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(a) On and after August 31, 1979, no person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor for the removal of snow on private property by using motor vehicles for such purpose except pursuant to a certificate of registration issued in conformity with the provisions of this chapter by the Service Director.
“Contractor,” for the purpose of this section, means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, association or other organization, or any combination thereof, who or which, by himself, herself or itself or by or through others, uses motor vehicles to remove snow from private property.
(b) No provision of this chapter shall be interpreted to require that the owner of a single or two-family dwelling or individual row house be registered to remove snow from the premises of the single or two-family dwelling or individual row house which that person owns.
(Ord. 97-1979. Passed 4-2-79; Ord. 49-1996. Passed 2-20-96; Eff. 3-20-96.)
(a) No applicant shall be registered under the provisions of this chapter unless such applicant is:
(1) Not less than eighteen years of age;
(2) The holder of a valid State of Ohio driver's license or commercial driver's license permitting him or her to operate the motor vehicle being used in the snow removal activity.
(b) When an applicant for registration is a firm or corporation, each responsible member of such firm or corporation, listed as such in the application for registration, shall individually be qualified for registration under the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 97-1979. Passed 4-2-79.)
An application for registration shall be made to the Service Director on forms to be furnished by him or her. A decal shall be issued to each contractor for each vehicle employed in snow removal and the decal shall be prominently displayed on each vehicle.
(Ord. 49-1996. Passed 2-20-96; Eff. 3-20-96.)
Fees for registration shall be paid to the City to the office of the Service Director. Such fees shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the initial registration and one decal and a renewal fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year thereafter. Additional decals shall be ten dollars ($10.00) for each vehicle, which shall be issued only upon proof of registration of a vehicle for each additional decal, and ten dollars ($10.00) for the renewal of additional decals yearly.
(Ord. 49-1996. Passed 2-20-96; Eff. 3-20-96.)
Snow removal contractors are not required to obtain the bond set forth in Section 1705.01(b) of the Building and Housing Code, but are required to furnish evidence of liability insurance for bodily injury in the minimum amount of two hundred thousand dollars/five hundred thousand dollars ($200,000/$500,000) and for property damage in the minimum amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
No person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of, or in the capacity of, a snow removal contractor, shall deposit or place snow or ice, which has been removed from private property, onto median strips or public rights of way in the City, or onto other private property without permission of the owner thereof.
(Ord. 170-1994. Passed 6-20-94.)
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both, for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.