4-36-140 License – Immediate suspension based upon a pattern of substantial code violations.

   If the commissioner of buildings determines that a licensee is engaging in or has engaged in a pattern of substantial code violations, the commissioner may order the temporary suspension of any license issued pursuant to this chapter for a period not to exceed ten days. Notice of the temporary suspension and the grounds for that suspension shall be immediately sent or delivered to the licensee. The licensee shall have an opportunity for a hearing before the department of business affairs and consumer protection prior to the expiration of the ten day temporary suspension. If the department of business affairs and consumer protection determines by a preponderance of the evidence that a pattern of substantial code violations exists, nothing in this section shall prevent the department of business affairs and consumer protection from suspending the licensee's general contractor license for a longer period of time or from revoking the license in accordance with Section 4-4-280 of this Code.

   For purposes of this subsection, the term “pattern of substantial code violations” means five or more violations of the building code which imperil the public health, safety or welfare, or two or more violations of any stop work order issued pursuant to this Code, or any combination thereof involving five or more violations of this Code, within any six-month period, at one or more construction sites within the city managed or controlled by the licensee.

(Added Coun. J. 10-1-03, p. 9163, § 2.1; Amend Coun. J. 7-27-05, p. 53211, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. V, § 5)

 

Notes

4-4-280

The hyper-linked material is not part of the Chicago Building Code infobase and therefore is not included herein.  The material is included in other provisions of the Chicago Municipal Code.  The complete Chicago Municipal Code is available for purchase from American Legal Publishing in both print and Folio® versions.  Please click here for the appropriate American Legal order form in printable Adobe® PDF format.  For additional information, you may visit American Legal's website by clicking here.