46-80 Amend 1321.01 (a) Bldg - licensing plumbers

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ORDINANCE NO. 46-80 BY: Gallagher, Graham, McBride, Salmon, Wendling, Brown, Chinnock AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to amend paragraph (a) of Section 1321~01 of the Building Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood relating to the licensing of contractors to require licensing of plumbers effective January !, 1981. WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure pro- viding for the preservation of the public safety and welfare and for the usual daily operation of a municipal department; how, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That paragraph a of Section 1321.01 of the Building Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, now reading as follows: 1321.O1 (a) LICENSING REQUIREMENT a) No person, corporation, partnership, firm or other business association shall, acting in the capacity of a contractor, engage in heating and/or air-conditioning work or electrical work for which a permit is required without first obtaining a license for each trade from the Building Commissioner. be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 132101 (a) LICENSING REQUIREMENT a) No person, corporation, partnership, firm or other business association shall, acting in the capacity of a contractor, engage in heating and/or air-conditioning work, electrical work, or plumbing work, for which a permit is required without first obtaining a license for each trade from the Building Commissioner. Section 2. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force on January 1, 1981. Section 3. That it is found and determined that all formal actions~i of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code. Section 4. That this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption and approval by the Mayor; otherwise it shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period provided by law and Ordinance No. 84-58, adopted October 6, 1958 shall be and the same is hereby repealed as of January 1, 1981. Approved: