(A) Sign contractor’s license.
(1) Sign contractors to be licensed.
(a) Generally. No person shall perform any work or service for any person for compensation, in whatever form, in connection with the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, improvement, maintenance of any sign in the city, or any work or service, in connection with causing any work to be done unless the person shall first have obtained a sign contractor’s license from the City Clerk and paid the license fees provided for by the city, or shall be represented by a subcontractor licenses herein as a contractor. Any license issued hereunder shall be personal to the licensee and shall not be assignable.
(b) Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person engaged solely in painting or repainting of sign structure shall not be deemed a “sign contractor” as defined above and shall not be required to obtain a sign contractor’s license.
(2) Sign contractor license fee. Before any person shall engage in the business of sign contracting in the city or continue in the business, the person shall be required to pay a license fee of $25 the first year and $25 per year thereafter. All registrations hereunder shall expire on April 30 of each year, irrespective of the date of issuance. The City Clerk shall keep a suitable record of all registrations for sign contractor’s licenses in the city.
(B) Indemnification for sign installation and maintenance. As a condition to the issuance of a sign contractor’s license as required herein, all persons engaged in the business of painting, installing or maintaining signs which involves, in whole or part, the erection, alteration, relocation, maintenance of a sign, or other sign work in or over or immediately adjacent to a public right-of-way or public property so that a portion of the public right-of-way is used or encroached upon by the sign installer, shall, and by the issuance of the license agree to indemnify and hold harmless the city, its officers, agents and employees, from any and all claims of negligence resulting from erection, alteration, relocation or maintenance work.
(C) Insurance. Every applicant for a license shall, before the license is granted, file with the city a satisfactory certificate of insurance against any form of liability for property damage and for personal injury. The insurance shall be maintained in full force and effect during the term of the business license.
(1980 Code, § 29.1405) Penalty, see § 162.999