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ORDINANCE NUMBER 8466
(Published in The Salina Journal ; 1975)
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE EXAMINATION, LICENSING AND REGULATION
OF ALL PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE INSTALLATION, REPAIRING, ALTERATION, RENEWAL AND
USE OF ALL ELECTRICAL WIRING FOR LIGHT, HEAT OR POWER AND ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL
EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCES AND DEVICES, AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING EQUIPMENT OR
PLUMBING IN OR ON A MOBILE HOME; ESTABLISHING MOBILE HOME CONTRACTORS, MASTER
MOBILE HOME CRAFTSMAN, JOURNEYMAN MOBILE HOME CRAFTSMAN, AND APPRENTICE MOBILE
HOME CRAFTSMAN; AMENDING ARTICLE XIV OF CHAPTER 9 OF THE SALINA CODE AND
REPEALING SAID ORIGINAL ARTICLE XIV OF CHAPTER 9.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That Article XIV of Chapter 9 of the Salina Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 9-411. License Required.
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership,
firm, association or corporation to engage in the business
of electrical, mechanical or plumbing contracting in or on
Mobile Homes without first having secured a Mobile Home
Contractor License.
It shall further be unlawful for any person to engage
in the trade or otherwise perform the act of installing,
repairing or altering electrical wiring for light, heat
or power, and all other electrical equipment, appliances
and devices, air conditioning, heating equipment, or
plumbing in or on a Mobile Home within the City of Salina
without first having secured a Master Mobile Home Craftsman
License and be in the employee of a licensed Mobile Home
Contractor. The following exceptions shall be allowed:
(A) Persons having a Journeyman Mobile Home Craftsman
License as provided for herein, shall be permitted to work
when they are in the employ of a Licensed Mobile Home
Contractor, and he is under the supervision or direction
of a licensed Master Mobile Home Craftsman.
(B) A Person having an Apprentice Mobile Home Craftsman
License, as provided for herein, shall be permitted to work
when accompanied by and under the supervision or direction
of a Master Mobile Home Craftsman.
(C) Nothing in this act shall prohibit an electrician,
plumber, or gas fitter from performing the services for
which he is licensed under the Salina Code in or on a
Mobile Home.
"Section 9-412. Licenses, Applications, Examination.
Applications for examination for a Master Mobile Home
Craftsman license, a Journeyman Mobile Home Craftsman
license, or an Apprentice Mobile Home Craftsman license
shall be made to the City Clerk upon a form to be provided
by said Clerk, and referred to the Mobile Home Craftsman
Board of Examiners. The board shall examine the applicant,
shall consider his experience, training and other qualifications,
and if found satisfactory, it shall authorize the City Clerk
to issue the license for which application was made. The
minimum qualifications shall be the same as are hereinafter
set out. At least one-half of the examination shall be
written.
(A) The annual fee for a Mobile Home Contractors
license shall be $135.00 for the first year and $35.00 for
any annual renewal thereof.
(B) The fee for an examination for a Master Mobile
Home Craftsman license shall be $5.00. The fee shall be paid
to the City Clerk when the application for examination is
made. The annual fee for a Master Mobile Home Craftsman
license shall be $15.00 for the first year and $5.00 for
any annual renewal thereof.
(C) The fee for an examination for a Journeyman Mobile
Home Craftsman license shall be $5.00. The fee shall be paid
to the City Clerk when the application for examination is
made. The annual fee for the Journeyman Mobile Home Craftsman
license shall be $10.00 for the first year and $5.00 for any
annual renewal thereof.
(D) The fee for an examination for an Apprentice Mobile
Home Craftsman license shall be $5.00. The fee shall be paid
to the City Clerk when the application for examination is
made. The annual fee for an Apprentice Mobile Home Craftsman
license shall be $5.00 for the first year and $5.00 for any
annual renewal thereof.
Such licenses shall expire on the 31st day of December
of each year. No license fee shall be prorated, except as
provided for in Section 20-9 of the Salina Code. Any licensee
who fails to renew the same within sixty (60) days from the
date of expiration may be required to take a new examination
and pay an examination fee before receiving a new license.
"Section 9-413. Mobile Home Contractors License: Application.
Applications for a Moblie Home Contractors license shall
be made to the City Clerk upon a form to be provided by said
Clerk and referred to the Mobile Home Craftsman Board of
Examiners. The board shall examine the applications and if
found satisfactory, it shall authorize the City Clerk to issue
the license for which the application was made.
"Section 9-414. Classes established.
There are hereby established the following classes of
Mobile Home Craftsmen:
"Section 9-414(1) Master Mobile Home Craftsman.
A Master Mobile Home Craftsman shall certify at least
five years of practical experience in the field of mobile
home repair. Such experience shall include plumbing, gas,
electrical, mechanical, and structural installation, repair
or alteration to mobile homes. Graduation from an approved
trade school or a combination of training and experience
may qualify an individual to take an examination for a
license.
"Section 9-414(2) Journeyman Mobile Home Craftsman.
A Journeyman Mobile Home Craftsman is any person
earning his livelihood as a Mobile Home Craftsman, but who
has not acquired the necessary longevity of experience to
qualify as a Master Mobile Home Craftsman, but shall
certify at least three years of practical experience in
the field of mobile home repair. Such experience shall
include plumbing, gas, electrical, mechanical and structural
installation, repair or alteration to mobile homes. Graduation
from an approved trade school or a combination of training
and experience may qualify an individual to take an examination
for a license.
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"Section 9-414(3). Apprentice Mobile Home Craftsman.
An Apprentice Mobile Home Craftsman is any person
earning his livelihood as a Mobile Home Craftsman, but who
has not acquired the necessary longevity or experience to
qualify as a Journeyman Mobile Home Craftsman. Except by
special written permission and consent issued by the Mobile
Home Craftsman Board of Examiners, he shall not work except
under the immediate supervision and direction and in the
presence of a licensed Master Mobile Home Craftsman, properly
licensed by the city. No person who has had his license
revoked for cause shall be allowed to work as an Apprentice
Mobile Home Craftsman without the express consent of the
Mobile Home Craftsman Board of Examiners. A person shall be
qualified to take an examination for a license if he is in
the employ of a Master Mobile Home Craftsman.
"Section 9-415. Mobile Home Craftsman Board of Examiner
created; Membership.
There is hereby created a Mobile Home Craftsman Board
of Examiners to consist of three persons, one of which will
be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Board of
Commissioners to pass upon the qualifications, as elsewhere
set forth in this Article, of all persons engaged in the
repair, installation or alteration of mobile homes or their
components.
The membership of a board shall consist of the City
Plumbing and Gas Inspector, the City Electrical Inspector,
and a licensed Master Mobile Home Craftsman. Members shall
be appointed for a term of one year.
"Section 9-416. Board to hold meetings.
It shall be the duty of the members of the Mobile Home
Craftsman Board of Examiners, under such rules and regulations
as they shall prescribe, to hold meetings as necessary, on
days to be announced by the Mobile Home Craftsman Board of
Examiners, for the purpose of passing upon the qualifications
of parties desiring licenses to perform the duties of mobile
home craftsman.
"Section 9-417. Board to conduct examinations; Scope.
It shall be the duty of the Mobile Home Craftsman Board
of Examiners to conduct examinations of applicants for mobile
Home Craftsman licenses. Examination shall consist of
questions, problems and demonstrations designed to show the
extent of the applicant's knowledge concerning the detailed
provisions of this article and the applicable city codes,
the practical experience in this type of work which the
applicant has had, and the degree of proficiency he has
attained. The examination shall be given on the basis of
the current code at the time which the examination is given.
At least one-half of said examination shall be written.
"Section 9-418. Issuance of license.
After certification by the Mobile Home Craftsman Board
of Examiners, licenses may be issued by the City Clerk. Upon
issuance of said license, the holder thereof shall be
authorized to perform repairs to mobile homes including,
without limitation, mechanical and structural repairs, and
to make installations, alterations and repairs to the
electrical, plumbing and gas systems located within the
mobile home and to make the normal exterior connections to
existing mobile home park systems, if the connection may be
made at the mobile home space.
The holder of this license shall not be authorized
to install or repair any part of the mobile home park
electrical, plumbing or gas systems.
"Section 9-419. Suspension, or revocation of license.
Any mobile home craftsman may be suspended for a
definite length of time, or have his license revoked outright
by the Mobile Home Craftsman Board of Examiners for good and
sufficient cause. Such decisions are subject to written
appeal to the Board of Commissioners and such appeals shall
be filed in writing with the Mobile Home Craftsman Board of
Examiners within ten (10) days after the decision has been
rendered. Any and all such appeals arising from such rulings
of the Mobile Home Craftsman Board of Examiners shall be
expedited and completed not later than thirty (30) days
after an appeal has been filed with the Mobile Home Craftsman
Board of Examiners.
"Section 9-420. Permit required.
No Mobile Hone Contractor or Craftsman shall perform
any installation or repair to any mobile home without first
obtaining a permit from the Building Inspection Department.
"Section 9-421. When permit not required.
This Article shall not be construed to mean that a
permit shall be required before replacing minor defective
devices. The installation on new appliances requires a
permit in every case. Any direct connection to the gas,
water, or electrical supply lines will require a permit
in every case.
"Section 9-422. Record of permits required.
A complete record shall be kept by the Inspection
Department of all permits issued.
"Section 9-423. Permit fee established.
The permit fee for the moving in and connection to the
gas, water or electrical mains for mobile homes shall be
$3.00. For permits covered under the electrical or
plumbing section of this code established fee schedule
will apply.
"Section 9-424. Payment of fee; Failure to pay.
All permit fees shall be due and payable to the City
Clerk, not later than the tenth of the month following the
month in which the permit was issued. Failure of any Mobile
Home Contractor or Craftsman to remit payment of permit
fees by the specified date will be a violation of this
Article, and shall constitute sufficient grounds for
revocation of the Mobile Home Contractor or Craftsman license.
"Section 9-425. Inspection Department to inspect.
It shall be the duty of the Building Inspection
Department to inspect, or cause to be inspected, any work
for which permits are required by this code.
"Section 9-426. Inspection, Approval required.
Any work performed under this code will require
inspection and approval by the Inspection Department.
"Section 9-427. Concealing work before inspection.
No Mobile Home Craftsman shall conceal, or cause to be
concealed, work performed under this code prior to inspection
and approval.
"Section 9-428. Certificate of approval required before
setting meters or connection
Prior to supplying electrical current, gas, or water
to a newly parked mobile home or a mobile home which has been
temporarily disconnected therefrom, a certificate of approval
must be issued by the Building Inspection Department.
"Section 9-429. Insurance required.
It shall be required of the holder of a Mobile Home
Contractors License, as a condition thereof, that he procure
and maintain in full force for the duration of the license,
bodily injury and liability insurance for the minimum amount
of $300,000.00 limit per accident, as well as property damage
liability insurance in the minimum amount of $100,000.00 per
accident. Proof of coverage shall be approved by the City
Attorney.
"Section 9-430. Bond required.
Before any person, firm, partnership, association or
corporation shall be granted a Mobile Home Contractor's
License, said mobile home contractor shall execute a good
and sufficient surety bond in the sum of $5,000.00 the same
to be approved by the City Attorney, conditioned upon the
good and faithful performance of work done by him, upon any
mobile home in the city, payment of all fees connected
therewith, and to hold the city harmless on account of any
damages arising from faulty work or neglect of duty in the
protection of the public.
"Section 9-431. Contractor required to employ Master
Mobile Home Craftsman.
It shall be required of the holder of a Mobile Home
Contractors License, as a condition of the issuance thereof,
that he shall employ a licensed Master Mobile Home Craftsman
at all times while such license shall be in effect.
"Section 9-432. Calls for Inspection.
Only Mobile Home Contractors or Master Mobile Home
Craftsman shall be allowed to contact the Inspection
Department and request inspection and approval of any work
done under this code.
"Section 9-433. Non-resident Mobile Home Craftsman.
A Non-resident Mobile Home Craftsman is a person holding
a valid license from other than the City of Salina. Such
craftsman shall be honored provided that the issuing city
shall have entered into an agreement with the City of Salina,
granting reciprocal privileges to the holders of valid Salina
Mobile Home Craftsman licenses, and further provided that the
issuing city shall conduct examinations to determine the
qualifications of its licensee. Such qualifications shall
be parallel with those of the City of Salina. Any decision
as to doubtful qualifications of a licensee shall be determined
by the Mobile Home Craftsman Board of Examiners. Nothing in
this section shall exempt the non-resident Mobile Home Craftsman
from obtaining the proper licenses or permits from the City
of Salina."
Section 2. That the existing Article XIV of Chapter 9 of the Salina
Code is hereby repealed.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and
after December 31, 1975•
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Attest:
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D. L. Harrison, City Clerk
Introduced: December 15, 1975
Passed: December 22, 1975
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