(a) No person shall perform landscaping services in the City as an independent contractor without first obtaining a certificate of registration from the Director of Buildings.
(b) Registration of landscapers shall be made with the Director of Buildings on a form provided by the Director and shall contain the following information:
(1) The name, address, telephone number and tax identification number of the applicant. No post office box address or answering service address and answering service phone number shall be used unless such fact is disclosed and accompanied by a legal address and primary phone number.
(2) When the applicant is a corporation, partnership or other business association, the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all partners and officers shall be provided.
(3) The names of all persons employed by the applicant who are authorized to obtain permits in the name of the applicant.
(4) Any other information deemed necessary by the Director of Buildings.
(c) The Director of Buildings may disapprove or revoke any registration under provisions of this chapter for good cause including, but not limited to, one or more of the following reasons:
(1) Misrepresentation of a material fact by the applicant in obtaining the registration;
(2) The use of the registration for work to be performed by one other than the registrant;
(3) Failure to abate a violation or noncompliance with any provision of any applicable code or ordinance of the City within the time specified in the written notice of such violation or noncompliance;
(4) Commencing work for which registration is required without first obtaining such registration;
(5) Abandonment or failure to perform, without justification, any project undertaken by the registrant;
(6) Failure to honor any written warranties or guarantees;
(7) Engaging in a course of conduct calculated to induce owners and/or tenants of property or their authorized agents, to enter into a contractual relationship for labor and/or materials through misrepresentation of labor costs or through misrepresenting that the materials and/or specifications used comply with all applicable ordinances of the City; or
(8) Other acts not specifically set forth, when, in the determination of the Director of Buildings, such acts are detrimental to the general welfare of the citizens of the City.
(d) The Director of Buildings shall notify the applicant, in writing, by certified mail of any denial or revocation of a registration. The applicant or registrant shall have 30 days after any such action is taken by the Director to file a written notice of appeal with the Building Director. The appeal shall be heard by the Board of Zoning Appeals pursuant to the procedure set out in Section 1155.06. A fee for such an appeal shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(Ord. 1990-80. Passed 12-10-90; Ord. 2001-31. Passed 11-26-01.)