[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
A.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no person shall do subcontracting
or specialty contracting work of any kind, including, but not limited
to, work involving sheetrock, guttering, insulation, painting, masonry,
fences, roofing and landscaping, by contract or on a time-and-wage
basis or by employment of some other person who is not duly licensed
to do the work, or assume to direct or supervise any work in the City
unless he/she then shall hold an unrevoked subcontractor's or
specialty contractor's license issued to him/her by the City,
as provided in this Code.
B.
A person who is not a licensed subcontractor or specialty contractor,
but who is employed by a subcontractor or specialty contractor who
is licensed as provided in this Article, may do contracting work for
such a licensed subcontractor or specialty contractor if such work
is done by him/her under the continuous and immediate supervision
of such licensed subcontractor or specialty contractor. Such employee
shall comply at all times with all provisions of this Article other
than the one (1) requiring workers to have licenses.
C.
The owner of a property may himself/herself do subcontractor or specialty
contractor construction and building work to serve such property,
and he/she may repair existing construction, provided that he/she
has obtained the required permit for such work and all the following
facts and conditions then exist:
1.
The dwelling is a single-family dwelling;
2.
The owner is not building such dwelling, or having it built,
for sale;
3.
The dwelling is not to be sold for at least a year after the
completion of the work;
4.
The owner has applied for a permit to do such work; and
5.
The owner, in doing the work, will comply with all applicable
requirements of this Article and, in particular, will duly submit
his/her work for inspection by the Building Inspector.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
A.
Every person desiring to obtain a subcontractor's or specialty
contractor's license such as is required by this Article to engage
in subcontracting or specialty contracting work in this City shall
make application to the City according to the following procedure:
1.
Present to the City Clerk an application, upon a form prescribed
and approved by the City, for a subcontractor's or specialty
contractor's license;
2.
Tender to the City Clerk, with his/her application, the license
fee in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00);
3.
In conjunction with his/her application, and before the application
shall be acted upon, submit to the City Clerk proof of his/her having
obtained comprehensive subcontractor's or specialty contractor's
bodily injury liability insurance providing for a limit of not less
than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for all damages arising
out of bodily injuries to or for the death of one (1) person and subject
to the limit for each person, a total limit of three hundred thousand
dollars ($300,000.00) for all damages arising out of bodily injuries
to or death of two (2) or more persons in any one (1) accident, and
comprehensive subcontractor's or specialty contractor's
property damage liability insurance providing for a limit of not less
than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for all damages arising out
of injury to or destruction of property in any one (1) accident, and
subject to that limit per accident, a total or aggregate limit of
three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for all damages arising
out of injury to or destruction of property during the policy period.
This insurance must cover below-grade damage and be in full force
during the entire construction process; and further be with a company
approved by the City; and such insurance shall cover the licensee
and all employees of the licensee who may perform work with the City
under the provisions of this Article;
4.
Each subcontractor or specialty contractor shall file a certificate
showing that he/she has workers' compensation insurance if, under
the laws of the State, he/she is required to carry such insurance;
5.
Failure to comply with any of the requirements of this Section
at any time during the term of the license shall result in immediate
forfeiture of such license.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
Upon compliance with the provisions of Section 505.820 by an applicant for a subcontractor's or specialty contractor's license, the City Clerk shall issue to such applicant a written license and shall authorize him/her, when the required insurance shall have been obtained, to do work within the City.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
Each subcontractor's or specialty contractor's license required by this Article shall expire with the ending of the calendar year in which it shall have been issued, except that if a person holding an unexpired and unrevoked subcontractor's or specialty contractor's license issued by the City Clerk should apply, before the end of such year and in the manner required by Section 505.820, for any subcontractor's or specialty contractor's license for the following year, the City Clerk shall issue such license and show thereon that it is for such following year. No subcontractor's or specialty contractor's license shall be issued except upon the applicant's complying with the requirements of Section 505.820 regardless of when the application therefor shall be made.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
Every person who is or who shall be doing subcontracting or specialty contracting work in this City and who is required by this Article to have a subcontractor's or specialty contractor's license issued by the City Clerk shall pay to the City an annual license fee in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00). Such license fee shall be paid on or before the first day of January or in accordance with Section 605.050 of this Code.
Subcontractors and specialty contractors working without a required
license shall pay a late fee in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00)
in addition to the annual license fee; provided, however, the late
fee shall not be imposed if the required license is obtained before
12:00 Noon on the next business day after notification by the City
of the need to obtain the license.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
A.
In the event that any holder of a subcontractor's or specialty
contractor's license shall violate any of the terms or provisions
of this Article, his/her certificate may be suspended or revoked by
the Building Inspector after notice to the holder. Such notice shall
be in writing. There shall be sufficient service thereof if it shall
be deposited in the United States mail, directed to the last known
address of the holder of the license required by this Chapter.
B.
The holder of a subcontractor's or specialty contractor's
license which has been suspended or revoked by the preceding Section
shall be entitled to appeal to the Board of Aldermen which appeal
will be informally taken, but in any case must be taken within ten
(10) days after such suspension or revocation of such certificate
by the Building Inspector. The Board of Aldermen shall provide full
opportunity for the person whose certificate has been suspended or
revoked to appear before it and show cause why his/her certificate
should not be suspended or revoked.
[Ord. No. 141 § 1, 11-17-2009]
Payment of the subcontractor's or specialty contractor's
license fee assessed by this Article shall not relieve any merchant
subcontractor or specialty contractor from the payment of license
fees assessed by this Code or any other ordinance of this City against
merchants. The term "merchant subcontractor or specialty contractor"
means a person who is or has been a subcontractor or specialty contractor
and who, in addition to doing subcontractor or specialty contractor
work, sells fixtures, appliances or merchandise of any kind.
