An applicant for license shall first file an application therefor in writing in the Office of the Building Commissioner. The Building Commissioner shall prepare and furnish forms for that purpose.
(a) Application for a license shall be upon a form issued by the Building Commissioner, and a license shall be granted if the Commissioner finds that the applicant is qualified to perform the work for which the application is sought. Evidence of repeat violations of this Building Code or other City ordinances shall be sufficient evidence to disqualify the applicant from receiving a license.
(b) Upon application, a license for any work described in Section 745.01
shall be issued to the applicant by the Building Commissioner, upon payment by the applicant as required in Chapter 1305. Such license shall be issued for a period of one year from January 1 of the year that it is issued and shall expire on December 31 next following the date of issuance. Such license shall be renewed each year thereafter for a like period upon the payment as required in Chapter 1305.
(c) The license shall state the name of the license, firm name in case of a partnership or corporation, place of business, date of issuance, expiration date, and shall be signed by the Building Commissioner.
(d) No one licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall allow or permit his or its name to be used in acquiring any permit or doing any work unless the licensee, or his, her or its regular employed foreman, is personally at the site of the work to superintended and direct the same.
(e) Every applicant shall furnish and file with the Building Commissioner proof of liability and property damage business insurance in a minimum sum of three hundred thousand dollar to five hundred thousand dollars ($300,000/$500,000) for liability insurance and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) property damage. Such insurance shall be approved as to form by the Director of Law, and as to company, by the Mayor as to sufficiency.
(f) If the applicant is currently registered as a contractor in accordance with Chapter 1305, then the applicant shall be deemed appropriately licensed under this section.
(g) This section shall in no way be interpreted so as to require the owner of a single or two-family dwelling to be licensed hereunder, to personally perform work upon the premises occupied or to be occupied by the owner as the owner’s established residence. (Ord. 99-35. Passed 4-19-99.)