4-36-120 Duties.

   A licensee under this chapter shall have the following duties:

   (A)   To maintain a list that includes information about all permits obtained and all contractors or subcontractors performing work on any project permitted or requiring a permit, under this Code, including the contractor's or subcontractor's name and address, and if applicable, their license number. If requested by the commissioner, the general contractor shall produce this list within 72 hours of the commissioner's request.

   (B)   To maintain sufficient and proper personnel, financial ability and facility to coordinate, develop, provide management expertise and complete in its entirety any proposed work for which a permit has been issued or is required to be issued under this Code. If the commissioner of buildings or the department of business affairs and consumer protection receives a complaint, or otherwise has reasonable cause to believe, that a licensee or any person requiring a license under this chapter is not financially solvent, the commissioner and the department of business affairs and consumer protection are authorized to examine that licensee's or person's financial books and records in order to determine whether the person's past and current financial solvency and expectations for financial solvency in the future give rise to a reasonable expectation that the person can successfully do business as a general contractor without jeopardizing the public health, safety or welfare, and can carry through to completion any project permitted or requiring a permit under this Code. Financial solvency is a continuing requirement for maintaining a license under this chapter. Any financial books and records submitted pursuant to this subsection, and all information contained therein, shall be deemed confidential, shall be used for purposes of enforcing this subsection only, and shall not be divulged to any person or agency, except to the United States Attorney, the Illinois Attorney General, the State's Attorney of Cook County or to the extent required by law. Any person who uses or divulges confidential information in violation of the requirements of this subsection shall be subject to incarceration for a term not to exceed six months or a fine not to exceed $500.00 or both.

   (C)   To assure compliance with the building code by its employees, agents and subcontractors in the performance of a project.

   (D)   To comply with all reasonable requests made by any authorized city official necessary or appropriate to implement the requirements of this chapter;

   (E)   To cooperate fully with any authorized city official in any inquiry, inspection or investigation necessary or appropriate to implement the requirements of this chapter;

   (F)   To keep a copy of proof of insurance, as required under Section 4-36-090, at the following locations: (1) the licensee's principal office or place of business, as identified in the license application; and (2) each construction site within the city managed or controlled by the licensee. Upon request, proof of insurance shall be made available for inspection by any city inspector or other authorized city official.

   The duties set forth in this section shall apply to the licensee and to all controlling persons.

   (G)   If the licensee is engaged at a specific job site in the business of home repair, as defined in Section 4-6-280 (a), to comply with the requirements set forth in paragraphs (2) through (6), inclusive, of Section 4-6-280(d) and in paragraphs (1) through (4), inclusive, of Section 4-6-280 (c).

(Added Coun. J. 10-1-03, p. 9163, § 2.1; Amend Coun. J. 7-27-05, p. 53211, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 7-30-08, p. 34713, § 8; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. V, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 82; Amend Coun. J. 10-28-15, p. 11951, Art. VI, § 14)

 

Notes

4-6-280

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4-6-280

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4-36-130 Permit privileges – Suspension.

   The commissioner of buildings may suspend the ability of any person licensed or required to be licensed under this Chapter to submit new applications or complete pending applications for a building permit or other permit issued by the department of buildings for cause as set forth in Section 13-8-130 of this Code.

(Added Coun. J. 10-1-03, p. 9163, § 2.1; Amend Coun. J. 2-22-17, p. 43876, § 8)

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

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4-36-145 License suspension pending final adjudication of a bribery charge.

   If the commissioner has knowledge that a licensee under this chapter or any controlling person has been indicted or charged with any offense set forth in item (L) of Section 4-36-110 or with a similar offense under any State or Federal law and the commissioner determines that continued operation of the licensed business or activity may pose a threat to the public health, safety or welfare or may threaten to impair public confidence in the licensed business or activity, the commissioner may suspend the general contractor license of such licensee, in accordance with the requirements of Section 4-4-280, until final adjudication is made with respect to such offense. The subject matter of any hearing conducted under Section 4-4-280 shall be limited to determining (1) whether the licensee or any controlling person has, in fact, been indicted or charged with any offense set forth in item (L) of Section 4-36-110 or with a similar offense under any State or Federal law; and (2) whether such offense is connected in any way with an act related to general contracting; and (3) whether continued operation of the licensed business or activity may pose a threat to the public health, safety or welfare or may threaten to impair public confidence in the licensed business or activity. The burden of proving that continued operation of the licensed business or activity does not pose a threat to the public health, safety or welfare and does not threaten to impair public confidence in the licensed business or activity shall be on the licensee.

(Added Coun. J. 7-30-08, p. 34713, § 9)

 

Notes

4-4-280

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4-36-150 License – Suspension or revocation.

   Any violation of this chapter or of the building code or of any regulation promulgated thereunder may result in license suspension or revocation in accordance with Section 4-4-280 or Section 13-8-140 of this Code.

(Added Coun. J. 10-1-03, p. 9163, § 2.1; Amend Coun. J. 7-30-08, p. 34713, § 10; Amend Coun. J. 2-22-17, p. 43876, § 9)

4-36-160 License revocation – Four-year wait for new license.

   No person whose license under this chapter is revoked for any cause shall be granted another general contractor license under the same or a different name for a period of four years after the date of revocation.

(Added Coun. J. 10-1-03, p. 9163, § 2.1)

4-36-170 Regulations.

   The commissioner of buildings shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the requirements of this chapter.

(Added Coun. J. 10-1-03, p. 9163, § 2.1)