall
thereupon authorize the City Clerk to issue to the applicant a gas fit-
ter's and appliance installer's certificate of competency authorizing
him to engage in ~he work of installing, extending, altering or repair-
ing ~as piping, venting fixtures or appliances as an artisan or journey-
man gas fitter and appliance installer. Temporary working permits may
be issued to an applicant by the Building Inspector until such time as
the examining board meets and completes the examination. The board shall
ke~p and preserve a record of all persons examined by th~m and to whom
such certificates of competency have been issued. A fee of T~n (~10.00)
~llars shall be chafed each person making application for ex~ination,
ORDINA~iCE NO. 22&5 (CON'T)
and upon passing of ssi8 ex~nination shall pay to the 'Preasurer the sum
of Five ($5.00) Dollars for a certificate of competency which shall be
renewed annually on or before the first day of July of each succeeding
year thereafter.
Section 2-Co Any person licensed as a master plumber by the City
shall not be required to be licensed as a ~as appliance dealer or have
a certificate of competency as a gas appliance artisan.
Section 2° That an emergency exists and is hereby declared to ex-
ist and this Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public peace, health and safety of the citizens of Bremerton, and fo~ the
general welfare, and i. he same shall be in full force and effect i~mmediate-
ly upon passage and publication.
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY by the City Council of the City of Bremerton,
signed by the Mayor an~ attested by the City Clerk in authentication of
such passage this 25th day of September, 1957.
ATTEST: H~ (~. DOMSTAD, Mayor
E.H.T. NcGu. WAN, Ci/ty Clerk