The following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings when used in this Section:
Building maintenance service.
Janitorial and custodial service provided on nonresidential premises. The term does not include any service or work customarily performed by a contractor who is licensed by the Contractors' State License Board pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 7065) of Chapter 9 of Division
3 of the
Business and Professions Code and who is providing a contracting service within the scope of that license.
Person.
Any individual, firm, partnership, association, limited liability
company or corporation.
(Added by Ord. 2044CCS § 1, adopted 6/11/02)
No person shall enter into an agreement
for building maintenance service with a building maintenance service
contractor who does not have a valid Santa Monica business license.
A person entering into such an agreement also shall assure that all
subcontractors of the building maintenance service contractor also
have valid Santa Monica business licenses.
(Added by Ord. 2044CCS § 1, adopted 6/11/02)
No building maintenance service contractor
shall operate in the City of Santa Monica without first having paid
the required business tax and having procured a license from the City.
(Added by Ord. 2044CCS § 1, adopted 6/11/02)
Any person who is convicted of violating
this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be punished by a fine of not greater than one thousand dollars
or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six months,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Added by Ord. 2044CCS § 1, adopted 6/11/02)
The remedies provided in this Section
are not exclusive, and nothing in this Section shall preclude any
person from seeking any other remedies, penalties or procedures provided
by law.
(Added by Ord. 2044CCS § 1, adopted 6/11/02)