[Adopted 3-17-1993 by Ord. No. 368; amended in its entirety 12-15-1993 by Ord. No. 373]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
CHEMICAL LAWN SERVICE CONTRACTOR
Any and all persons, partnerships, corporations or other
entities who or which perform, caused to be performed or contract
to perform the application of any chemical, insecticide or poison
or the application of any product, mixture or other substance containing
any chemical, insecticide or poison upon any lawn, shrubbery, trees,
vegetation, ground or real estate of any kind or nature.
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 and all persons, partnerships, corporations or other
entities who or which perform, cause to be performed or contract to
perform any work of any kind or nature upon any and all houses, buildings,
structures, land and/or real estate within the Borough of Parkside,
whether as an electrician, plumber, general contractor, subcontractor,
specialty contractor or home improvement contractor, and whether or
not a fee is charged for those services.
INSPECTOR
The Building Inspector and/or Code Enforcement Officer, Electrical
Inspector, Plumbing Inspector or police officer of the Borough of
Parkside.
LICENSE/REGISTRATION YEAR
The twelve-month period beginning on the first day of January
of each year and terminating on the last day of December of that same
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.
Any and all persons, partnerships, corporations or entities
meeting the definition of "contractor" or "chemical lawn service contractor"
pursuant to this article shall be and are subject to the registration
requirements and the registration sticker display requirements of
this article. This shall include, but shall not be limited to, those
contractors involved in any construction, landscaping, lawn care,
repair, reroofing, remodeling, rehabilitation, demolition, paving,
building, enlargement, alteration, fabrication, erection, delivery
and/or setup of prefabricated units, concrete work, brick pointing,
painting, carpentry, roofing, roof coating, siding, capping, trim
work, installation of rain gutters, installation or replacement of
windows or doors, refinishing or replacement of kitchen cabinets,
wallpapering, carpet installation or cleaning, plumbing or electrical
work, swimming pool installation, tree service and removal of construction
debris. It shall be understood that the Borough, by issuance of a
contractor registration, does not warrant the quality of a contractor's
work nor that the contractor meets any established minimum standards
for quality or competence within his field. The Borough makes no guaranty
that any contractor has maintained the insurance coverage required
by this article.
[Amended 4-19-2000 by Ord. No. 396]
A. Registration: annual fee. An annual license fee of $100 shall be
paid by any person, firm or corporation engaging in or working at
the business of construction, demolition or building work in the Borough.
[Amended 1-25-2006 by Ord. No. 468; 12-19-2007 by Ord. No. 482; 12-17-2014 by Ord. No. 515]
B. No fee or portion thereof shall be returned to any applicant after
his/her application is approved.
C. All fees shall be double where work for which registration is required
is begun prior to obtaining the required registration.
D. Commercial
permit fees. The fees for all plumbing, mechanical, electrical, construction,
demolition and building permits for a commercial property shall be
double the costs as calculated in the above fee schedule for a residential
property.
[Added 12-17-2014 by Ord.
No. 515]
Any of the following circumstances is sufficient cause to deny
the issuance of a registration under this article or a renewal thereof
or for revoking a registration previously issued:
A. The applicant falsely answered any questions contained in the application.
B. The applicant has been refused a similar contractor's registration
or has had a similar contractor's registration revoked or suspended
by another municipality within two years prior to the date of the
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 contractor fails to maintain during the license/registration
years the policies of insurance required under this article.
D. The contractor violates any of the provisions of the Borough ordinances
or any provisions of this article.
E. The contractor violates any condition or requirement of a building
permit, plumbing permit or electrical permit issued by the Borough.
F. The contractor 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 contractor does business through a person who is subject to the
registration requirements of this article but who is not registered
as required by this article.
H. The contractor conducts a business in the Borough under a name other
than that which he or she is registered.
I. The contractor fails to comply with an order, demand or requirement
lawfully made by the inspector under the authority of this article
or any other Borough ordinance.
The inspector or its authorized designee shall administer and
enforce this article.
No person shall act as a contractor in the Borough except in
compliance with the provisions of this article. Any persons, including
any owner, who violates this article or who permits a contractor to
perform work that violates any provisions of this article is also
in violation of this article.
Every contractor or chemical lawn service contractor shall,
within three days after a change in insurance, ownership, directors,
officers, management, address or trade name, notify the inspector
or Borough Secretary of such change.
Any person, partnership, corporation or other entity who violates
any provision of this article shall pay a fine not to exceed $150
for each and every day that the violation exists and, in default of
payment of such fine, be imprisoned for not more than 30 days.