Editor's Note — Ord. No. 605 §2, adopted January 11, 1999, repealed ord. no. 71 enacted 5-27-1964 and any other conflicting provisions which made up this chapter. Former ch. 505 derived from ord. no. 71 §§107.6 — 108.8, 5-27-1964. At the editor's discretion, we have inserted ord. no. 667 herein.
[Ord. No. 667 §1, 4-5-1999]
No person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation shall engage in any of the various types of construction practices hereinafter listed unless such person, firm, copartnership or corporation shall first apply to the City Building Department for a license. If the City Building Department is convinced that the applicant has complied with any and all ordinances governing the issuance of a license to do or engage in the matter of things for which said license is applied for shall issue to said applicant a license upon the payment of the proper license fee as set out in the Section pertaining to property license fee.
[Ord. No. 667 §2, 4-5-1999]
A. 
There shall be levied and collected in each year a license fee in the amount set as follows:
1. 
The initial fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) will be required after the proper application is received. This fee is non-refundable. The license issued will expire on December thirty-first (31st) of that same year.
2. 
Between January first (1st) and January thirty-first (31st) thereafter, a fee of five dollars ($5.00) will renew the original license until December thirty-first (31st) of that same year.
[Ord. No. 667 §3, 4-5-1999]
All licenses herein provided for shall be due and payable between the first (1st) and thirty-first (31st) day of January, and shall expire on December thirty-first (31st), following the date of issuance, and shall be renewed annually.
[Ord. No. 667 §4, 4-5-1999]
All license shall be regulated by ordinance, and no license shall be issued until the amount prescribed therefore shall be paid to the Permit Clerk, and no license shall be in any case assigned or transferred. License shall be signed by the Permit Clerk. A stamp shall be affixed with the Seal of the Building Department.
[Ord. No. 667 §5, 4-5-1999]
It shall be the duty of the Building Department to receive all applications, issue all licenses, and keep an accurate register of all licenses issued under the provisions of such ordinance in such a form as will clearly show what licenses are in force and to whom issued.
[Ord. No. 667 §6, 4-5-1999]
It shall be the duty of the Permit Clerk of the Building Department and the Public Works Administrative Assistant to collect all monies issued under this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 667 §7, 4-5-1999]
There shall be levied and collected in each year a license fee for general contractors, contractors, subcontractors or any individual performing a service in the area of construction for the purpose of financial gain. The type of construction and whether its new or being done on an existing structure shall not have any bearing.
Classification
General Contractors
Electricians
Plumbers
Mechanical
Concrete
Roofing
Masonry
Asphalt
Landscaping
Remodeling
Carpentry
Fencing
[Ord. No. 667 §8, 4-5-1999]
All subcontractors while working on a specific project for a general contractor who is performing work on a specific construction project, and is duly licensed, are not required to obtain a license while working on that specific project for the general contractor.
[Ord. No. 667 §9, 4-5-1999]
Any person violating the terms of this Chapter or refusing or failing to obtain a license as herein provided for shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined a sum of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and costs, provided however, that such conviction shall not relieve such party from being required to obtain and pay for a license as above required, and a continued failure or refusal shall constitute a new and separate offense for each day the party fails to obtain license for which such party may be prosecuted.