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AN ORDINANCE APS"ENDING SECTIONS 20 AND 21 OF CHAPTER 21 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945 BE IT OR-DAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT • SECTIONS 20 AND 21 OF CHAPTER 21 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945 BE AND THE SAME ARE HEREBY AMENDED AND REENACTED SO AS TO READ AS FOLLOWS; SEC. 20. ONLY LICENSED PLUMBER OR AGENT TO MAKE_ SEWER CONNECTIONS, ETC. NO PERSON OTHER THAN A MASTER PLUMBER SHALL MAKE APPLICATION FOR OR BE GRANTED A PLUMBING PERMIT AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, NO PERSON OTHER THAN A MASTER PLUMBER, A JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER OR PERSONS UNDER THE IMMEDIATE SUPERVISION OF A MASTER PLUMBER OR A JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER SHALT_ BE ALLOWED TO MAKE CONNECTION WITH ANY SEWER, DRAIN, SOIL, WASTE OR WATER PIPE OR MAKE ANY ADDITION TO ANY SEINER, DRAIN, SOIL, WASTE OR WATER PIPE. SEC. 20A. PLUMBING BOARD. THERE SHALL BE A PLUMBING BOARD CONSISTING OF THE CITY ENGINEER, THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR AND TWO MASTER PLUMBERS APPOINTED BY THE CITY MANAGER. THE MASTER PLUMBERS SHALL SERVE FOR TERMS OF TWO YEARS OR UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS ARE APPOINTED. THE BOARD SHALL SELECT ITS OWN CHAIRMAN. THREE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SHALL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM. MEETINGS SHALL BE HELD AT THE CALL OF THE CHAIRMAN AFTER AT..LEAST TWO HOURS NOTICE TO EACH MEMBER, THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SHALL SERVE • WITHOUT PAY. THE BOARD SHALL EXAMINE APPLICANTS FOR REGISTRATION AS MASTER PLUMBERS, JOURNEYMEN PLUMBERS, AND MASTER GAS FITTERS AS HERE- INAFTER PROVIDED AND SHALL_ GRANT REGISTRATION TO SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS. THE BOARD SHALL ALSO FROM TIME TO TIME MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO CHANGES CONSIDERED DESIRABLE BY THE BOARD IN ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE AFFECTING PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING. SEC. 21. QUALIFICATION OF APPLICANTS FOR REGISTRATION AS PLUMBERS AND GAS FITTERS. APPLICANTS FOR LICENSES AS MASTER PLUMBERS SHALL BE 21 YEARS OF AGE, AND SHALL BE EXAMINED AS TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRACTICE OF THE TRADE OF PLUMBING, THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF REGU- LATIONS GOVERNING THE INSTALLATION OF PLUMBING IN THE CITY, THEIR ABILITY TO LAY OUT AND PLAN PLUMBING WORK, THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICS AND MECHANICS IN SO FAR AS THEY APPLY TO PLUMBING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, AND THEY SHALL GENERALLY DE,'UtONSTRATE TO THE BOARD THEIR FITNESS PROPERLY AND INTELLIGENTLY TO CARRY ON THE BUSINESS OF A MASTER PLUMBER. APPLICANTS FOR LICENSES AS JOURNEYMEN PLUMBERS SHALL BE 18 YEARS OF AGE AND SHALL BE EXAMINED AS TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRACTICE OF THE TRADE OF PLUMBING, THEIR KNOWLEDGE -OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE INSTALLATION OF PLUMBING IN THE CITY, THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICS AND MECHANICS IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE APPLIED TO PLUMBING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, AND THEY SHALL GENERALLY DEMONSTRATE TO THE BOARD THEIR FITNESS PROPERLY TO PERFORM AND EXECUTE PLUMBING WORK. APPLICANTS FOR LICENSES AS MASTER GAS FITTERS SHALL BE 21 YEARS OF AGE AND SHALL BE EXAMINED AS TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF ASSEMBLING AND CON- NECTING GAS PIPING AND FITTINGS, THE CONNECTING, VENTING AND INSTALLATION OF GAS APPLIANCES, OR SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE -OF GAS APPLIANCES AND THEY SHALL GENERALLY DEMONSTRATE TO THE BOARD THEIR FITNESS TO CARRY ON THE BUSINESS AS A MASTER GAS FITTER, IN THE CASE OF THE FAILURE OF AN APPLICANT, HE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR REEXAMINATION ONE MONTH AFTER SUCH FAILURE, BUT IF HE FAILS AT''SUCH REEXAMINATION, THEN HE WILL BE INELIGIBLE FOR EXAMINATION UNTIL A FURTHER LAPSE OF THREE MONTHS. • ADOPTED BY THS COUNG-14L- dULY- 17, 1950 AYES,: MR. ADAMS, NIR. BARR, MIR. HADEN, MR. HAMM, A N D MR. T E B E L L. NOES:NONE CLERK PRESIDENT fl 0