The City Council has deemed it necessary to establish a contractor
license in order to ensure the safety and welfare of residents and
their property while engaging a contractor for construction or maintenance
work.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
CONTRACTOR
Any person, firm, corporation, or jobber engaged in building,
altering, repairing, remodeling, constructing, and/or maintaining
of buildings or engaged in any other type of construction, including
but not limited to paving, curbing, and sidewalk installation or repair,
plumbing, electrical, landscaping, or other types of maintenance or
construction.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, corporation, company, partnership,
or joint venture.
No person shall perform construction or maintenance work or
otherwise be engaged in any work as a contractor, including subcontractors,
within the boundaries of the City of Harrington without first obtaining
a contractor license issued by the City.
A person performing construction or maintenance work on his/her
own property is exempt from the requirements of this chapter.
A contractor license issued under the provisions of this chapter
shall be displayed in a public place in the establishment or place
of business for which it is issued or, if applicable, carried by the
licensee.
Each contractor license granted under this chapter shall be
for the sole use and benefit of the person to whom it is issued and
shall not be transferable. In case of the death of any individual,
his/her personal representative shall succeed to all rights thereunder
until the expiration of the license.
A duplicate license shall be issued by the City Manager and/or his/her designee to replace any license previously issued which has been lost, stolen, defaced, or destroyed without any willful conduct on the part of the licensee, upon the filing by the licensee of an affidavit sworn to before a notary public of this state attesting to that fact and payment of the fee as set forth in Chapter
180, Municipal Fees.
A contractor operating in the City shall at all times be in
compliance with all City codes and ordinances. Each licensee shall
refrain from operating after expiration of his/her license and during
the period his/her license is revoked.
The City Manager and/or his/her designee shall have the authority
to make or have made all inspections and investigations reasonably
necessary to enforce this chapter and to perform inspections in order
to ensure that the construction, maintenance, or other work is in
compliance with all applicable building, safety, zoning, and other
City codes. All persons authorized by this chapter to perform inspections
shall have the authority to enter the premises to inspect at all reasonable
times.