(a) General Provisions. The Board of Building Code Appeals shall adopt rules and regulations for:
(1) The registration of all building contractors and all contractors of refrigeration, heating, piping, air conditioning, storm windows, siding and roofing.
(2) The registration of all electrical contractors, master plumbers and journeyman plumbers, house movers, sewer tappers and vault cleaners.
(3) Certificates of qualification for all welders and welding inspectors of structural steel field construction, concrete inspectors and steel inspectors on field construction. (Ord. 4-78. Passed 1-9-78.)
(4) The registration, or certification of qualification, of any other person or persons performing work or providing services under this Building Code, such as: painters, siding installers, tinners, roofers, installers of awnings, storm windows, plasterers, dry wallers, excavators, graders, landscapers, etc. (Ord. 8-85. Passed 1-28-85.)
(b) Home Owner's Exception. No provision of this Code or any regulation adopted by authority of this Code shall be interpreted to require that the owner of a single or one- family dwelling shall be registered or hold a certificate of qualification personally to perform work upon his premises. All such work shall be done by the owner with the assistance only of any member of his family or household and the work shall be done in conformity with the provisions of this Code and its rules or regulations. No work shall be done unless all permits, inspections and approval required by this Code are secured.
(c) Public Utility Organization's Exception. No provision of this Code shall be interpreted to require registration, or certificates of qualification for officials or employees of public utility organizations to engage in the installation, alteration, repair, maintenance or utilization of any device, appliance, installation or appurtenance forming part of the equipment for generation, transmission or distribution of any commodity of service which the public utility organization is authorized by law to furnish or provide.
(Ord. 4-78. Passed 1-9-78.)
(d) Applications and Examinations. Electrical contractors must hold a current State of Ohio Construction Industry Examining Board Certification as an electrical contractor and submit a copy of the same to the City when making application for registration. All applications for certificates of registration, and certificates of qualification shall be in the form prescribed by the Board of Building Code Appeals.
(Ord. 214-00. Passed 12-11-00.)
(e) Rules for Registration, General and Primary Subcontractors. The Board of Building Code Appeals, by authority granted it under Section 1307.01
(d)(6) has adopted the following rules for registration and certificates of qualification for general, primary and subcontractors doing work within the City limits.
(1) Compliance with section. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor, as herein defined, except pursuant to a certificate of qualification, issued in conformity with the provisions of this section by the Chief Building Official.
(Ord. 4-78. Passed 1-9-78.)
(2) Definition. "Contractor", for the purpose of this Code, means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, association or other organization, or combination thereof, who, by himself and/or employee, constructs, alters, repairs, adds to, subtracts from, reconstructs or remodels any building, structure or appurtenance thereto or performs work by grading, excavating, landscaping or landscaping maintenance. (Ord. 8-85. Passed 1-25-85.)
(3) Revocation and suspension. A certificate of qualification may be revoked or suspended by the Chief Building Official for a prescribed period, up to permanently, whenever the Chief Building Official has determined that the holder thereof:
A. Has not performed the duties required of him by this Code, by the rules or regulations of the Chief Building Official or by the Board of Building Code Appeals;
B. Has been lax, incompetent, negligent, or derelict in the prescribed performance, or in the performance of work, or furnishing of services authorized by the certificate; or
C. Has violated or participated in the violation of any provision of this Code. However, on request of the certificate holder, a public hearing shall be held by the Chief Building Official before the certificate is revoked and the appeal may be taken as provided in subsections (h) through (m), inclusive of Section 1307.01
. The holder of a suspended certificate shall not do any work authorized by the certificate, except work necessary to correct a violation of this Code, specified in the notice of suspension, until notice of reinstatement has been given by the Chief Building Official, or the period of suspension has expired.
(f) Registration Fees; Renewal; Reinstatement.
Registration fee: $ 100.00
Renewal fee by January 15: 75.00
Reinstatement: 100.00
Any person, firm, corporation or agent thereof who fails to register or fails to renew a registration prior to the performance of work shall be required to pay the registration fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) and as penalty therefor shall pay an additional sum double the amount required for registration fee.
(Ord. 196-01. Passed 11-12-01.)
(g) All contractors shall provide at the time of registration, proof of liability insurance with limits of not less than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000). The City shall be named as a certificate holder. No registration shall be issued without proof of insurance.
(h) If at any time the City is notified of a lapse in insurance coverage, the holder's certificate of registration shall be immediately canceled.
(Ord. 72-86. Passed 8-25-86.)