(A) A building contractor desiring to perform any building contracting work in the City shall register with the Building Commissioner of the City.
(B) Upon receipt of the application for registration, the Building Official shall certify the same to the City License Clerk, who shall, upon payment by the applicant to the License Bureau of a fee of fifty dollars($50.00), register such applicant in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such registration shall be in effect for the balance of the current calendar year and may be renewed annually, on or before January 15th of each successive year thereafter, upon payment of a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each renewal.
(C) No person desiring to register with the City as a building contractor may be registered pursuant to division (B) hereof, unless:
(1) Such person has filed with the City a certificate of public liability insurance in an amount not less than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) combined single limit for bodily injury and property damage liability insurance, including premises and completed operations liability, blanket contractual and independent contractor’s coverage. Such insurance shall be with an insurance company licensed by the State and shall include a provision that said coverage will not be cancelled by the insurance company prior to thirty days advance notice to the City. Any such cancellation shall be considered sufficient grounds to revoke the contractor’s registration; and
(2) Such person presents proof to the satisfaction of the City that they are in compliance with Chapters 4121 and 4123 of the Ohio Revised Code, commonly known as Ohio’s Worker’s Compensation laws; and
(3) Such person has registered with the City’s Department of Taxation in the manner prescribed by the Director of Taxation.
(D) Any registration authorized herein may be revoked or suspended by the Building Commissioner for good cause, including but not limited to, any of the following:
(1) A building contractor’s failure to comply with subsections (C) (1) through (C) (3) herein; or
(2) A building contractor obtaining the registration authorized herein by act of fraud or misrepresentation; or
(3) A building contractor’s conviction of a misdemeanor crime involving an offense of moral turpitude; or
(4) A building contractor’s conviction of any felony offense; or
(5) A building contractor’s engagement in fraud, misrepresentation or deception in the conduct of their work as a building contractor.
(E) No registration authorized herein shall be revoked or suspended unless the registrant has been notified in writing of the charges against him. Any revocation or suspension of a building contractor’s registration pursuant to Division (D) hereof may be appealed to the Lima Board of Building Appeals by filing a written appeal with the Mayor stating the grounds for such appeal within five (5) days of being served with a notice of such revocation or suspension.
(Ord. 066-10. Passed 3-22-10.; Ord. 39-11. Passed 2-7-11.)