Before a registration certificate as an electrical contractor is granted to any applicant and before an expiring certificate is renewed, the applicant shall pay the following registration fee to the City of Lorain, Division of Buildings, Electrical Department as follows:
Initial Fee (New Registration) | Yearly Renewal Fee | |
Any Electrical Contractor | $175.00 | $150.00 |
Before the certificate may be issued or renewed the contractor shall acknowledge to the Chief Building Inspector the contractor's obligation to carry liability insurance both bodily injury liability and property damage liability in an amount not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) for each occurrence prior to beginning any work on any project in the City. All electrical contractors and subcontractors who undertake work in the City shall be required to demonstrate to the Chief Building Inspector at the time such contractor seeks to pull a permit for any project or job, that such contractor carries a general liability insurance policy with limits in an amount not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence. Said policy shall be issued to protect the public and the contractor's customers/citizens in the event of any negligence attributable to such contractor. Upon the request of any contractor's customer or upon the request of an electrical contractor in privity of contract with a subcontractor, the contractor so requested shall disclose and provide a copy of the insurance policy issued to him, her or it as required in this section. Council expressly recognizes that this disclosure requirement fosters consumer protection. Willfully working in the City as a contractor without the required liability insurance shall be a cause for the revocation of any contractor's license.
(Ord. 2-01. Passed 1-16-01.)