Section
1065.01 Contractor defined
1065.02 Certificates of registration and qualification required
1065.03 Exception for public and municipal utility organizations
1065.04 Exception for homeowners/occupants
1065.05 Permits
1065.06 Disposal of waste
1065.07 Suspension or revocation of certificates
1065.08 Registration fees
1065.09 Appeals
1065.10 Certificate of insurance and bond
1065.11 Green Team certification
1065.99 Enforcement and penalty
(a) As used in this chapter, CONTRACTOR or LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or other organization, or any combination thereof, constructs, alters, repairs, adds to, or subtracts from landscaping, including but not limited to the planting of trees, shrubs, flowers and plants, sprinkler fitters, sod applicators, tree removal and trimming and the application of chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Any person who or which undertakes, offers to undertake, purports to have the capacity to undertake or submits a bid to undertake in any of the foregoing activities is included in the meaning of “contractor” or “landscape contractor”.
(b) As used in this chapter, URBAN FORESTER shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other organization, or any combination thereof, engages in the business or occupation of pruning, treating or removing trees upon public land within the city.
(Ord. 40-2010, passed 3-3-2010; Ord. 23-84, passed 5-9-2023)
(a) No person shall engage in the business or act in the capacity of a landscape contractor except pursuant to a certificate of registration and qualification issued by the city, unless such person is particularly exempted by another provision of the chapter. Such certificate must be obtained from the Public Works Department notwithstanding any cross registrations between other municipal departments.
(b) The Public Works Department shall reserve the right to request and review references from contractors seeking registration. Applications and qualifications shall be reviewed annually prior to renewal of registration.
(Ord. 40-2010, passed 3-3-2010; Ord. 43-2014, passed 4-14-2014)
No provision of this chapter shall be interpreted to require licenses, registration or certificates of registration and qualification for officials or employees of public or municipal utility organizations to engage in the installation, alteration, repair, maintenance or utilization of any device, appliance, installation or appurtenance forming part of the equipment for the generation, transmission or distribution of any commodity or service which such public utility organization is authorized by law to furnish and provide. state laws regarding licenses for applicators shall override this section where applicable.
(Ord. 40-2010, passed 3-3-2010)
No provision of this chapter or regulation adopted by authority of this chapter shall be interpreted to require that the owner or occupant of a single- or two-family dwelling be licensed or registered or hold a certificate of registration and qualification to personally perform work upon his or her premises. However, this exception shall not apply to any person performing work on such premises and holding himself or herself out to the public as a landscape contractor for profit. All such work of an owner or occupant shall be performed by the owner or occupant with the assistance of only non-paid gratuitous help and/or with the paid help of a person or persons not holding himself or herself or themselves out to the public as a landscape contractor for profit, and the work shall be done in conformity with this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter, and no work shall be done unless all permits, inspections and approvals required by this chapter and all other applicable municipal ordinances are obtained.
(Ord. 40-2010, passed 3-3-2010)
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