HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-2840 QUALIFICATION OF HEATING & COOLING APPLIANCE INSTALLERS ORDINANCE NO2 __t_0
AN ORDINANCE relating to buildings and qualification of heating and
comfort cooling appliance installers; amending Sections
11.32.120, 11.32.130, 11.32.140, 11.32 170 and repealing
Sections 11.32.110 and 11.32.160, all of the City of
110 Yakima Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 11.32.120 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"11.32.120 Journeyman's License - Required. It is unlawful for any
person to install or service any heating or comfort cooling appliance
without first having obtained and being the authorized holder of a valid
and subsisting journeyman's license, issued pursuant to this Chapter,
authorizing the holder to service and install the appliance."
Section 2. Section 11.32.130, the City of Yakima Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"11.32.130 Journeyman's License - Fee. The fee for such journey-
man's license shall be eleven dollars, and eleven dollars for renewal,
per year for each person payable to the Code Administration Manager or
his designee."
Section 3. Section 11.32.140 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
11.32.140 Journeyman's License - Examination - Application -
Fee _ A�pseals.
A. Examinations. No journeyman's license shall be issued until
the applicant has passed an examination administered by the
Code Administration Manager, paid all license and testing fees
authorized by this Chapter and filled out a license applica-
tion form. The examination authorized by this Section shall
test the applicant's knowledge of that portion of the Uniform
Mechanical Code, as adopted by the City of Yakima Municipal
Code, applicable to the type of heating and comfort cooling
appliance the applicant intends to install or service.
The fee for such examination shall be five dollars payable in
advance to the Code Administration Manager or his designee.
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Any applicant who fails the examination may appeal to the
Board of Building Appeals for a review of any irregularity in
the administration or scoring of the examination by the Cbde
kiministration Manager by filing a written notice of appeal
with the Code Administration Manager within 10 calendar days
of receipt by the applicant of the result of the examination, •
which notice may specify the irregularity on which the appeal
is based. The Code Administration Manager shall promptly
notify the Board of the filing of the appeal.
On receipt of an appeal, the Board shall promptly give written
notice to the Code Administration Manager and the applicant/
appellant of the time, date and place of hearing on such
appeal, not less than seven (7) calendar days prior to the
date of the hearing. The Board shall then hear the appeal and
determine whether the examination results at issue should be
upheld or modified.
B. Application. Prior to taking such examination, the applicant
shall fill out an application form provided by the Code Admin-
istration Manager or his designee. The application shall
contain the following information: applicant's name, home
address, business address, place and date of birth, whether
the applicant, has served an apprenticeship in the heating and
ccmfort cooling appliance installation trade, if so, which
trade, whether the applicant has achieved journeyman's status
in such trade, and the type of license which the applicant
requests: gaseous, solid fuel, liquid fuel or electrical
heating and comfort cooling appliances. Upon successful
completion of the examination authorized under this Section,
the Code Administration Manager or his designee shall issue a
license and designate on the licenSe whether the applicant is
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licensed to install and service solid fuel, gases, liquid and
electrical heating and comfort cooling appliances."
Section 4. Section 11.32.170 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
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"11.32.170 Revocation of License - Procedures. Any license or
permit issued hereunder shall be revoked by the Code Administration
Manager for fraud or misrepresentation in making application for such
license or permit or in carrying out any work for which the license or
permit is required', or for failure to damply with any provisions of this
chapter. The holder of any license or permit revoked by the Code Ad-
ministration Manager, shall have the right of appeal to the City Council
from such revocation by filing a notice of appeal with the City Council
within ten days after such notice of revocation is mailed by registered
mail to the last known address of the licensee by the Code Administra-
tion Manager. The hearing on the appeal shall be held before the City
council or a committee thereof as directed by the City COuncil. At the
hearing, the holder of the license shall be entitled to be heard in
person, to produce witnesses and to be represented by Council. The
action of the City Council on the question shall be final and con-
clusive."
Section 5. Sections 11.32.110 and 11.32.160 are hereby repealed.
Section 6. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty
days after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law and
by the City Charter.
PASSED BY. THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this ?N.C. day of
, 1985.
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Mayor
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CITY CLERK
Publication DattAILJ1
Effective DatEEB 2 1985
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