This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Bristol Township Contractor Licensing Ordinance."
The Director or his authorized representatives
shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
No person shall act as a contractor in the Township
except in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Any person,
including an owner, who willfully aids a contractor in violating any
provisions of this chapter is in violation of this chapter. The provisions
of this chapter may not be waived by agreement.
A license issued pursuant to this chapter shall
not be construed to authorize the licensee to perform any particular
type of work or type of business which is reserved to qualified licenses
under other provisions of state or local law.
[Amended 10-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-17]
At the time of application for a new license
or for the renewal of a current license, the applicant shall pay to
the Director a license application fee, payable to the Township of
Bristol. Said fee shall be set from time to time by resolution or
ordinance of the Township Council. No fee or portion thereof shall be returned to a successful
or unsuccessful applicant.
Every contractor licensee shall, within 10 days
after a change in ownership, directors, officers, management, address
or trade name, notify the Director of such change.
No license shall be issued or renewed under
the following circumstances:
A. If the applicant falsely answered any question or
questions contained on the application form.
B. If the applicant has been refused a similar contractor's
license or has had a similar contractor's license revoked or suspended
by another municipality within two years prior to the date of application
for issuance or renewal and if the refusal, revocation or suspension
by the other municipality was due to failure to comply with that municipality's
building codes.
C. If the applicant has been convicted within two years
prior to the date of the application for any crimes or offenses under
any federal or state criminal statute or common-law criminal offense
or for violation of any municipal ordinance, so long as such convictions
were for crimes or offenses related to the applicant's work as a contractor.
The term "conviction" shall include guilty pleas and pleas of nolo
contendere.
D. If an unsatisfied civil judgment against the applicant
exists in any court in any jurisdiction and if the record of such
court shows that such judgment was entered because of the applicant's
failure to complete a contract as defined in this chapter or if such
judgment was entered because of the applicant's failure to properly
perform a contract as defined in this chapter.
The Director shall revoke any license issued
under the provisions of this chapter under the following circumstances:
A. If the licensee falsely answered any question or questions
contained on an application for licensing or renewal of licensing
previously submitted to the Director.
B. Failure of the licensee to maintain during the license
year the policies of insurance required under the provisions of this
chapter.
C. If the licensee violates any of the terms or provisions of Chapter
84, Construction Codes, Uniform, or any terms or provisions of this chapter.
D. If the licensee violates any condition or requirement
of a building permit, sewer construction permit or highway permit
issued by the Township of Bristol.
E. If the licensee willfully deviates from or disregards
any plans or specifications for any contracting job in any material
respect without first obtaining the consent of the owner in writing
to any change and without first notifying the Director of any such
change.
F. If the licensee does any business through any person
who is subject to the licensing requirements of this chapter and who
is not licensed as required by this chapter.
G. If the licensee conducts a contractor's business in
the Township under any name other than that under which he is licensed.
H. If the licensee fails to comply with an order, demand
or requirement lawfully made by the Director under the authority of
this chapter or any other Township ordinance.
I. If the licensee, the licensee's agents, employees
or subcontractors are convicted of dumping construction waste on public
or private property, the license shall be revoked for a period of
five years in addition to any other penalties and fines imposed. In
the case of a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, association
or any other legally recognizable entity, the officers, directors,
owners, parent or subsidiary company shall be prohibited from making
application for another license for a period of five years.
[Added 6-16-1998 by Ord. No. 98-14]
Any contractor who is issued a license pursuant
to this chapter shall, as a condition precedent to conducting business
in Bristol Township, publish his business income, address and license
number in a local newspaper of general circulation.
In addition to all other acts prohibited by
the terms of this chapter, those acts warranting revocation of a license
under this chapter shall also be prohibited acts under this chapter.
[Amended 10-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-17; 4-16-1996 by Ord. No.
96-7]
A. In addition to refusal or revocation of a license
as provided under this chapter, any person, as defined in this chapter,
who shall violate this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof before
a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine or penalty of $600,
plus costs of prosecution for each offense, to be collected as like
fines or penalties and costs are now by law collectible and, in default
of payment of such fine and costs, shall be imprisoned for a term
not exceeding 30 days. The fine or penalty imposed by this section
shall be in addition to any other penalty imposed by this chapter.
B. In addition to refusal or revocation of a license as provided under this chapter, any person, as defined in this chapter, who shall violate this chapter shall be assessed a penalty of $300 in addition to the licensing fee instituted under §
85-9 and shall also be responsible for any costs incurred by the Township, including legal, engineering and administrative costs in securing compliance with this chapter. The penalty imposed by this section shall be in addition to any other penalty imposed by this chapter.