Every person desiring to engage in or to begin to engage in the business of acting as a contractor in the township shall, on or before July 1 of the license year, or prior to commencing business in such license year, make application for a license to act as a contractor in the township. Such application shall be made by the completion of an application form furnished by the Inspector and the payment of a license fee as provided in this chapter, and each application must present satisfactory proof of insurance as set forth in this chapter. Each application for a license shall be signed by the applicant, if such applicant is a natural person. In the case of an association or a partnership, such application shall be signed by a member or partner thereof, and, in the case of a corporation, such application shall be signed by an officer thereof. Each successful applicant shall be issued a license, which license shall be in the form of a wallet-size card and in the form of a vehicle bumper sticker. Every licensed contractor, while actually acting as a contractor in the township, shall carry such license card with him or her and shall display it to the Inspector or his or her representatives upon demand. Every licensed contractor shall, at all times, display his or her bumper sticker license on the rear bumper of the vehicle he or she primarily uses in his or her activities as a contractor. All contractors’ licenses shall expire at 12:00 midnight on June 30 of each license year, unless the license is revoked or suspended as provided in § 1445.11. A person with an unexpired license which has not been revoked or suspended during the current license year who makes application for a license for the following license year need not complete an application form, but must submit the required license fee and, if he or she qualifies for licensing and renewal under the provisions of this chapter, his or her license shall be renewed for the following license year and he or she will be issued a new license card and bumper sticker for the following license year. Any contractor engaging in the business of a contractor in the township must obtain a license as provided in this chapter for each license year during which he or she engages in such business.
(Ord. 699, passed 6-17-1992)