(a) Required. No person shall engage in the business of a contractor without first obtaining a license therefor from the Building Commissioner or another person authorized by him or her or by the Village Manager to enforce this chapter. A resident homeowner or property owner who is acting as a general contractor for work being performed on his or her own residence or property need not obtain a contractor’s license. However, any subcontractor hired by a resident acting as a general contractor must comply fully with the requirements of this chapter.
(b) Applications; Expiration. An application for a contractor's license shall include the name and street address (post office box numbers shall not be accepted as a business address) of the applicant's firm as well as the business telephone number thereof. The application shall also set forth the number of individual employees of the applicant who may be operating under such license and the type of contracting activity for which a license is requested. Licenses are issued annually and expire on the last day of the twelfth month from the month in which they were issued.
(c) Certificate of Insurance and Licensing and Permit Bond Required. All applications for a contractor's license by a contractor, general contractor or subcontractor shall be accompanied by:
(1) A certificate of insurance showing that the applicant has a minimum coverage of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) personal property damage and five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) bodily injury and, if the applicant is an employer, the applicant shall carry a minimum coverage of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) workers’ compensation coverage. The certificate of insurance must name the Village as the certificate holder.
(2) A licensing and permit bond (L. & P. bond) in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in the State as surety on the bond, and with the Village as obligee, for its benefit and that of consumers dealing with the applicant, the condition of which shall be that the applicant shall faithfully perform the duties and in all things comply with the presently adopted building codes and all other ordinances pertaining to the license or permit applied for. The aggregate liability of the surety, regardless of the number of claims made against the bond or the number of years the bond remains in force, shall in no event exceed the amount of the bond. The bond may be terminated at any time by the surety upon sending thirty days' notice in writing to the Building Commissioner with which this bond is filed and to the principal. General contractors or project management companies for the new construction of commercial/industrial projects are exempted from this requirement.
(d) Fee. The annual processing fee for a general contractor’s license shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00). The annual processing fee for a subcontractor’s license shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(Ord. 819. Passed 6-27-94; Ord. 1212. Passed 3-14-05; Ord. 1223. Passed 6-27-05; Ord. 1435. Passed 9-28-09.)