2177COUNCIL MEMBER ABBOTT INTRODUCED THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10, ARTICLES 12, 13 AND 14 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA, IN REFERENCE TO
LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR PLUMBING, HEATING, WATER AND WASTE
WATER TREATMENT, ELECTRICAL AND GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND
AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS ACCORDINGLY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT; AND PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE IN PAMPHLET FORM.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BLAIR, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Chapter 10, Article 12, Sections 10 -1201, 10 -1203, 10 -1206 and 10 -1207 of
the Municipal Code of the City of Blair, Nebraska are hereby amended as follows, to wit:
Sec. 10 -1201 LICENSES; LICENSING BOARD. The following licenses shall be available
from the City:
(a) Master plumber's license;
(b) Journeyman plumber's license;
(c) Apprentice plumber's license;
(d) Master heating license;
(e) Journeyman heating license;
(f) Apprentice heating license;
(g) Gas fitter's license;
(h) Water service line installer;
(i) Drain layer's license.
ORDINANCE NO. 2177
A master plumber's license shall be issued only to persons with the following
qualifications:
A person having at least five (5) years actual experience as a journeyman plumber or
equivalent; and
Such person shall pass an examination as to qualifications which shall be given by the
City Administrator, the Public Works Director, and one other person appointed
by the Mayor and confirmed by the Council, constituting a Licensing Board (the
"Licensing Board ") for the purposes of this Article; provided, however, that the
examination requirement shall be waived if the applicant is a person holding a
current master plumber's license issued by the cities of Bellevue, Omaha,
Lincoln, Fremont, Papillion or Norfolk, Nebraska, Council Bluffs, Iowa or a
standard national block test or any other state recognized block test; provided,
further, that it shall be the burden of the applicant to provide the necessary
documentation to the Licensing Board to demonstrate that applicant has a current
master plumber's license issued by one of the cities referred to above.
A journeyman plumber's license shall be issued only to persons with the following
qualifications:
(1) A person having at least three (3) years actual experience as an apprentice plumber or
plumber's helper, or equivalent; and
(2) Such persons shall pass an examination as to qualifications given by the Licensing
Board; provided, however, that the examination requirement shall be waived if the applicant is a
person holding a current journeyman plumber's license issued by the cities of Bellevue, Omaha,
Lincoln, Fremont, Papillion or Norfolk, Nebraska, Council Bluffs, Iowa or a standard national
block test or any other state recognized block test; provided, further, that it shall be the burden of
the applicant to provide the necessary documentation to the Licensing Board to demonstrate that
applicant has a current journeyman plumber's license issued by one of the cities referred to
above.
An apprentice plumber's license shall be issued only to persons with the following
qualification:
(1) A person who shall pass an examination as to qualifications given by the
Licensing Board; provided, however, that the examination requirement shall be
waived if the applicant is a person holding a current apprentice plumber's license
issued by the cities of Bellevue, Omaha, Lincoln, Fremont, Papillion, or Norfolk,
Nebraska, Council Bluffs, Iowa or a standard national block test or any other
state recognized block test; provided, further, that it shall be the burden of the
applicant to provide the necessary documentation to the Licensing Board to
demonstrate that applicant has a current apprentice plumber's license issued by
one of the cities referred to above.
A master heating license shall be issued only to persons with the following
qualifications:
A person having at least five (5) years actual experience in the installation and repair of
units and appliances used for building heating and in sheet metal work and
including all types of building heating, or equivalent; and
Such person shall pass an examination as to qualifications given by the Licensing Board;
provided, however, that the examination requirement shall be waived if the
applicant is a person holding a current master heating license issued by the cities
of Bellevue, Omaha, Lincoln, Fremont, Papillion, or Norfolk, Nebraska, Council
Bluffs, Iowa or a standard national block test or any other state recognized block
test; provided, further, that it shall be the burden of the applicant to provide the
necessary documentation to the Licensing Board to demonstrate that applicant
has a current master heating license issued by one of the cities referred to above.
A journeyman heating license shall be issued only to persons with the following
qualifications:
A person having at least three (3) years actual experience as an apprentice heating
worker, or equivalent; and
Such person shall pass an examination as to qualifications given by the Licensing Board;
provided, however, that the examination requirement shall be waived if the
applicant is a person holding a current journeyman heating license issued by the
cities of Bellevue, Omaha, Lincoln, Fremont, Papillion or Norfolk, Nebraska,
Council Bluffs, Iowa or a standard national block test or any other state
recognized block test; provided, further, that it shall be the burden of the
applicant to provide the necessary documentation to the Licensing Board to
demonstrate that applicant has a current journeyman heating license issued by
one of the cities referred to above.
An apprentice heating license shall be issued only to persons with the following
qualification:
(1) A person who shall pass an examination as to qualifications given by the
Licensing Board; provided, however, that the examination requirement shall be
waived if the applicant is a person holding a current apprentice heating license
issued by the cities of Bellevue, Omaha, Lincoln, Fremont, Papillion or Norfolk,
Nebraska, Council Bluffs, Iowa or a standard national block test or any other
state recognized block test; provided, further, that it shall be the burden of the
applicant to provide the necessary documentation to the Licensing Board to
demonstrate that applicant has a current apprentice heating license issued by one
of the cities referred to above.
A gas fitter's license shall be issued only to persons with the following qualifications:
A person having three (3) years actual experience in gas fitting under supervision of
persons holding master heating licenses or gas fitter's licenses, or equivalent; and
Such person shall pass an examination as to qualifications given by the Licensing Board;
provided, however, that the examination requirement shall be waived if the
applicant is a person holding a current gas fitter's license issued by the cities of
Bellevue, Omaha, Fremont, Lincoln, Papillion or Norfolk, Nebraska, Council
Bluffs, Iowa or a standard national block test or any other state recognized block
test; provided, further, that it shall be the burden of the applicant to provide the
necessary documentation to the Licensing Board to demonstrate that applicant
has a current gas fitter's license issued by one of the cities referred to above.
A water service line installer license shall be issued only to persons with the following
qualifications:
A person having at least three (3) years actual experience as an apprentice plumber or
plumber's helper, or equivalent; and
A person with written recommendation or endorsement of a master plumber.
A drain layer's license shall be issued only to persons with the following qualifications:
A person having at least three (3) years actual experience in drain laying or plumbing;
and
Such person shall pass an examination as to qualifications given by the Licensing Board;
provided, however, that the examination requirement shall be waived if the
applicant is a person holding a current drain layer's license issued by the cities of
Bellevue, Omaha, Lincoln, Fremont, Papillion or Norfolk, Nebraska, Council
Bluffs, Iowa or a standard national block test or any other state recognized block
test; provided, further, that it shall be the burden of the applicant to provide the
necessary documentation to the Licensing Board to demonstrate that applicant
has
a current drain layer's license issued by one of the cities referred to above.
(Amended by Ordinance No. 1879, July 13, 1999)
Sec. 10 -1203 BOND. Every applicant for a master plumber's license, master heating license, or
gas fitter's license shall file with the City Clerk, at the time of applying for license, and keep in
force during the term of his license a surety bond which shall be approved as to form and
sufficiency of sureties by the City Attorney, in the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars,
conditioned so that such applicant upon being licensed will indemnify and save harmless the
City from all liability for damage or injury resulting from negligence of the licensee or his
employees in the work and materials furnished by him or her in the course of his or her licensed
business and to do and perform all work permitted under such license in accordance with the
provisions of this Article and to replace and properly repair any paving, curbing, water system,
sewer system or other property of the City damaged by him or her or such employees in the
conduct of the licensed business.
Sec. 10 -1206 LICENSE; RE- EXAMINATION. No person who fails to pass an examination
given by the Licensing Board shall be entitled to apply for re- examination for a period of thirty
(30) days thereafter.
Sec. 10 -1207 LICENSE RENEWALS. Any person holding a license provided for under the
terms of this Article shall, upon expiration thereof, be entitled to renew the same by applying to
the City Clerk on or before the twentieth (20 day of January of the succeeding year and paying
the appropriate license fee as hereinabefore provided and furnishing and filing the bond as
required by the terms of this Article; Provided, however, that any person issued a Blair license
as a result of such person holding a current license issued by the cities of Bellevue, Omaha,
Lincoln, Fremont, Papillion or Norfolk, Nebraska, Council Bluffs, Iowa or a standard national
block test or any other state recognized block test; shall provide the necessary documentation to
the City Clerk on or before the twentieth (20 day of January of each renewal year to
demonstrate that the applicant's license from such other city is current and in good standing at
the time of the renewal request; Provided, further, that the City Clerk shall not issue such
renewal license if he shall have been notified not to do so, prior to the application for such
renewal, by the Licensing Board. (Amended by Ordinance No. 1789, July 13, 1999)
SECTION 2. Chapter 10, Article 13, Section 10 -1303 of the Municipal Code of the City of
Blair, Nebraska is hereby amended as follows, to wit:
Sec. 10 -1303 LICENSE; BOND. Every applicant for a master electrician's license shall file
with the City Clerk, at the time of applying for license, and keep in force during the term of such
license a surety bond which shall be approved as to form and sufficiency of sureties by the City
Attorney, in the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars, conditioned so that such applicant,
upon being licensed, will indemnify and save harmless the City from all liability for damage or
injury resulting from negligence of the licensee or his or her employees in the work and
materials furnished by the licensee in the course of his or her licensed business and to do and
perform all work permitted under such license in accordance with the provisions of this Article
and to replace and properly repair any City property damaged by him or her or his or her
employees in the conduct of the licensed business.
SECTION 3. Chapter 10, Article 14, Section 10 -1403 of the Municipal Code of the City of
Blair, Nebraska is hereby amended as follows, to wit:
Sec. 10 -1403 LICENSE; FEE; TERM, ISSUANCE. Every application for such construction
shall be referred to a Licensing Board consisting of the City Administrator, the Director of
Public Works, and one (1) other person appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Council,
for investigation. If a majority of such Licensing Board shall consider that the applicant is
competent to carry on the business described in the application, such application shall be
approved and a license issued the applicant by the City Clerk, specifying the type of
construction work to be done, which license shall be for the remainder of the calendar year in
which same is issued. Prior to the issuance of said license, the applicant shall pay a license fee
and submit a Certificate of Insurance with minimum limits of $1,000,000 Aggregate /$300,000
each occurrence, which shall be set and determined from time to time as deemed necessary by
the Mayor and City Council, by resolution, and said fee appended to the Municipal Code of the
City of Blair as part of an appendix designated by the title "Permit, License, and Application
Fees." Said license fee shall be paid to the City Clerk for the use of the General Fund of the
City (Amended by Ord. No. 1324, 3/24/82)
SECTION 4. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2009.
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BRENDA R. WHEELER, CITY CLERK
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S E. REALPH, MAYOR
BRENDA R. WHEELER hereby certifies that she is the duly appointed, qualified and acting
City Clerk of the City of Blair, Nebraska, and that the above and foregoing ordinance was passed
at a regular meeting of the Mayor and City Council of said City held on the 13th day of October,
2009.
BRENDA R. WHEELER, CITY CLERK