(a) No applicant shall be issued a certificate of registration under the provisions of this chapter unless such applicant shall be:
(1) Legally able to enter into a binding contract;
(2) Able to read and write the English language; and
(3) Of good moral character. In considering moral character, an applicant with a record of violations of this Building and Housing Code or of other laws or ordinances regulating building construction in the Village, or of dishonest practices, or of lax, incompetent, negligent or derelict practices in the conduct of his or her business, trade or profession, may be deemed to be of poor moral character and it shall therefore be deemed to be in the public interest that such applicant shall be issued a certificate of registration.
(b) When an applicant for registration is a firm or corporation, each responsible member of such firm or corporation, who shall be listed as such in the application, shall individually be qualified for registration under the provisions of this chapter.
(c) A certificate of registration may be revoked or may be suspended by the Building Official for a prescribed period not exceeding twelve months, whenever he or she has determined that the holder thereof:
(1) Has not performed the duties required of him or her by this Building and Housing Code or by the rules and regulations of the Building Official or the Architectural Board of Review; or
(2) Has been lax, incompetent, negligent or derelict in the performance of his or her work or in the furnishing of services authorized by any such certificate; or
(3) Has departed from or disregarded plans or specifications filed with an application for a building permit; or
(4) Has violated or participated in the violation of any of the provisions of this Building and Housing Code or other applicable provisions of these Codified Ordinances.
(d) Notice in writing shall be given to a registrant by the Building Official of any noncompliance with, or violation of, any of the provisions of this Building and Housing Code or of any other building, plumbing, electrical, sanitary or other provision of these Codified Ordinances. The registrant shall remedy or cause to be corrected any such noncompliance or violation within five days after the receipt of such notice. Failure to comply with the terms of such notice or the orders of the Building Official shall result in the suspension or revocation of the registrant's certificate, or prosecution, or both.
The holder of a suspended certificate shall not do any work authorized by such certificate, except work necessary to correct a violation specified in the notice of suspension, until notice of reinstatement has been given by the Building Official or the period of suspension has expired.
(Ord. 2014-03. Passed 4-8-14.)