(A) Any person who desires to engage in or who shall hereafter at any time engage in the business of the construction, alternation or repair of any building sewers within the city shall, before commencing such work, make application to the City Clerk for registration as a sewer contractor and shall deliver to the Clerk his or her certificate of bond from one of two sureties to be approved by the Council in the amount of $10,000, payable to the city.
(B) In addition, the contractor shall provide to the City Clerk insurance certified verifying $500,000 of public liability insurance which name the city, its officers and employees, additional insureds with respect to any and all costs and liabilities for damage to persons or property by reason of or resulting directly or indirectly from the construction, alteration, maintenance or repair by such person of any building sewer or any work or act of omission or commission incidental thereto. Upon approval of the said bond by the Council, the City Clerk shall forthwith issue to such applicant a certificate of registration to operate as a sewer contractor within the city. No registration shall be complete until the applicant pays to the City Clerk an annual registration fee of $100. Registration shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance of the certificate and is not refundable. A sewer contractor shall, at all times, comply with all provisions of this chapter, and any street, alley, sidewalk or pavement disturbed by him or her must be returned to and left in at least as good a condition as before the work was commenced.
(C) An owner or occupant of a single-family residence or duplex dwelling shall not be considered a sewer contractor for the purpose of this section.
(Prior Code, § 18-8-2)