This article shall be known and may be cited
as the "Borough of Longport Contract Licensing Ordinance."
The following terms shall, for the purpose of
this article, have the meanings indicated in this section:
BOARD
The Board of Examiners established by this article.
BUILDING
A building as defined in the State Uniform Construction Code.
CLASS I CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR
A person who, by himself or through others, offers to undertake
or holds himself out as being able to undertake to perform one or
more of the activities listed under "construction contractor" and
who meets the standards set by the Board of Examiners for this classification.
CLASS II CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR
A person whose business operations are limited to the performance
of construction work in a single trade requiring special skill and
whose business involves the use of such specialized building trades
or crafts and who meets the standards set by the Board of Examiners
for this classification.
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING
To engage in any or all of the following activities:
A.
The erection, construction, enlargement, alteration,
repair or renovation of any building or structure.
B.
The installation, extension, alteration or repair
of any elevator, moving stairway, mechanical equipment, refrigeration
or air-conditioning or ventilating apparatus or any other equipment
specifically controlled by the provisions of the State Uniform Construction
Code.
C.
The erection, alteration, relocation or repair
of any sign or outdoor display structure.
D.
The erection or repair of fences.
E.
The erection, installation, alteration or repair
of swimming pools.
F.
Alarms and security systems.
G.
The installation, maintenance, alteration, inspection
or repair of fire-suppression systems.
CONTRACTOR LICENSE
A license to conduct a construction contracting business
as defined herein, issued by the Board to those applicants establishing
that they have the technical skill, training, experience and responsibility
to engage in such business.
PERSON
A person, firm, association, corporation, partnership or
other entity.
RESPONSIBLE MANAGING EMPLOYEE
The individual responsible for the direct management of the
contracting business of the licensee. A responsible managing employee
shall not be deemed to have the direct management of the licensee's
contracting business unless he is:
A.
A bona fide employee principally employed by
the licensee.
B.
In a position to accrue full compliance with
the Contractor Licensing Ordinance and the rules and regulations of
the Board.
C.
Familiar with all the construction plans, specifications
and amendments thereto the firm enters into and sees that all such
provisions are carried out. To record such familiarity, the responsible
managing employee shall sign or initial all such documents.
D.
Familiar with the specific project the firm
undertakes and sees that records include the amount of time the responsible
managing employee spends with the firm and the payroll record of the
responsible managing employee.
E.
In residence in the state during the time the
license is in effect or during the period a project is under construction
or has an established local office manned with one or more personnel.
The Board of Examiners is for the purpose of
examining any person, firm, association or person operating under
the name of any corporation or for a corporation desiring to conduct
or engage in the business of erecting, constructing, reconstructing,
repairing or remodeling any building and/or structure located in the
Borough of Longport.
Licenses may be renewed by the Board upon written
application for the license and payment of the prescribed fee without
re-examination. Such application must be made within 15 days after
the expiration of any license. Any licensee who fails to renew said
license within the aforementioned fifteen-day period shall have six
months from the expiration date in which to renew the license without
re-examination but shall be required to file a new application and
pay the fee for an initial license.
No license hereunder shall be transferred or
assigned, and any license so transferred or assigned shall be suspended
or revoked by the Board.
The following persons are exempt from compliance
with the provisions of this article:
A. Persons performing work which would otherwise be covered
by this article, if such person is an employee of the Borough of Longport,
the State of New Jersey, the federal government or a public utility
and such work is performed as a part of and in the course of such
employment.
B. Persons performing contractor work for and under contract
with the federal government or State of New Jersey, Borough of Longport
or public.
C. Property owners personally performing work on their
property.
D. Any person engaged in any contracting activity authorized
by the issuance of a license for any such activity from the State
of New Jersey.
No person shall be denied the privilege of continuing
business in the event of death, illness or other physical disability
of the representative thereof who qualified the person for a license,
for at least six months following the date of such death, illness
or other physical disability, provided that business is conducted
under such qualified supervision as the Board deems adequate.
On or after the effective date of this article,
it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation
to engage in the business of erecting, constructing, reconstructing,
repairing or remodeling of any building and/or structure or the installation,
maintenance, alteration, inspection or repair of mechanical systems,
fire-suppression and fire-protection systems or any other equipment
specifically controlled by the provisions of this article in the Borough
of Longport unless such person has applied for and obtained a construction
contractor license from the Board and has paid all fees as required
in accordance with the provisions of this article, and said license
shall be furnished to the Construction Code Official certifying that
such person, firm, association or corporation is qualified to engage
in said business, and, with respect to a firm, association or corporation,
it shall be sufficient if any one member of the group is so certified.
Any construction or repair under the sum of
$1,000 is exempt from the provisions of this article, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, unless it is already licensed by the Borough
of Longport, in which event the applicable portion of this article
shall apply.
Any person, firm, association or corporation
violating the provisions of this article shall be subject to a fine
not to exceed $1,000 on the first offense and a fine not to exceed
$5,000 on a second or subsequent offense.