[CC 1975 §44.10; Ord. No. 95-02 §44.10, 2-7-1995]
A. Except
as otherwise provided in this Code, no person shall do contracting
work of any kind by contract or on a time-and-wage basis or by employment
of some other person who is not duly licensed to do the work, or assume
to direct or supervise any work in the City unless he/she then shall
hold an unrevoked contractor's license issued to him/her by the City,
as provided in this Code.
B. A person
who is not a licensed contractor but who is employed by a contractor
who is licensed as provided in this Article, may do contracting work
for such a licensed contractor if such work is done by him/her under
the continuous and immediate supervision of such licensed contractor.
Such employee shall comply at all times with all provisions of this
Article other than the one requiring workers to have licenses.
C. The
owner of a property may himself/herself do construction and building
work to serve such property and he/she may repair existing construction,
provided that he/she has obtained the required permit for such work
and all the following facts and conditions then exist:
[Ord. No. 22-03, 3-15-2022]
1. The dwelling is a single-family dwelling;
2. The owner is not building such dwelling, or having it built, for
sale or rent;
3. The dwelling shall be owner occupied for at least a year after the
completion of the work;
4. The owner has applied for a permit to do such work; and
5. The owner, in doing the work, will comply with all applicable requirements
of this Article and, in particular, will duly submit his/her work
for inspection by the Building Inspector.
[CC 1975 §44.11; Ord. No. 95-02 §44.11, 2-7-1995; Ord. No. 05-09 §4, 4-5-2005; Ord. No. 06-26 §1, 5-16-2006]
A. Every
person desiring to obtain a contractor's license such as is required
by this Article to engage in contracting work in this City shall make
application to the City according to the following procedure:
1. Present to the City Clerk an application, upon a form prescribed
and approved by the City, for a contractor's license;
2. Tender to the City Clerk, with his/her application, the license fee
in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00);
3. In conjunction with his/her application, and before the application
shall be acted upon, submit to the City Clerk proof of his/her having
obtained comprehensive general contractor's bodily injury liability
insurance providing for a limit of not less than one hundred thousand
dollars ($100,000.00) for all damages arising out of bodily injuries
to or for the death of one (1) person and subject to the limit for
each person, a total limit of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00)
for all damages arising out of bodily injuries to or death of two
(2) or more persons in any one (1) accident, and comprehensive general
contractor's property damage liability insurance providing for a limit
of not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for all damages
arising out of injury to or construction of property in any one (1)
accident, and subject to that limit per accident, a total or aggregate
limit of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for all damages
arising out of injury to or destruction of property during the policy
period. This insurance must cover below-grade damage and be in full
force during the entire construction process; and further be with
a company approved by the City; and such insurance shall cover the
licensee and all employees of the licensee who may perform work with
the City under the provisions of this Article;
4. Each contractor shall file a certificate showing that he/she has
Workers' Compensation insurance if, under the laws of the State, he/she
is required to carry such insurance.
5. Failure to comply with any of the requirements of this Section at
any time during the term of the license shall result in immediate
forfeiture of such license.
[CC 1975 §44.12; Ord. No. 95-02 §44.12, 2-7-1995]
Upon compliance with the provisions of Section
505.020 by an applicant for a contractor's license, the City Clerk shall issue to such applicant a written license and shall authorize him/her, when the required insurance shall have been obtained, to do work within the City.
[CC 1975 §44.13; Ord. No. 95-02 §44.13, 2-7-1995]
Each contractor's license required by this Article shall expire with the ending of the calendar year in which it shall have been issued, except that if a person holding an unexpired and unrevoked contractor's license issued by the City Clerk should apply, before the end of such year and in the manner required by Section
505.020 for any contractor's license for the following year, the City Clerk shall issue such license and show thereon that it is for such following year. No contractor's license shall be issued except upon the applicant's complying with the requirements of Section
505.020 regardless of when the application therefor shall be made.
[CC 1975 §44.14; Ord. No. 95-02 §44.14, 2-7-1995; Ord. No. 05-09 §5, 4-5-2005]
Every person who is or who shall be doing contracting work in this City and who is required by this Article to have a contractor's license issued by the City Clerk shall pay to the City an annual license fee in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00). Such license fee shall be paid on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of April and in accordance with Section
605.040 of this Code.
[CC 1975 §44.15; Ord. No. 95-02 §44.15, 2-7-1995]
A. In
the event that any holder of a contractor's license shall violate
any of the terms or provisions of this Article, his/her certificate
may be suspended or revoked by the Building Inspector after notice
to the holder. Such notice shall be in writing. There shall be sufficient
service thereof if it shall be deposited in the United States mail,
directed to the last known address of the holder of the license required
by this Chapter.
B. The
holder of a contractor's license which has been suspended or revoked
by the preceding Section shall be entitled to appeal to the Board
of Aldermen which appeal will be informally taken, but in any case
must be taken within ten (10) days after such suspension or revocation
of such certificate by the Building Inspector. The Board of Aldermen
shall provide full opportunity for the person whose certificate has
been suspended or revoked to appear before it and show cause why his/her
certificate should not be suspended or revoked.
[Ord. No. 05-09 §6, 4-5-2005]
Payment of the contractor's license fee assessed by this Article
shall not relieve any merchant contractor from the payment of license
fees assessed by this Code or any other ordinance of this City against
merchants. The term "merchant contractor" means a
person who is or has been a contractor and who, in addition to doing
contractor work, sells fixtures, appliances or merchandise of any
kind.