(A) License required. Before any person shall engage in the business of doing or performing any of the work set forth in division (B) below in the city, the person shall first obtain a city license to do so as more fully provided for in this subchapter. A city license shall not be required if the person is licensed with the state and if the license is valid for the work being performed in the city. A fee for checking the status of the state-issued license may be charged and will be per the city’s approved fee schedule.
(B) Work requiring city license.
(1) Specialty contractor (may perform only one activity listed): excavation, masonry including cement, footings, masonry fireplaces and walls; carpentry including doors, windows, decks without footings and hanging wall board-no taping; interior finishing including insulation, vapor barrier and prefab stairs; drywall including plaster, lathing and wallboard; exterior finishing including siding, gutters, soffit and fascia; garage doors; swimming pools including spas and hot tubs; asphalt; demolition/wrecking;
(2) General commercial contractor: commercial and residential contracting (over four units), includes all contracting work (separate license required for HVAC work and excludes any state licensing requirements);
(3) Zoning contractor: fence, sign, shed (200 square feet or under), retaining wall (two feet to four feet high); building mover (buildings 200 square feet or under); satellite dish (greater than three feet in diameter); residential antenna;
(4) HVAC contractor: fireplace/stove installer; heating, air conditioning, ventilation, gas piping;
(5) Tree contractor: tree trimming and removal; and
(6) Fire specialty contractor: above ground tank installation and removal; special fire suppression systems; temporary tents; canopies and membrane structure installation.
(C) Requirements for license. Each applicant for a license to perform work in the city shall provide the city with the necessary information to process the license request and shall perform the work in accordance with all city ordinances and the state’s Building Code.
(D) Application and fees. Application for licenses shall be filed with the City Administrator on the forms furnished by the city. The annual fee for each license shall be as established per the city’s approved fee schedule.
(E) General commercial contractors. A city license granted to a general commercial contractor shall include the right to perform all work included in the general contract, but shall exclude any work that requires a separate license issued by the state. The license shall include any or all of the persons performing the work under the general contract; providing that, each person performing the work is in the regular employ of the general contractor and qualified under state law and the provisions of this code to perform the work. In these cases, the general contractor shall be responsible for all of the work so performed. Subcontractors, who are persons not in the regular employ of a general contractor, shall be required to meet the sections of this code pertaining to license and insurance qualifications for the subcontractor’s particular type of work.
(F) Insurance. Any person requesting a contractor’s license shall file with the City Administrator proof of public liability and property damage insurance showing the city as the certificate holder, which shall remain and be in force and effect during the entire term of the license or a renewal certificate shall be provided to the city at least ten days before the expiration of the certificate on file with the city. The certificate shall contain a provision that the insurance shall not be cancelled without ten days’ written notice to the city. Public liability insurance should not be less than $1,000,000 for injuries and property damage, including accidental death to any one person, in an amount of not less than $500,000 on account of any one accident.
(G) Expiration and renewal. All licenses shall expire on December 31 following the date of issuance unless sooner revoked or forfeited. If a license granted hereunder is not renewed previous to its expiration, then all rights granted by the license shall cease, and any work performed after the expiration of the license shall be in violation of this code.
(H) Revocation or suspension.
(1) Authority of Council. The Council shall have the power to suspend or revoke the city license of any person licensed under the regulations of this code whose work is found to be improper or defective or so unsafe as to jeopardize life or property, providing the person holding the license is given 20 days’ notice and granted the opportunity to be heard before the action is taken. If and when such notice is sent to the address of the licensee as stated on the application and applicant fails or refuses to appear or respond at the hearing, the license will be automatically suspended or revoked.
(2) Suspension. A city contractor’s license suspension shall be not less than 30 days, nor more than one year, the period being determined by the Council.
(4) Second offense. When any person holding a city contractor’s license as provided herein has been convicted for the second time by a court of competent jurisdiction for violation of any of the provisions of this code, the city shall automatically revoke the license of the person so convicted. The person may not make application to the city for a new license for a period of one year.
(Prior Code, § 1006.04) (Ord. 500, passed 01-13-1992; Ord. 628, passed 06-28-1999; Ord. 715, passed 05-27-2003; Ord. 844, passed 05-20-2010; Ord. 853, passed 02-03-2011; Ord. 957, passed 05-28-2019)