(a) No person, partnership, corporation or business entity shall engage in the business of residential or commercial heating, ventilating and air conditioning contracting within the City unless such person individually holds a HVAC contractor's registration issued pursuant to this chapter or unless such person, partnership, corporation or business entity regularly and steadily has in its employ a holder of a HVAC contractor's license issued pursuant to this chapter. The holder of the license shall register with the City as the authorized representative of the person, partnership, and corporation or business entity and shall represent such person, partnership, and corporation or business entity in all matters pertaining to this chapter.
(b) The HVAC contractor's registration shall be issued only to an individual and such registration shall not be transferable. A holder of a registration may not represent and may not apply for permits for more than one person, partnership, and corporation or business entity. If the person to whom the registration was issued ceases to be an employee or member of any person, partnership, corporation or business entity engaged in the business of HVAC contracting, the person, partnership, corporation or business entity shall be allowed sixty days for the completion of unfinished contracts but shall not thereafter be permitted to engage in the business of HVAC contracting until a new registration issued to another authorized representative.
(c) The person, partnership, corporation or business entity employing the holder of a HVAC contractor's license and the individual holding the HVAC contractor's registration shall be jointly and severally liable for all violations under this chapter.
(Ord. 154-2010. Passed 12-20-10.)