99-9954 Electrical Contractors(Published in the Salina Journal on OctobeA1999)
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ORDINANCE NUMBER 99-9954
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 8-113, CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE V,
DIVISION 3, OF THE SALINA CODE PERTAINING TO ELECTRICAL
CONTRACTORS AND SECTION 8-202, CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE VI, DIVISION 2,
PERTAINING TO PLUMBERS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That Section 8-113, Chapter 8, Article V, Division 3 of the Salina Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 8-113. Exemptions.
The following persons shall not be required to obtain an electrical
contractor's license :
(1) Any person operating as a public utility under franchise with the
city, supplying power, communications or services may supply
and maintain any measuring equipment installed by them, together
with their overhead lines, so long as they remain the property of
the utility company supplying the service;
(2) Any person working in or upon any building or premises owned
and occupied by an agency of the federal government;
(3) The maintenance or repair of portable household appliances,
radios, television sets, business machines, motors, music boxes,
games and portable tools normally supplied through an approved
cord and attachment cap;
(4) Any person installing signal systems for protective purposes such
as burglar alarms, remote controls, and similar circuits and only
when used as an extension of a central station such as a telephone,
telegraph, radio, television and sound systems when the base
system is Underwriters Laboratory approved and connected to line
voltage with an approved attachment cord and attachment cap, and
contains current limiting transformers and protection as defined in
the National Electrical Code as Class II control and signal circuits;
(5) A bona fide owner of a single-family dwelling being used
exclusively as the owner's dwelling, including the usual accessory
building, may be granted a permit provided that said owner
personally purchases and installs all material used in the electrical
installation, and further provided all other portions of this article
are adhered to. The same shall apply to a new dwelling;
(6) Any person who has a currently valid mobile home craftsman
license issued by the city while performing repairs or
replacements to the electrical system located within a mobile
home under the provisions of Article IV of Chapter 22;
(7) Persons who own or are regularly employed by the property
owner are exempt from the licensing requirement when they are
performing work on the property that is exempt from the
requirements for a permit. An appropriate license is required for
all work that requires a permit."
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Section 2. That Section 8-202, Chapter 8, Article VI, Division 3 of the Salina Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 8-202. Certification required; exception.
It shall be unlawful for any person to labor at the trade of
plumbing without first having been issued a plumbing license and or a
plumbing contractors license, except as follows:
(1) Any person regularly employed by the water and sewerage
department shall be exempt from the provisions of this section
when performing labor on property owned and maintained by the
city; and provided further, that any person holding a valid mobile
home craftsman license issued by the city shall be exempt from
the provisions of this section while performing those services for
which they are licensed under Article IV of Chapter 22.
(2) Persons who own or are regularly employed by the property
owner are exempt from the licensing requirement when they are
performing work on the property that is exempt from the
requirements for a permit. An appropriate license is required for
all work that requires a permit.
(3) Persons or firms who are installing private sewer mains or private
water mains and who have a supervising employee on the job site
at all times who has passed the Underground Utilities 331 test as
given by Block and Associates. The Building Codes Advisory
and Appeals Board may also approve alternate tests. All other
minimum requirements for insurance and bonding will be the
same as for a plumbing contractor. Written proof of this
information shall be submitted to the city clerk as required for a
plumbing contractor."
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
adoption and publication once in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: October 11, 1999
Passed: October 18, 1999
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T: onte Shadwick, Mayor
Weber, Deputy City Clerk