(a) Any person desiring to do business as a sewer builder in connection with the sanitary sewer system shall file in the city hall an application giving the name of the person and place of business asking to be licensed by the city as a sewer builder, and stating that the applicant is qualified by experience to engage in the work and willing to be governed in all respects by the rules and regulations which are or may be adopted by the city. Each applicant for a license shall pay an annual fee in the amount established by resolution of city council and execute and deposit to the city, with his application, a bond with sufficient surety or sureties to be approved by the city, in the sum of $10,000, conditioned that he will indemnify and save harmless the city from all accidents and damages caused by any negligence in protecting his work or by any unfaithful, imperfect, inadequate, careless or unskilled work done by him or his employees, and that he will also promptly and in a proper time replace and restore sidewalk, pavement or other street surfaces over any opening he may have made to as good a state as existed previous to their opening, and to keep and maintain the surface in good order to the satisfaction of the city for the period of one year next thereafter, and that he will pay all fines imposed upon him for a violation of any of the rules and regulations prescribed by this article and anyone injured or damaged may bring action on such bond for the recovery of damages. On receiving his license, he shall have recorded in the city clerk's office his actual place of business and the name under which the business is transacted and shall immediately notify the clerk of any change in either thereafter. No license shall be granted for more than one year, and all licenses shall be granted to expire on January 1.
(b) Before a license is granted to any person to do business as a sewer builder, he shall file with the application a certificate of carriage of workers compensation insurance with statutory limits, and public liability and property damage insurance in the minimum amount of $1,000,000 combined single limits with a company authorized to do business in the state, with the City of Mason as an additional named insured. These minimum limits may be increased by the Authority as required based upon the scope of the work.
(c) The city council may, on its own initiative for good cause, suspend or revoke any license issued under the provisions of this article; and the findings of the city council in such matters shall be conclusive and final, and the reasons for such revocation or suspension shall be entered on the records of the council. The Authority may for good cause suspend any license granted under this article for a period of 24 hours and cause such license to be delivered to him, and he shall forthwith report in writing such action to the city manager and upon approval of the city manager in writing, such license shall stand revoked and suspended until the next regular meeting of the city council. At such meeting of the city council, the holder of such license shall appear and be heard; and, if the council after hearing the facts shall deem it advisable, it may affirm the revocation or change the revocation to a suspension for an appropriate period.
(Ord. No. 144, 5-16-2005; Ord. 222, § 52, 12-3-2018)