244.03 LANDSCAPE PERMIT FEE.
   (a)   Landscape Contractor Defined. 
      (1)   As used in this section, “landscape contractor” means a person who, on commercial or residential property in the City, engages in the business of regrading land; installing topsoil and mulch; planting lawns, shrubs and trees; installing walkways of stone, brick or slag; mowing lawns; trimming bushes and trees; raking leaves; and replanting trees and bushes. This definition does not apply to those under the age of eighteen and having a gross income as a landscape contractor of two thousand dollars ($2,000) or less.
      (2)   No person shall engage in the business of being a landscape contractor in the City without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Building Department.
   (b)   Application for Permit.
      (1)   The following information shall be provided by any applicant for a landscape contractor’s permit:
         A.   The name, address, zip code and telephone number of the business office and of the home of the owner of the business;
         B.   The make, model, serial number and state license plate number of the vehicles or machines to be used in the landscape contractor’s operations within the City; and
         C.   Other jurisdictions within the State, if any, where the applicant has obtained a landscape contractor’s permit.
      (2)   The application for a landscape contractor’s permit shall be accompanied by a non refundable fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
   (c)   Effective Period and Revocation of Permit.
      (1)   A landscape contractor’s permit shall be effective from January 1 to December 31 of each calendar year. A permit issued in one such period is not valid for a subsequent time period.
      (2)   A landscape contractor’s permit is subject to revocation by the Service Director or Code Enforcement Officer upon the following grounds:
         A.   Fraud or willful and knowing misrepresentation made in applying for the landscape contractor’s permit or made in the conduct of the landscape contractor’s business;
         B.   Failure to pay any fees as required by this chapter;
         C.   Changing the approved contours for lots or lands without first obtaining the permission of the building department;
         D.   Neglecting to remove company identification signs when the landscape contractor’s job is completed as a particular property;
         E.   Removal or installation of drainage ways, sewers, swales, etc., without approval of the building department;
         F.   Dumping debris, and waste materials on vacant lots;
         G.   Dumping topsoil, humus, waste material and other landscape products and debris on streets and tree lawns or into sewers, swales, drainage ways and streams in the City;
         H.   Repeatedly tracking mud onto the streets of the City; or
         I.   Violating any State laws pertaining to vehicle registration or business regulation.
   (d)   Penalty. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree and shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both, for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 98-08. Passed 10-28-08.)