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.
Building maintenance service contractor.
Any person who, for a fee, employs or contracts with workers to render building maintenance service.
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)