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ORD T VN; 1103
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE KALISPELL CITY CODE BY REPEALING
PROVISIONS SUPERSEDED BY THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE AND UNIFORM MECHANICAL
CODE AND ALTERING CERTAIN OTHER PROVTSTONS TO RENDER THEM IN CONFORMANCE
WITH THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE A?', NIFORM MECHANICAL CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 12 of the Kalispell City'Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 12-1. Business, etc., licenses enerall ; bond
requirements.
(a) Any person., firm or corporation, except a gas utility
company authorized by Montana Public Service Commission engaged
in the business of installing, maintaining or repairing gas
piping, equipment, or appliances, shall first apply to the
City Clerk -Treasurer for a license to engage in such business
and shall pay to the City Clerk -Treasurer the sum of seventy-
five dollars as an annual fee. Such license shall be renewed
annually. The license shall be issued on a calendar year
basis. Prior to issuance of such business license, the
applicant shall file, and thereafter keep on file, in the
office of the City Clerk -Treasurer, a surety bond, to be
effective during the period for which the license is issued,
plus one year from the date of the expiration of the license;
executed by a surety company duly authorized to do business
in the state and running to the City, in the sum of three
thousand dollars, conditioned to the effect that such person
shall perform all work in connection with the installation,
maintenance and repair of gas piping, equipment and appliances
in a skillfull and workmanlike manner, using only suitable
and proper materials, equipment and appliances, and that the
licensee shall fully comply with all provisions of this
chapter and that any person injured by failure of the licensee
to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall have the
right of action against the licensee and his surety in his
name; provided, that any person desiring'to avail himself 'of
the benefits of such bond shall commence action thereon
within one year after the date of the completion of the work
alleged to have been done improperly. In addition to the
aforementioned surety bond, the applicant shall file, and
thereafter keep on file in the office of the City Clerk -
Treasurer, the following proof that he has in full force and
effect, with an insurance company satisfactory to the City.
1. Bodily injury liability insurance with minimum limits
of Twenty -Five Thousand Dollars for each person injured by
reason of the work for which the license was issued and
minimum limits of One Hundred Thousand Dollars for each
occurrence.
2. Property damage liability insurance with minimum limits
of Twenty -Five Thousand Dollars for each accident and One
Hundred Thousand.Dollars aggregate.
(b) Any person, firm or corporation except gas utilities
engaged in the business of installing, maintaining, or
repairing gas piping, equipment, or appliances is required
to have a gas fitter's license for each member of the firm
— and each employee engaged in the actual installation, main-
tenance, or repair of gas piping, equipment, or appliances
as hereinafter provided.
(c) No person shall install gas piping, equipment, or
appliances, unless, and until, such person has first complied
with all license requirements as hereinbefore set forth.
Sec. 12-2. Natural gas utility license.
It shall be unlawful for any natural gas utility to
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operate within the corporate limits of the City until such
utility shall have applied to the City Clerk -Treasurer for a
license therefor and such officer shall have issued such
license, for which there shall be paid a fee of one hundred
fifty dollars. Such license shall be effective until January
1 of the following year, when it must be renewed.
Sec. 12-2. Gas fitters license --Required; exception.
No person shall install, extend, alter, or repair any
gas piping, equipment, or appliance on a consumer's premises
within the City limits unless such person has first applied
in writing for, and procured, a gas fitters license therefor
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Provided,
however, that any employee of a gas utility or any plumber
licensed by the State of Montana.shall not be required to
have a gas fitters license.
Sec. 12-3. Same --Fees; expiration date and renewals.
The annual fee for a gas fitters license shall be five
dollars for the first year and the renewal fee shall be
three dollars per year.
Gas fitters licenses shall be renewed on or before January
15th of each year.
Such license shall continue in force during the calendar
year and expire on December 31st of the year in which it is
issued unless revoked or suspended during the calendar. year.
Sec. 12-4. Same --Lending, etc., licenseprohibited._
No person shall lend his gas fitters license to any
other person, nor shall any such licensed person apply for a
license in his name for use by any other person, and any
such licensed person so doing, or refusing to comply with
any other requirements of this chapter shall have his gas
fitters license suspended, or revoked by the City.
Sec. 12-5. Same --Display. o "`
Every licensed gas fitter shall display his current license
certificate conspicuously at his principal place of business
or employment.
Sec. 12-6. Revocation or suspension of licenses.
(a) Any license granted under the provisions of this
chapter may be suspended or revoked by the Building Official
whenever it shall be made to appear to him that the person
to whom the license is issued has violated any of the provisions
of this chapter. In the event the Building Official shall
suspend or revoke such license, he shall cause to be served
on the licensee a formal order of suspension, or revocation,
of the license, which order shall recite the reasons therefor.
(b) Any such suspension or revocation may be appealed
by the license to the Kalispell Board.of Appeals as provided
in the Uniform Building Code.
SECTION IT. All parts and portions. of Chapter 12, Kalispell
City Code not amended hereby are repealed.
SECTION ITT. This Ordinance shall become effective 30 days
after final passage by the City Council and approval by the
Mayor.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR THIS 6th DAY
OF JULY , 1987.
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Jdhn E Kenne yJr(, Mayor
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City Clerk -Treasurer