[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
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 (1) 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:
1.
The dwelling is a single-family dwelling;
2.
The owner is not building such dwelling, or having it built,
for sale;
3.
The dwelling is not to be sold 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.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
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 fifty dollars ($50.00);
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 destruction 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.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
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.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
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.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
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 fifty dollars ($50.00). Such license fee shall be paid on or before the first day of January or in accordance with Section 605.050 of this Code.
Contractors working without a required license shall pay a late
fee in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) in addition to the annual
license fee; provided, however, the late fee shall not be imposed
if the required license is obtained before 12:00 Noon on the next
business day after notification by the City of the need to obtain
the license.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
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. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
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.
