(A) Definition. For the purposes of the ordinance, the term BUILDING CONTRACTORS shall mean and include anyone engaged in the business landscaping, cement or concrete contracting, either vault, form or wall work or as a masonry contract, of a carpenter contractor, or as an excavation contractor or as a general building contractor or other-structures, sidewalk or street pavements. Engaging in the construction, repair or alteration of any building, structure, street or sidewalk pavement in the town for which a permit is required under the ordinances of the town, shall be construed as doing business as a contractor in the Town of Keystone.
(B) Fees.
(1) The initial and annual fee for the license shall be:
(a) Concrete and cement contractors: $75;
(b) Masonry contractors: $75;
(c) Carpenter contractors: $75;
(d) Electrical, plumbing, roofing, painting and all other building trade contractors, other than general contractors: $75;
(e) Electrical, plumbing, roofing, painting and all other building trade contractors: $75;
(f) General contractors: $75; and
(g) Landscaping labors and contractors: $75.
(2) Any person having a general contractor's license under division (B)(1)(f) above shall not be required to secure an additional license for other building trade with the exception of electricians and plumbers.
(C) Permit required. No person shall make or cause to be made any excavation in or under any street, parking, sidewalk, alley or public ground or remove any earth, soil, paving, gravel or material therefrom without first having obtained a permit and an excavation contractor’s license from the Town of Keystone Town Hall. This permit will not be required to start emergency work as may be necessary to protect existing structures. However, the permit shall be obtained the morning of the first working day after the work has commenced. Certificate of insurance will be required before the permit will be issued.
(D) Fees for a new contractor’s license shall be prorated for a contractor who has never before been licensed in the town.
(Ord. 6-1-13, passed - -; Am. Ord. 6-1-13, passed 6-21-2006; Am. Ord. passed 3-1-2023)