(a) No person, corporation, firm or other entity shall engage in the installation, repair, alteration or addition to any electrical work within the corporate limits of the City without obtaining an appropriate registration as provided by this chapter. The holder of such registration shall be deemed the authorized representative of the person, firm, corporation or other entity in all matters pertaining to this chapter. Such electrical contractor’s registration shall not be transferable and the holder of an electrical contractor’s registration may not represent and may not apply for permits for more than one person, firm, corporation or other entity on any project. The prohibitions and obligations in this section shall apply to any person, firm, corporation or other entity that supplies journeyman electricians or electrical apprentices to any electrical contractor registered by the City. In addition to any other consequences of a civil, criminal or administrative nature, whoever violates this section shall be required to pay to the City an amount equal to three (3) times the amount required by the City for the applicable registration or license.
(b) Any person, firm, corporation or other entity that supplies journeyman electricians or electrical apprentices to any other person, firm, corporation or other entity for purposes of their engaging in the installation, alteration, repair or addition of any electrical work within the corporate limits of the City shall obtain a registration as an electrical contractor pursuant to this chapter. The penalty described in subsection (a) hereof shall apply to and be collected from persons, firms, corporations or other entities working in violation of this section regardless of whether they are a contractor, journeyman, apprentice or other status.
(Ord. 242-02. Passed 12-16-02.)
(c) No person shall undertake or perform the work of a registered electrical contractor, as defined by this chapter, or to represent or advertise himself or itself, either publicly or privately, as being ready, willing or able to contract or to undertake to perform such work within the corporate limits of the City, or to supply journeyman electricians or electrical apprentices to any other person, firm, corporation, or other entity for purposes of installing, altering, repairing, or adding to any electrical work within the City, without first having obtained an appropriate registration pursuant to this chapter.
(d) No electrical contractor shall permit or allow any person to engage in the installation, alteration, repair or addition to any electrical work within the corporate limits of the City pursuant to a permit granted to such electrical contractor unless such persons are licensed journeyman electricians or registered electrical apprentices, as defined by this chapter, and are directly employed by an electrical contractor properly registered with the City of Canton.
(e) An electrical contractor’s registration shall be issued only to an individual and such registration shall not be transferable. The holder of an electrical contractor registration may not represent and may not apply for permits for more than one person, partnership, corporation or other entity. No registration issued under this chapter shall be transferable. If the person to whom the registration was issued ceases to be an employee or member of any person, firm, corporation or other entity engaged in the business of electrical contracting, the person, firm, corporation or other entity shall be allowed 120 days for the completion of unfinished contracts but shall not thereafter be permitted to engage in the business of electrical contracting until all appropriate registration is issued to another authorized member or representative of the person, firm, corporation or other entity.
(f) The person, firm, corporation or other entity employing the holder of an electrical contractor’s registration, as well as the individual holding such registration, shall be jointly and severally liable for all violations under this chapter.
(g) No holder of any electrical contractor’s registration, issued in accordance with this chapter, shall allow his or her name to be used by any other person, firm, corporation, or other entity for purposes of engaging in the installation, repair, alteration, or addition to any electrical wiring within the City or for obtaining a permit to do the same. No electrical contractor shall permit or allow any person to engage in the installation, alteration, repair or addition to any electrical wiring within the City under any permit granting to the electrical contractor unless such person is in the direct employ of the electrical contractor or unless such person is in the direct employ of another person, firm, corporation or other entity registered as an electrical contractor by the City and which supplies journeyman electricians or electrical apprentices to other electrical contractors licensed by the City.
(h) No holder of any electrical contractor’s registration issued pursuant to this chapter shall utilize leased or rented employees, or engage independent contractors to engage in the installation, alteration, repair or addition to any electrical work within the City unless such leased or rented employees, or unless such independent contractors, are licensed and registered as journeyman electricians or electrical apprentices under this chapter. Provided, further, that the person, firm, corporation or other entity leasing or renting such employees, or providing independent contractors to such electrical contractor, shall be jointly and severally liable with such registered electrical contractor for all violations of this chapter and for any personal injuries or property damage for which the electrical contractor is, or may become liable for, as a result of the work, activity or actions of such leased or rented employees, or independent contractors.
(Ord. 257-2001. Passed 12-10-01.)