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1. Charter
2. Title 1 General Administration
3. Title 2 Government Organization
4. Title 3 Revenue and Taxation
5. Title 4 Licenses and Permits
1. Chapter 4-1 General Licensing Provisions
2. Chapter 4-2 Beverages License
3. Chapter 4-3 Auctioneer License
4. Chapter 4-4 Building Contractor License
5. Chapter 4-5 Circus, Carnival, and Menagerie License
6. Chapter 4-6 Contractor in the Public Right-of-Way License
7. Chapter 4-7 Dog License
8. Chapter 4-8 Electrical Contractor Registration
9. Chapter 4-9 Food Service Establishment and Food Vending Machine License (Repealed)
10. Chapter 4-10 Itinerant Merchant License
11. Chapter 4-11 Mall Permits and Leases
12. Chapter 4-12 Repealed
13. Chapter 4-13 Mechanical Contractor License
14. Chapter 4-14 Mobile Home Park Permit and Mobile Home Installer's License
15. »Chapter 4-15 Plumbing Contractor and Apprentice Plumber License
16. Chapter 4-16 Police Alarm Systems
17. Chapter 4-17 Secondhand Dealer and Pawnbroker License
18. Chapter 4-18 Street, Sidewalk, and Public Property Use Permits
19. Chapter 4-19 Taxi Driver License (Repealed)
20. Chapter 4-20 Fees
21. Chapter 4-21 Sign Contractor License
22. Chapter 4-22 Elevator, Dumbwaiter, Materials Lift, Escalator, and Moving Walk License
23. Chapter 4-23 Neighborhood Parking Zone Permits
24. Chapter 4-24 Parks and Open Space Parking Permits
25. Chapter 4-25 Fire Contractor License
26. Chapter 4-26 Cemetery Permits
27. Chapter 4-27 News Box Leases and Regulation
6. Title 5 General Offenses
7. Title 6 Health, Safety, and Sanitation
8. Title 7 Regulation of Vehicles, Pedestrians, and Parking
9. Title 8 Parks, Open Space, Streets, and Public Ways
10. Title 9 Land Use Regulation
11. Title 10 Structures
12. Title 11 Utilities and Airport
13. Title 12 Human Rights
14. Title 13 Elections and Campaign Disclosures and Activities
15. Title 14 Arts
16. Index
17. Ordinances Pending Codification

Page Contents

• 4-15-1 Legislative Intent
• 4-15-2 Definition of Plumbing Contractor
• 4-15-3 License Required
• 4-15-4 License Application
• 4-15-5 Qualifications for License
• 4-15-6 Contractor Responsibilities
• 4-15-7 Authority to Deny Issuance of License
• 4-15-8 Supervision Ratio
• 4-15-9 Revocation Or Suspension of License
• 4-15-10 Term of License

Chapter 4-15: Plumbing Contractor and Apprentice Plumber License³²

4-15-1 Legislative Intent.

The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public health and safety by assuring that the persons responsible for performing plumbing services in the city are qualified to do so.

4-15-2 Definition of Plumbing Contractor.

As used in this chapter "plumbing contractor" means any person that undertakes or performs, with or for another, any plumbing installation, alteration, repair, or other work in the city for which a plumbing permit is required from the city or fuel gas piping as described in the mechanical code. But this term does not include subcontractors working for and under the supervision of a plumbing contractor licensed under this chapter or a homeowner performing work upon the owner's residence or a building or structure accessory thereto intended for the owner's personal use.

Ordinance No. 6015 (1998)

4-15-3 License Required.

(a) No person shall conduct the business of a plumbing contractor in the city without first obtaining a license under this chapter from the city manager.

(b) No person required by section 12-58-105, C.R.S., to be licensed shall perform any work as a master, journeyman, or residential plumber in the city unless such person holds a valid state license to perform such work.

Ordinance No. 4984 (1986)

4-15-4 License Application.

(a) An applicant for a plumbing contractor license shall apply on forms furnished by the city manager, provide the name of the master plumber of record for the business, as prescribed in subsection 4-15-5(a), B.R.C. 1981, and pay the fee prescribed by section 4-20-15, "Plumber, Plumbing Contractor, and Plumbing Permit Fees," B.R.C. 1981.

(b) An applicant for a plumbing contractor license under this chapter shall file evidence of insurance required by section 4-1-8, "Insurance Required," B.R.C. 1981.

Ordinance No. 4984 (1986)

4-15-5 Qualifications for License.

(a) An applicant for a plumbing contractor license shall be a master plumber currently licensed by the Colorado State Plumbing Examiner's Board or shall have in charge and responsible for all plumbing work a master plumber so licensed.

(b) If the supervising master plumber leaves the employment of the licensee or no longer holds a valid state plumbing license, the licensee shall immediately notify the city manager, who shall suspend the license until a qualified master plumber is employed to supervise the business of the plumbing contractor licensee. If such suspended license is thereafter reinstated during the calendar year, no further license fees shall be due to the city for such year.

(c) No master plumber of record may be designated as supervisor for more than one plumbing contractor licensee.

Ordinance No. 4984 (1986)

4-15-6 Contractor Responsibilities.

A plumbing contractor licensed under this title is responsible for all work performed under the contract, whether the contractor, an employee, or a subcontractor performs the work.

4-15-7 Authority to Deny Issuance of License.

(a) The city manager may deny an application for a license under this chapter upon a finding of any of the conditions prescribed by subsection 4-1-9(a), B.R.C. 1981, or upon a determination that:

(1) The applicant has had any contractor license revoked or suspended; or

(2) The applicant has previously failed to comply with the ordinances and regulations of the city relating to conducting any contracting business licensed by this code.

(b) If the city manager denies a license application under this section, the manager shall follow the procedures prescribed by subsection 4-1-9(b), B.R.C. 1981.

4-15-8 Supervision Ratio.

(a) On all work requiring a plumbing permit in the city, no person shall permit a ratio of more than two licensed apprentices to one licensed journeyman or master plumber on each jobsite.

(b) For purposes of this section, "jobsite" means:

(1) For commercial properties, the scope of work included on one plumbing permit;

(2) For residential properties, the scope of work included on one plumbing permit and the work on up to one platted lot on either side of the lot for which one permit is issued.

4-15-9 Revocation or Suspension of License.

(a) The city manager may suspend or revoke the license of a plumbing contractor or an apprentice plumber for the grounds and under the procedures prescribed by section 4-1-10, "Revocation of Licenses," B.R.C. 1981. Grounds for suspension or revocation include, without limitation, failure to maintain required insurance.

(b) No person engaged in the plumbing contractor business shall employ or continue to employ for work in the city covered by the city plumbing code an apprentice who is not licensed under this chapter or a person required to be licensed under section 12-58-105, C.R.S., who is not so licensed.

4-15-10 Term of License.

The term of an apprentice plumber's license under this chapter is twelve months from its date of issuance.

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³² Adopted by Ordinance No. 4637. Amended by Ordinance No. 4737. Derived from Ordinance No. 4326.

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