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CHAPTER120:LICENSES;WATERAND/ORSEWERSERVICELINE INSTALLER Section 120.01 Generally 120.02 Bond and insurance 120.99 Penalty § 120.01 GENERALLY. (A) Except for plumbers and other contractors exempted by State law from be licensed by the City, no excavator or water/sewer service line installer will be allowed to commence any water and/or sewer service installation without first having obtained a license from the city. Forms supplied by the Administrator shall be completed and accompanied by a license fee in the amount established by Council resolution. Homeowners desiring to do their own work shall not be required to be licensed, but the work shall be done under supervision of a plumber licensed by the State of Minnesota. (B) The application shall include information as is requested by the city for determining identity and a qualification to perform as a water/sewer service line installer. Upon a determination by the Administrator that the application is complete and proper in all respects and the license fee is paid, the Administrator shall issue the license. The term of the license shall run from the date of issue until December 31 of the year of issue, unless sooner terminated by the City Council. Renewal shall be accomplished by the same manner as original issue. The license may be revoked by action of the City Council for violation of any ordinance, regulation, or law relating to the licensed work. Penalty, see § 120.99 § 120.02 BOND AND INSURANCE. (A) No person shall be licensed under this section without first having obtained and deposited with the city, a license bond, cash deposit or irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of $5,000 in a form approved by the city conditioned that the city will be saved harmless from any loss, damage, cost or expense by reason of any work performed under this chapter or by reason of improper or inadequate performance or compliance with terms of this chapter by the holder of the license or his or her agent or employee. (B) No person shall be licensed under this section unless the person shall secure insurance with a company approved by the Administrator against damages or property injury or death to persons, which policy or policies shall indemnify and save harmless the property owner whose premises the work will serve, the city and all its officers and personnel against any claim, demand for damages or action arising out of or by reason of doing the work or activities relating or incidental thereto, and from any costs, disbursements or expense for defending the same. The property damage insurance coverage shall be in 238΋tğŭĻ