[Ord. No. 667 §1, 4-5-1999]
No person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation shall
engage in any of the various types of construction practices hereinafter
listed unless such person, firm, copartnership or corporation shall
first apply to the City Building Department for a license. If the
City Building Department is convinced that the applicant has complied
with any and all ordinances governing the issuance of a license to
do or engage in the matter of things for which said license is applied
for shall issue to said applicant a license upon the payment of the
proper license fee as set out in the Section pertaining to property
license fee.
[Ord. No. 667 §2, 4-5-1999]
A. There
shall be levied and collected in each year a license fee in the amount
set as follows:
1. The initial fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) will be required
after the proper application is received. This fee is non-refundable.
The license issued will expire on December thirty-first (31st) of
that same year.
2. Between January first (1st) and January thirty-first (31st) thereafter,
a fee of five dollars ($5.00) will renew the original license until
December thirty-first (31st) of that same year.
[Ord. No. 667 §3, 4-5-1999]
All licenses herein provided for shall be due and payable between
the first (1st) and thirty-first (31st) day of January, and shall
expire on December thirty-first (31st), following the date of issuance,
and shall be renewed annually.
[Ord. No. 667 §4, 4-5-1999]
All license shall be regulated by ordinance, and no license
shall be issued until the amount prescribed therefore shall be paid
to the Permit Clerk, and no license shall be in any case assigned
or transferred. License shall be signed by the Permit Clerk. A stamp
shall be affixed with the Seal of the Building Department.
[Ord. No. 667 §5, 4-5-1999]
It shall be the duty of the Building Department to receive all
applications, issue all licenses, and keep an accurate register of
all licenses issued under the provisions of such ordinance in such
a form as will clearly show what licenses are in force and to whom
issued.
[Ord. No. 667 §6, 4-5-1999]
It shall be the duty of the Permit Clerk of the Building Department
and the Public Works Administrative Assistant to collect all monies
issued under this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 667 §7, 4-5-1999]
There shall be levied and collected in each year a license fee
for general contractors, contractors, subcontractors or any individual
performing a service in the area of construction for the purpose of
financial gain. The type of construction and whether its new or being
done on an existing structure shall not have any bearing.
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Classification
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General Contractors
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Electricians
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Plumbers
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Mechanical
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Concrete
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Roofing
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Masonry
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Asphalt
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Landscaping
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Remodeling
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Carpentry
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Fencing
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[Ord. No. 667 §8, 4-5-1999]
All subcontractors while working on a specific project for a
general contractor who is performing work on a specific construction
project, and is duly licensed, are not required to obtain a license
while working on that specific project for the general contractor.
[Ord. No. 667 §9, 4-5-1999]
Any person violating the terms of this Chapter or refusing or
failing to obtain a license as herein provided for shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined a sum
of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00) and costs, provided however, that such conviction
shall not relieve such party from being required to obtain and pay
for a license as above required, and a continued failure or refusal
shall constitute a new and separate offense for each day the party
fails to obtain license for which such party may be prosecuted.