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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1778 ORDINANCE NO. 1778~ ~~ AN ORDINANCE regulating and. licensing the business of s~lling, installing, alt~ring~ repairing ~d servicing of oil burners and oil-burnin?~ ~quipment and providing penalties for the violation thereof. T[~ CITY OF BRE[~RTON ~ES ORDAIN: S~ction 1.~ It stall'be ~lawful for ~y p~rson, firm or corporation to ~ngag~ in or to hol~ himself out as being enga~6d in th~ business of selling at r~tail~ installing~ altering, r~pairing or s ~rvicing of oil burn,rs or oil- burning ~quipment without first procuring and being the holder of a valid ~d subsisting license so to do, to be known as an "oil burner merc~ant's and me- chanic's license". Said license shall not be transferable. The wor~ "person" shall nob be construed to includ~ an employee of any person, firm or corpora- tion licensed hereunder. Section 2. Applicants for a license ~der this ordinance must file an ap- plication with the City Clerk who shall, upon pa~nt of the prescribed license fee ~]eliver to the applicant a license. Section 3. The fee for such license shall be ~10.00 per ann~-i and shall be due and payable on July 1 of each year. Section -t.~ No oil bur~er m~}rchant's and mechanic's license s]:~al! be issued ~til the applicant files with the City Clerk of the City of ]?,remer'ton a s~lrety bond in the s~ of ~500.00 or in lieu thereof a cash bond in the s~ of ~jl00.00, conditioned that the licensee will abide by all provisions of th~s ordinanc~ and all other laws or ordinances rela~in~ to bhe sale, installaoion, altel~a~ion, re- pair and servicinS of oil Ourners and oil-burnin;Z equipment. Said bon~i s~all be further conditioned that if the licensee shall install or repair any oil-burning device or equipment in a m~mner prohibited by this o]~dinance or any or<_dnance the City of Bremerton, relatings to such device or eqL~ipment and shall refuse/~o ch~ge the installation to conform with said orc~inance after notice to do so, the Fire Chief, with the approval of the City Council, may order such installa- tion corrected by a competent mech~ic and the reasonabl~ value o~' such service shall be a charge against the bond. Section 5. If the Fire hmeI finds -that any person licensed kereu~ader has violated ~y ordinance of the City of Bremerton relatin~ to the ins tall atioi-~ or repair of oil-burning devices or equipment, ke shall report the circ~uusta~ces thereof to the City Co~cil who may, after considerin~' the report, orde- a hear- mnS and, in such case, shall notify the licensee of the date of said heaPi~ and of the report of the Fire Chief, which date shall not be less than ten days from and after the mailing of such notice to the licensee at his last known address. At the time of the hearing 'the City Co~cil may declare all or part of suck bond forfeited ~ the City of Bremerton. Section 5. Any cash deposited in lieu of a surety bond shall be refm~ded to any licensee upon surrender of the license to the City Clerk or upon ation thereof. ~ ~ ~, Section 7. Every person, firm, or corporation selling an oil bur~-~er or oil- burning ,device or equipment, not includin~.j parts ~or minor repairs, ~'or melivery in tho Ci~cy of Bremerton, which burner, device or equipment is not tc. be installed by the seller or it's a~l:.?nt, shall notify the Fire Chief ~'~ithin seven days after suc}~ sale of the ntumber and tyi~e of s ~ch burners~ device or equipment sold and the nmue and a~&dress of the purchaser tl~ereof.  8. Any person violating any provisions of this ordinance and any Section person authorizing or directings. _ or kno~,~in[:~ly pe~ittinS an em~loyee_ 'Co violate any provision of bhis or{~m~a}~ce, shall be deemed guilty of a ~:lisdemeanor ~d on conviction , ~ tnezeof skatl be }~unished by a f'i~e of not more than ..~SO0.O0, or by impriso~}~ent in the city jail. for a term not exceeding '90 days or by both such fine and impriso~ent. APPROVED on first reading by the City Council. this 18th day of May, 1~}48. PA[~SED on final reaoing, signed by the },iayor ~d attested by the City Ol~rk in ~utl~entication of such passage this 26th day of ~..[ay, 1948.