HomeMy WebLinkAbout1805 ORDINANCE No. 1805,
An Ordinance amending an ordinance., regulating and licensing the business
of selling an~ installing of oil burners, dated Nay 28, 1948.
THE CITY OF BRE~ERTON ~DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That Section i of Ordinance No. 1778, entitled "An ordinm~ce
regulating and licensing the business of selling, installing, altering, re-
pairing and servicing of oil burners and oil-burning equipment and providing
penalties for the violation thereof", dated Nay 28, 1948, be and the same iS
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
engage in or to hold himself out as being engaged in the business of install-
ing, altering, repairing or servicing of oil burners or oil-burning equipment
without first proctoring and being the holder of a valid and subsisting lic-
ense so to do, to be known as an "oil burner and mechanic's license". Said
license shall not be transferable. The word "person" shall not be construed
to include an employee of any person, firm or corporation licensed hereunder."
Section 2. That Section 4 of Ordinance No. 1778, dated Nay ~, 1948 be
and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 4. No oil burner mechanic's license shall be issued until the
applicant files with the City Clerk el~ the City of B~emerton a surety bona in
the sum of $800.00, or in lieu thereof, a cash bond in the sum of ~lO0.O0,
conditioned that the licensee will abide by all provisions oi' this ordinance
and all other laws or ordinances relating to the installation, alteration,
repair and servicing of oil burners and oil-burning equipment. Said bond
shall be further conditioned that if the licensee shall install or repair any
oil-burning device or equipment in a manner prohibited by this ordinance or
any ordinance of the City of BPemerton, relating to such device or equipment
and shall refuse or neglect to change the installation to conI'or~n witl~ said
ordinance~ after notice to do so, the Fire Chief, with the approval of the
City Council, may order such installation corrected by a competent mechanic
and the reasonable value of such service shall be a charge against the bond."
Section 5. Any person, firm or corporation engaged exclusively in the
business oi' selling at retail oil burners or oil-burning equipment having ob-
tained an oil burner merchant's and mechanic's license after the effective
date of Ordinance No. 17~8, shall be entitled to a refun~ of ~he fee paid for
such license upon application therefor ~o and approval by the City Council.
APPFOVED on first reading this 8~h day of September, 1948.
PASSED on second reading by the City Council of the City of Bremerton,
signed by ~he Nayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such
passage this lSth day of September, 1948.
ATTEST: - ' ~ayor %
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................. ~ City Clerk