The purpose of this chapter is to make certain
that any contractor engaged in business in the Town meets certain
requirements as established by the Town Board.
The following words, terms and phrases as used in this chapter
are defined as follows:
CONTRACTOR
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or any other
entity engaged in the business of constructing, repairing, remodeling,
altering, converting, modernizing or adding to any house, building,
dwelling, structure or land adjacent to it shall include, but not
limited to, blacktop sealing or blacktop work of any nature, cement
or concrete work of any nature, including replacement or improvement
of sidewalks, driveways, curbs, streets, rights-of-way, flat concrete
work, form or wall concrete work or masonry work of any nature, or
carpentry work of any nature or the construction, erection, replacement
or improvement of, among other things, streets, rights-of-way, swimming
pools, siding, insulation, chimneys, roofing, windows, terraces, patios,
fences, porches, garages, solar energy systems, flooring, basements
or water, sanitary or drainage systems, landscape, and residential
snowplowing. "Contractor" shall also include any contractor hired
by another contractor.
The Code Enforcement Officer/Building Inspector is authorized
to issue or deny the application for a license. Any application so
approved shall be issued by the Code Enforcement Officer/Building
Inspector upon payment of the required fee, which shall be as described
in the Town of Pendleton Fee Schedule, adopted by the Town Board by
resolution, as may be amended from time to time.
It shall be the duty of all contractors to comply with all applicable
state laws, including Article 36-A of the New York State General Business
Law, state codes, local laws and/or ordinances relating to the various
activities engaged in by the contractor.
Any contractor's license may be revoked by the Code Enforcement
Officer/Building Inspector for any violation of any applicable state
law, including Article 36-A of the New York State General Business
Law, state codes, this chapter, or any local laws and/or ordinances
relating to the activities engaged in by such contractor which are
included within the scope of this chapter. Such a revocation may be
in addition to any fine imposed for violating this chapter.
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or any other entity
violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to
a fine of not more the $250 for each violation or to imprisonment
for a period not exceeding 15 days for each such violation, or to
both such fine and imprisonment, except when a punishment is expressly
prescribed in such provision. Unless otherwise provided, each day
on which a violation occurs shall be deemed a separate violation for
purposes of this chapter.
This chapter shall take effect on April 6, 2004.