38-25 Amending Articles 1 Through 7 and Article 11 of Chapter 6 of the South Bend Municipal Code to Update Regulations Governing the Building Department

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(I) The class of registration applied for. (2) The name and place of business of the applicant. (3) Letter(s) from former employer(s); a union; or self-employment documentation to show that the applicant has had not less than four(4)years' (or equivalent) experience in the installation, repair and maintenance of residential, commercial or industrial electrical wiring, apparatus or equipment. (4) Payment of a fifty-dollar($50.00) application review fee. (5) Evidence of the applicant's age being at least twenty-one (21) years. (6) An official statement from a law enforcement agency of whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony, and if so, the crimes convicted of and the dates and places of such convictions. (d) Examination. Proof of a passing exam score from an internationally or nationally recognized electrical examiner, to be determined by the Department and to be reviewed and published annually, shall be submitted with any registration. (e) Surety bond. Each applicant for a Class A registration must also provide a surety bond. payable to the City in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), and conditioned upon faithful compliance with the provisions of the Building Code as it pertains to the regulation of electrical work and apparatus and agreeing to pay all damages, costs and expenses caused by the negligence of the registration through failure to comply with such provisions. (f) Issuance of certificate: (1) The Examiner shall examine the application, the accompanying documentation and other information provided, examination results, and shall recommend to the Building Department the granting or denying of the registration applied for. Appeal from the denial, suspension or revocation of any registration by the Examiner shall be made according to the procedures in Section 4-16 of the Municipal Code. (2) The Examiner shall issue a registration to any approved applicant who has complied with all requirements of the application, including but not limited to the filing of a bond and payment of the prescribed registration fee. (3) Each registration shall specify the name of the person to whom the registration is issued, the company name under which the registration does business, the business address, and the expiration date of the registration.The registration shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the registered person's principal place of business. (g) Nontransferability. Any registration issued under this article is nontransferable to another person, and it shall be unlawful to loan or transfer such registration to the use of any person other than the person in whose name the registration is issued provided; however, that work may be performed under a Class B registration at a different industrial premises from that described in the application and certificate, upon written petition for such change by the registered person, describing the reason therefor, and approval by the Building Commissioner. (h) Term of registration; renewal: (1) Term: The term of each registration under this article is from the effective date of the surety bond and for twelve(12) months thereafter. (2) Renewal: Page 31 of 42