(a) An application for a certificate of contractor registration shall be filed each year with the Building Department. An application may be filed no sooner than December 1 of the year preceding the time of registration.
(b) The application shall include the following: an application form requiring:
(1) The name, address, business and home telephone numbers, and Social Security number or federal tax identification number of the applicant; type of ownership (sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation) and the responsible parties for legal notification and a copy of their driver’s license or other identification approved by the Chief Building Official;
(2) The name, address and Social Security number of each employee and subcontractor of the applicant who are currently working on any site in the city;
(3) The name, address and Social Security number of each employee and subcontractor of the applicant who worked on any site in the city during the calendar year preceding the year of registration, provided that, in case of an applicant which files its application prior to January 31 of the year of registration, the Chief Building Official may issue a certificate of registration on condition that the applicant submits the information no later than January 31 and, if the information is not so submitted, the Chief Building Official may suspend the conditional certificate of registration until such time as the information is submitted, upon giving written notice to the contractor;
(4) A current certificate of competency from the state must be submitted for all plumbing, HVAC, sprinklers and electrical contractors;
(5) A current license must be submitted for all asbestos, lead and radon abatement and testing contractors;
(6) A current contractor registration from another testing city will be accepted as a substitute for the certificate of competency from the state only if the submission includes evidence that the contractor has completed a minimum 30-hour code course in the previous three years. The education requirement is effective January 1, 2001; and
(7) The Chief Building Official may accept other states’ registrations at his or her discretion.
(c) A certificate of insurance naming the city and its agents as additional insured parties in the minimum amounts of $100,000 per person and $300,000 per occurrence for bodily injury and $50,000 per occurrence for property damage. The certificate of insurance shall also name the City Building Department as certificate holder.
(d) A bond in the amount of $25,000 on a bond form provided by the Chief Building Official which shall list the city and the permit holder and/or owner as additionally covered parties.
(Ord. 169-99, passed 12-21-1999; Ord. 02-19, passed 2-5-2019)