(a) All registrations, except temporary registrations, shall be for a period of one year or a fraction of such one year period and shall expire on February 28th, of each year.
(b) No registration shall be assignable or transferable except as hereafter provided. A registration to conduct a home improvement business issued to an individual may be assigned or transferred for the remainder of the registration period to a partnership or corporation if such individual is a member of such partnership or a stockholder of such corporation owning not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the outstanding stock at the time of such assignment or transfer. A registration issued to a partnership may be assigned or transferred for the remainder of the registration period to any one member of such partnership, provided he obtains the consent of all of the other members of such partnership. The application for such transfer or assignment shall be accompanied by proof satisfactory to the Director of Public Safety that the requirements herein provided have been complied with. No assignment or transfer shall become effective unless the endorsement of the transfer or assignment has been made on the face of the registration by the Building Official and such registration, so endorsed, has been returned to the assignee or transferee. All such endorsements shall be made with payment of a $25.00 fee.
(c) Each registration issued pursuant to this chapter shall be posted and kept posted in some conspicuous place in the home improvement business.
(d) Any registration which has not been suspended or revoked, may, upon the payment of the renewal fee prescribed by Section 1311.05, be renewed by February 28th of each year for an additional period of one year from its expiration, upon filing of an application for such renewal, on a form to be prescribed by the Building Official with the approval of the Director.
(e) A duplicate registration may be issued for one lost, destroyed or mutilated upon application therefore on a form prescribed by the Building Official and the payment of the fee prescribed therefore by Section 1311.05. Each duplicate registration shall have the word "duplicate" stamped across the face thereof and shall bear the same number as the one it replaces.
(Ord. 42-1989. Passed 3-20-89; Ord. 45-2011. Passed 4-18-11.)