This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Yeadon Contractor Licensing Ordinance."
As used in this chapter, unless the context
clearly indicates a different meaning, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
CONTRACT
An agreement, whether oral or written, and whether contained
in one or more documents, between a contractor and an owner or another
contractor, for the performance of work, including all labor, services
and materials to be furnished and performed thereunder.
CONTRACTOR
Any person, other than a bona fide employee of the owner,
who undertakes or offers to perform construction, repair, reroofing,
remodeling, rehabilitation, demolition, paving and any other residential
or nonresidential construction or demolition work in the Borough,
whether as a general contractor, subcontractor, specialty contractor
or home improvement contractor.
INSPECTOR
The Building Inspector and/or the Code Enforcement Officer
of the Borough.
LICENSE YEAR
The twelve-month period beginning on January 1 of each year.
OWNER
Any property owner, tenant or other person who orders, contracts
for or purchases the services of a contractor, or any person entitled
to the work of a contractor pursuant to a contract, gift or otherwise.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, limited partnership, association,
corporation, trust or other legally recognizable entity.
The inspector or his or her authorized representatives
shall administer and enforce this chapter.
No person shall act as a contractor in the Borough
except in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Any person,
including an owner, who willfully aids a contractor or participates
with a contractor in violating any provision of this chapter is also
in violation of this chapter.
A license issued pursuant to this chapter shall
not be construed to authorize the licensee to perform any particular
type of work or type of business which is reserved to qualified licensees
under other provisions of state or local law.
Every contractor licensee shall, within 10 days
after a change in ownership, directors, officers, management, address
or trade name, notify the inspector of such change.
Any of the following circumstances is sufficient
cause to deny the issuance of a license under this chapter, or a renewal
thereof, or for revoking a license previously issued:
A. The applicant falsely answered any question contained
on the application form.
B. The applicant has been refused a similar contractor's
license or has had a similar contractor's license revoked or suspended
by another municipality within two years prior to the date of application
for issuance or renewal, if the refusal, revocation or suspension
by the other municipality was due to failure to comply with that municipality's
building codes.
C. The licensee fails to maintain, during the license
year, the policies of insurance required under this chapter.
D. The licensee violates any of the provisions of the
building code or any provision of this chapter.
E. The licensee violates any condition or requirement
of a building permit, sewer construction permit or highway permit
issued by the Borough.
F. The licensee willfully deviates from or disregards
any plans or specifications for a contracting job in a material respect
without first obtaining the consent of the owner, in writing, to such
change and without first notifying the inspector of such change.
G. The licensee does business through a person who is
subject to the licensing requirements of this chapter but who is not
licensed as required by this chapter.
H. The licensee conducts a contractor's business in the
Borough under a name other than that under which he or she is licensed.
I. The licensee fails to comply with an order, demand
or requirement lawfully made by the inspector under the authority
of this chapter or any other Borough ordinance.
In addition to refusal or revocation of a license, as provided in §
127-12, whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each offense. The fine imposed under this section shall be in addition to any other penalty imposed by this chapter.