11211-25 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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(6) Payment of a fifty-dollar($50.00) examination fee. (c) Examination. Proof of a passing exam score from an internationally or nationally recognized mechanical examiner, to be determined by the Department and to be reviewed and published annually, shall be submitted with any registration. (d) Surety bond. Each applicant for 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 heating, air conditioning and ventilating work and apparatus and agreeing to pay all damages, costs and expenses caused by the negligence of the applicant through failure to comply with such provisions. (e) Issuance of certificate. (1) The Examiner shall examine the application, the accompanying documentation and other information provided, and the examination results, and shall recommend to the Building Commissioner the granting or denying of the registration. 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 Building Department shall issue a registration to any applicant approved by the Examiner, 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 applicant's principal place of business. (f) 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. (g) Term of registration; renewal: (1) Term. The term of each registration under this article commences on the effective date of the surety bond and is for twelve (12) months thereafter. (2) Renewal. a. A person is eligible for a renewal registration if he/she holds a valid and unrevoked registration under this article and renews the registration on or before its expiration date. b. A person is also eligible for a renewal registration if he/she has held a valid and unrevoked registration, which has expired within the previous six (6) months. Under these circumstances, a renewal registration will be granted, but the fee will be increased to the fee required for a new registration. c. A renewal registration will not be granted to any person whose previous registration has expired for more than six (6) months. Under such circumstances, application must be made and all requirements met for a new registration as set out above. (h) Exemption. (1) No registration under this article is required for the sale, installation, use, maintenance, alteration or repair of window air conditioning units of two (2) horsepower or less or of electric baseboard cable or panel heating units. (2) The performance of heating, air conditioning, and ventilating systems in a single family dwelling by the owner-occupant of the dwelling; provided, however, that this exemption does not apply to any person hired by the owner-occupant for compensation to assist or to perform such heating, air conditioning, and ventilating work on that dwelling. (i) Registration Fees: New $125.00 Renewal $125.00 (j) Inactive registrations: (1) Any heating and air conditioning contractor previously holding a Class A registration and is presently employed by a government agency as an Inspector within a Building Department may maintain an inactive registration. (2) Term: The term of an inactive registration under this article is from the date of issuance of the registration and for twelve (12)months thereafter. (3) Registration Fees: twenty-five dollars ($25.00). (k) Termination of registration holder: Page 27 of 31