(A) The annual fee for a building contractor’s license under this subchapter shall be $200. The annual license fee for each annual renewal of a contractor’s license shall be $100 if renewed within 30 days of expiration. The Building Contractor’s Board, upon good cause, may recommend the non-renewal of any contractor’s license to the Mayor.
(B) Licenses renewed 30 days after expiration, shall be subject to an additional late fee of $100. Licenses which have been expired for 180 days or longer are no longer valid, and a contractor with an expired license will have to take a building contractor’s exam to become re-licensed.
(C) The initial fee for a building contractor’s exam under this chapter shall be $100.
(D) Any person obtaining a contractor’s license following the issuance of a residential stop work order for failure to be licensed, shall pay an additional $250 in addition to the initial fee at the time of receiving a license.
(E) Any person obtaining a building contractor's license following the issuance of a commercial stop work order for failure to be licensed shall pay an additional $500 in addition to the initial fee at the time of receiving a license.
(F) Any contractor who fails the examination for his or her license and is required to re-test must pay a $50 re-examination fee for each re-test. Persons who fail to show for a scheduled test will be considered as having failed the test.
(G) The full annual fee must be paid, regardless of when a license is issued and there will be no proration of fee, nor refund of fee upon revocation or expiration of license.
(Prior Code, § 150.14) (Ord. 3456, passed 5-10-1965; Am. Ord. 3851, passed 11-13-1972; Am. Ord. 4588, passed 12-10-1979; Am. Ord. 7658, passed 2-28-1994; Am. Ord. 8893, passed 10-22-2007; Am. Ord. 9204, passed 3-25-2013; Am. Ord. 9446, passed 9-23-2019) Penalty, see § 150.099