§ 12-16.1 BOND REQUIRED FOR LICENSED CONTRACTORS; FORM.

   Any building contractor licensed pursuant to this chapter shall be required to post a bond in accordance with the provisions herein. The bond shall be in the amount of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars for the use and benefit of the City of Flint for correcting violations of the Flint City Code. The bond shall contain the conditions that the principal there shall faithfully comply with the provisions of the chapter, pay or cause to be paid all costs for all labor and materials required to correct all violations cited by the City of Flint. The bond shall remain in full force and effect for the full period of the license. The bond shall be in the form contained herein or as approved by the Legal Department of the City of Flint. Bond form shall be in substantially the following form:

   BOND NO.            

   BUILDING CONTRACTOR’S BOND

   KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS

THAT WE,                                                                                                                                  , OF

                                                                                                                                                         ,

STATE OF                                                         , HEREINAFTER CALLED THE PRINCIPAL,

AND                                                                                                                                                  

CORPORATION ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF                                           , WITH ITS HOME OFFICE IN THE CITY OF                                                                                      ,

IN SAID STATE DULY AUTHORIZED TO TRANSACT SURETY BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, A SURETY, ARE HELD AND FIRMLY BOUND UNTO THE CITY OF FLINT, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, AS OBLIGEE, IN THE FULL PENAL SUM OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, LAWFUL MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES FOR PAYMENT OF WHICH, WELL AND TRULY TO BE MADE, WE BIND OURSELVES, OUR HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS, JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY, FIRMLY BY THESE PRESENTS.

SIGNED, SEALED AND DATED THIS                                 DAY OF                                     , 20_____.

   WHEREAS, THE ABOVE BOUNDEN PRINCIPAL HAS OR IS ABOUT TO OBTAIN FROM THE SAID OBLIGEE A LICENSE FOR BUILDING CONTRACTOR, AND

   WHEREAS, THE PRINCIPAL IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO FILE WITH THE CITY OF FLINT A BOND CONDITIONED AS HEREINAFTER SET FORTH.

   NOW, THEREFORE, THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH, THAT IF THE ABOVE BOUNDED PRINCIPAL SHALL ON AND AFTER THE                        DAY OF                                  , 20         , INDEMNIFY SAID OBLIGEE AGAINST ALL COSTS, EXPENSES, LOSS OR DAMAGE TO IT CAUSED BY PRINCIPAL’S NONCOMPLIANCE WITH OR BREACH OF ANY LAWS, STATUTES, ORDINANCE, RULES OR REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO SUCH LICENSEE, THEN THE ABOVE OBLIGATION SHALL BE VOID, OTHERWISE TO BE AND REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.

   PROVIDED, THE LIABILITY OF THE SURETY UPON THIS BOND SHALL BE AND REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FOR THE FULL PERIOD OF THE LICENSE OR PERMIT ISSUED TO THE PRINCIPAL ABOVE NAMED BUT NOT BEYOND.

   PROVIDED, THAT THIS BOND MAY BE CONTINUED FROM YEAR TO YEAR BY CONTINUATION CERTIFICATE EXECUTED BY THE SURETY HEREON, AND

   PROVIDED FURTHER, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF YEARS THIS BOND SHALL CONTINUE OR BE CONTINUED IN FORCE AND THE NUMBER OF PREMIUMS THAT SHALL BE PAYABLE OR PAID, THE SURETY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE HEREUNDER FOR A LARGER AMOUNT IN THE AGGREGATE, THAN THE AMOUNT OF THIS BOND.

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE PARTIES HERETO HAVE SET THEIR HANDS AND SEALS THE DAY AND YEAR FIRST ABOVE WRITTEN.

                  PRINCIPAL

BY:                                                                              

                   SURETY

BY:                                                                              

               ATTORNEY-IN-FACT

   (POWER OF ATTORNEY, WITH SEAL THEREON, MUST BE ATTACHED)

(Ord. 2676, passed 10-23-1978)

§ 12-17 USE OF ANOTHER’S LICENSE, GIVING FALSE INFORMATION AND THE LIKE PROHIBITED.

   Any person or persons, the members of any firm, co-partnership, corporation, association or other organization or any combination thereof, presenting or attempting to file or use the license of another, or who shall give false or forged evidence of any kind to the Director of Buildings and Inspections, or to any member thereof in obtaining or maintaining a license, or shall falsely impersonate another or who shall use an expired or revoked license, or shall violate any one or more of the provisions of any section of this ordinance, shall upon conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300.00) or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days in the City or County Jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court for each offense.

(Ord. 483, passed 3-20-1942; Ord. 1212, passed 8-5-1954)

ARTICLE III. BUMP SHOP

§ 12-18 “BUMP SHOP” DEFINED.

   A “bump shop” is defined for the purpose of this ordinance as:

   BUMP SHOP. Any public garage, wherein body, fender, frame, painting work, or any mechanical service is done upon motor vehicles within an enclosed building.

(Ord. 1989, passed 8-4-1967; Ord. 3806, passed 11-28-2011)

§ 12-19 LICENSE REQUIRED.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a bump shop as hereinafter defined, without first obtaining a license therefor from the Flint City Council.

(Ord. 1989, passed 8-4-1967)