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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-B-1884 natr+oco um ORD,f1 A$ it. i .D /7�- 5-°`-' 11 1 y :_ gailit , ht /lVu,p p •�Ys I 1 i ORDINANCE. N0. B -1884 AM NOtEp sr onottimacfE P40 . %T AN ORDINANCE relating to and regulating the sale, installation and servicing of heating appliances in the City of Yakima; providing for the enforcement thereof; prescribing penalties for violations thereof; repealing Ordinance No. B -1845; and declaring an emergency. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: 69r tNo o tAv rwrot rAt+arp N7O. ""'/I1 - Section 1. As used in this orctine the following terms shall have the following meanings: a. "Heating Installer" means any person, firm or corporation who installs any or all types of heating appliances. b. "Journeyman" means any person engaged in the actual work of installing or servicing any heating appliance and who is the authorized holder of a valid and sub- sisting "Journeyman's License ". . c. "Apprentice" means any person engaged in the actual work of installing or servicing any heating appliance and who is the authorized holder of a valid and sub - sisting "Apprentice Permit ". d. "Heating Appliance" means an appliance which utilizes gas, liquid or solid fuel for the purpose of heat, and shall include all necessary piping. Such piping shall not include duct work but shall include piping for all gas appliances including such appliances as gas refrigerators.,c 4ri 4 AMQND ev ORD 44ANce. NO.. F• Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of installing any type of heating appliance without first having obtained and being the authorized holder of a valid and subsisting "Heating Installer's License ", obtained according to and in compliance with the provisions of this ordinance, and without having filed with the City Clerk a valid and subsisting surety bond as here- inafter provided. Section 3. The fee for,sueh Heating Installer's License shall be twenty - five Dollars ($25.00) and five dollars ($5.00) renewal, per annum for each establishment or place of business of each such heating installer, to be taken out in case of indi- viduals in the name of a person owning the business, and in the case of firms or corp- orations, in the name of such firm or corporation, and expires one year from date of issue. . • 1 Section 4. The surety bond required of heating installers by Section 2' hereof shall be in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each establishment or place of business maintained by any person, firm or corporation as a heating installer, payable to City of Yakima, for the use and benefit of said city and any and all person dealing with the licensee or his agents in his capacity as a heating installer, and shall be executed by the applicant and by a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Washington, which bond shall be conditioned that the . licensee and his agents shall fully comply with all provisions of law relating to installations of heat- ing appliances, and that any person injured by failure to comply therewith may have a right or action on said bond in his own name, and that the principal and sureties shall pay all judgments recovered against the principal for any violation of or failure to comply with said provisions of law; provided that such action must be commenced within one (1) year after completion of the work. The surety on such bond shall not be liable thereunder to any person in excess of the aggregate sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). ArinENOCO BY n oiroANr NO. 4,d " ■ eAd d ii-L, Section 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to install or service any heating appliance without first having obtained and being the authorized holder of a valid and subsisting " Journeyman's License" or without first having obtained and being the authorized holder of a valid and subsisting "Apprentice Permit ", obtained according to and in compliance with the provisions of this ordinance. Section 6. The fee for such Journeyman's License shall be five dollars ($5.00) and two dollars ($2.00) for renewal, er annum for each person. The fee for such Apprentice Permit shall be two dollars ( per annum for each person. Section 7. No Journeyman's License shall be issued until such time as the applicant has made application to the Examining Board and has shown a proper degree of proficiency as determined by an examination conducted by the Examining Board. Said Journeyman's License may be issued for installation or servicing of heating appliances using solid, liquid or gas as a fuel. Said license shall indicate which type or types of fuel the holder is authorized to install or service. Section 8. An Apprentice Permit shall be issued upon written application signed by the proposed employer under the following regulations: a. Number of apprentices shall not exceed the number of journeymen in any one employment. b. The holder of an Apprentice Permit shall work under the supervision of a Journeyman. • c. The holder of an Apprentice Permit shall serve as an apprentice for a period of not less than eighteen months nor more than sixty months unless such time is extended by action of the Examining Boardr p, �Qaeanda© Fly 11Q'rItMRwlrc No. $ &ImmwnaR :' \Ir:A rit tlO. a Section 9. There is he created an Examining Board who shall periodic- ally hold examinations for the purpose of determining the degree of proficiency of journeymen installers and service men and issuing Journeymen's Licenses to those quali- fied. The Examining Board shall consist of the Fire Marshal of the City of Yakima, the Plumbing Inspector, two Heating Installers and one Journeyman, appointed by the Mayor, each of whom shall serve for a term of one year or until his successor has been duly appointed. Members of the Board shall serve without compensation. The Examining Board shall have the power to make rules and regulations not inconsistent with this ordinance. 34 2 ORDINANCE. NO. B -1884 However, no limit shall be placed on the number of journeymen that may be licensed. Section 10.. Any license or permit issued hereunder shall be revoked by the City Clerk upon recommendation of the Examining Board for fraud or misrepresentation in making application for license or permit or in carrying out any work for which the li- cense or permit is required or for failure to comply with any provisions of this ordi- nance. The holder of any license or permit revoked shall have the right of appeal to the City Commission from such revocation by filing a notice of appeal with the City Com- mission within ten (10) days after such notice of revocation is mailed by registered mail to the address of the licensee by the City Clerk. The hearing on the appeal shall be held before the City Commission or a committee thereof as directed by the City Commission. At the hearing the holder of the license or permit shall be entitled to be heard in person, to produce witnesses, and to be represented by counsel. The action of the City Commission on the question shall be final and conclusive. Section 11. Every person, firm or corporation selling a heating appliance to other than an Fire which is not to be of Yakima installed by (7)hdaysrafter agent, uch shall notify the Fire sale upon forms to be provided by the Fire Department. Section 12. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance, or who shall counsel, aid or abet any such violation or failure to comply, shall be dee any y guilty not exceeding misdemeanor demean r and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine hundred dollars ($300.00) or by imprisonment in the city jail for a term not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Section 13,., Ordinance No. B -184.5 is hereby repealed; but this shall not interfere with any prosecution by the city for any previous violation thereof. Section 14. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety of the people of the .City of Yakima; and an emergency is after the date of its passage, approval and publication said provided and effect frrom m and after for in the City Charter. PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 21st day of May, 1956. S R S E A L) G. W. BURNS PEARL BENJAMIN ( Mayor City Clerk ce I hereby certify that the foregoing is a ltrue correct sale, No. B -1884- entitled "AN ORDINANCE relating to and regulating the servicing of heating appliances in the City of Yakima; providing for the enforcement thereof; prescribing penalties for violations thereof; repealing OrdinancehNo No. sB. -1 n has and declaring an emergency." as passed on the 21st day of May, been published as required by law. A. C I T / C L E R K •