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(a) Issuance to Contractors. No permit required by Chapter 1442 shall be issued for work to be undertaken by contract, except to a licensed contractor or general contractor or a registered subcontractor.
(Ord. 89-88. Passed 11-14-88.)
(b) Additional Limitations.
(1) Subcontractor registration list. No permit shall be issued prior to submitting the completed City subcontractor registration list, as applied to related construction.
(2) Cash bond. For each and every category not having a registered contractor assigned thereto, the permit applicant shall post a fifty dollar ($50.00) cash bond. Such bond shall in no manner be construed as a substitute for the contractor registration fee as stipulated in section 1444.07.
(3) Unregistered contractors. Job-site activities of an unregistered contractor shall constitute a violation of Section 1444.02 and shall cause forfeiture of the cash bond related to appropriate activities. The permit applicant shall be notified in writing.
(4) Work started prior to contractor registration. Where work for which contractor registration is required is started prior to registration, the fees required for such registration shall be doubled, but the payment of such double fees does not relieve any person from fully complying with the requirements of Section 1442.09.
(Ord. 121-87. Passed 12-28-87; Ord. 122-15. Passed 9-14-15.)
(a) The Building Inspector may suspend, disapprove or revoke any license or renewal thereof issued under this chapter for any of the following reasons:
(1) Misrepresentation of a material fact by the applicant in obtaining the license or renewal thereof;
(2) Use of a certificate in obtaining permits for another;
(3) Faulty or defective workmanship;
(4) Departure from or disregard of plans and specifications filed with the application for a permit; or
(5) Noncompliance with or a violation of any provision of any applicable code or ordinance of the City in the performance of any work done pursuant to a license issued hereunder.
(6) Any person whose license or registration is suspended or revoked shall not be issued another license or be registered before the expiration of the term of suspension or within two years from the date of revocation.
(Ord. 89-88. Passed 11-14-88; Ord. 122-15. Passed 9-14-15.)
Upon receipt of a completed application, the required license bond and the payment of the initial license fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00), the Building Inspector shall issue a license to the applicant. The initial license shall expire on December 31 of the year of issuance and may be renewed annually thereafter upon the payment of an annual renewal fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
(Ord. 148-96. Passed 10-15-96; Ord. 122-15. Passed 9-14-15.)
(a) Prior to the issuance of a license, the Building Inspector shall require an applicant to furnish the following:
(1) A license bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) from an acceptable insurance carrier;
(2) A certificate of liability insurance in a minimum amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000);
(3) A copy of a workers' compensation certificate; and
(4) A complete Regional Income Tax Agency (R.I.T.A.) Municipal Income Tax Registration form.
(Ord. 24-91. Passed 6-24-91; Ord. 137-12. Passed 12-10-12.)
(b) Indemnification Bond.
(1) Before approval of any application for a Certificate of Registration by the Chief Building Official and Income Tax Division, every applicant shall furnish and file with the Chief Building Official a bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), which bond shall be furnished by a reputable bonding company, acceptable to the City, and approved as to form by the Director of Law. Such bond shall guarantee full and faithful compliance by the applicant with all provisions of this Building and Housing Code, ordinances of the City and/or rules and regulations, and shall bind the surety thereon to correct or abate any violation of this Building and Housing Code, ordinances of the City or such rules and regulations, whenever the applicant for a Certificate of Registration named as the principal on such bond refuses, neglects or fails to correct or abate such violation within a reasonable time limit set by the Chief Building Official. Such bond shall provide, and it shall be so stated therein, that it shall inure to the benefit of any person making a complaint of such violation, as well as to the City.
(2) Further, by accepting a license from the City, any approved applicant for the license shall be deemed to have consented to indemnify and save harmless the property owner and the lessee, tenant or other person contracting for work and materials, guaranteeing that all workmanship and materials are in conformity with this Building and Housing Code, ordinances of the City or such rules and regulations, to protect the City and the said property owner, lessee, tenant or other person contracting for the aforesaid services, from all loss and damage that may be occasioned in anyway by accident, negligence or want of care, skill or attention by the principal or the agents of the principal in performing such work.
(3) This change in the amount of the bond shall become effective for all licenses after this change is adopted by Council and becomes law. Bonds in effect at the time of adoption of this change shall not be required to be increased for the calendar year in which they were issued.
(4) If, in the opinion of the Building Commissioner, the work to be performed under this chapter amounts to one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less for labor and materials, per permit, he or she may waive all compliance with the bond requirements of this chapter.
(c) Liability Insurance.
(1) Each applicant for a license under this chapter shall furnish evidence of insurance for bodily injury in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars/three hundred thousand dollars ($100,000/$300,000), and for property damage in the amount of at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
(2) If, in the opinion of the Building Commissioner, the work to be performed under this chapter amounts to one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less for labor and materials, per permit, he or she may waive all compliance with the insurance requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. 122-15. Passed 9-14-15.)
A licensee whose license or registration has been suspended or revoked may appeal the order of suspension or revocation to the Board of Zoning and Building Appeals. The appellant may be represented by counsel at his or her own expense. The Board shall permit the appellant and the Building Inspector to call witnesses and introduce competent testimony pertinent to a hearing of appeal. The appeal shall be made in writing and filed with the Clerk of the Board within thirty days after the receipt of the notice or order. The Board may affirm, reverse or modify any action taken by the Building Inspector pursuant to the dictates of these Codified Ordinances.
(Ord. 24-91. Passed 6-24-91; Ord. 122-15. Passed 9-14-15.)
(a) Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 1440.99 of these Codified Ordinances.
(b) The application of the penalty provided for in subsection (a) hereof shall not prevent the City from taking such other lawful action as is necessary to prevent or remedy any violation, including the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
(Ord. 122-15. Passed 9-14-15.)