[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Springfield
12-14-1994 as § 5-6 of the 1994 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Every contractor involved in a specialty field not classified as a general
contractor shall be subject to the requirements and regulations of this chapter.
Licenses may be issued to applicants who can:
A.
Satisfy the issuing agent by demonstration of competence,
by submission of two references from other official licensing authorities
or by virtue of having practiced their trade for a length of time sufficient
to satisfy the issuing agent of competence in the trade.
B.
Produce official evidence of having satisfactorily completed
a course of instruction in their respective trade or have completed or are
within reasonable proximity of completing an apprenticeship in their trade.
A.
Licenses shall be issued on a temporary basis for all
applicants. Should the issuing agent receive three complaints of unsatisfactory
work from persons with whom the contractor has been employed to do business,
the license shall be revoked, after investigation by the issuing agent and
hearing, if requested, for the remainder of the year or until the unsatisfactory
work is corrected to the satisfaction of the issuing agent. If the contractor
is incompetent, the licensee shall demonstrate to the issuing agent that (s)he
has achieved a level of competence that would enable him/her to perform satisfactory
work and justify relicensing.
B.
The issuing agent shall have the right to refuse or cancel
the license of any contractor who consistently engages in unsatisfactory work,
who attempts to defraud or not fulfill obligations of contracts or who does
not remedy unsatisfactory work, whether by mistakes or unwitting errors made
by himself/herself or those in his/her employ.
A.
The expiration date shall be one year from date of issue
of the license.
B.
Licenses shall be renewed no later than the day before
expiration, upon payment of the fee and meeting the requirement of having
satisfactorily conducted his/her business during the license year in compliance
with these provisions.
The fee for such contractors shall be as set forth in Chapter 91, Fees.