547.03 REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSE.

   (a)   An application for a Contractor License shall be filed each year with the Commissioner of Building. An application may be filed no sooner than November 1 of the year preceding the period of the License.

   (b)   The application shall include the following:

      (1)   An application form requiring:

         A.   The name, address, business and home telephone numbers, and social security number or federal employer identification number of the applicant;

         B.   The name, address and social security number of each employee and subcontractor of the applicant who are currently working on any site in the City;

         C.   The name, address and social security number of each employee and subcontractor of the applicant who worked on any site in the City during the calendar year preceding the License year, provided that, in the case of an applicant which files its application prior to January 31 of the License year, the Commissioner of Building may issue a Contractor License on condition that the applicant submits this information no later than January 31 and if the information is not so submitted, the Commissioner may suspend the conditional Contractor License until such time as the information is submitted, upon giving written notice to the contractor as provided in Section 547.04(b);

         D.   A list of current licenses held by the applicant from the Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board, with certified copies of the licenses attached for electrical, plumbing, sewer, HVAC and refrigeration contractors;

         E.   A list of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of municipalities within Cuyahoga County or contiguous counties where the applicant has done work;

         F.   If the applicant is a business entity, domestic or foreign, using a name other than an individual's own personal name, the applicant shall provide proof that it is registered with the Ohio Secretary of State, as required under Title XVII of the Ohio Revised Code.

         G.   If the applicant intends to perform any Hot Work, as defined in this Chapter, the applicant shall disclose such intention in writing at the time of License application, and shall provide proof that the person or persons involved in such work have had Hot Work training, as required in the Fire Prevention Code (Part 9), within three (3) years of the date of the issuance of the License.

      (2)   A certificate of insurance naming the City and its agents as additional insured parties on a policy of insurance in the minimum amounts of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per person and one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence for bodily injury, two million dollars ($2,000,000) aggregate, and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per occurrence for property and fire damage.

   (c)   A Contractor License shall be issued by the Commissioner upon the Contractor complying with all requirements of this Chapter, and every Contractor License shall expire on the 31st day of December of each year, if it was issued prior to November 1 of the current year.

(Ord. 19-14. Enacted 2-11-19.)