(A) License required. It shall be unlawful for any contractor to do any work or agree to do any work described in § 4-4-1 on or in any residential property without first obtaining from the town a valid contractor’s license, hereinafter referred to as “license” to do such work, and to pay the required license fees required by this chapter. A license will be issued to any qualified contractor who makes proper application and pays the required fee.
(B) Payment of fee.
(1) The town may require such license fee to be paid by cash, and in the event such fee is paid by check and said check is not paid by the bank on which it is drawn, or said check is returned to the town for the reason that the payor does not have an account with the bank, the license shall be considered void and the contractor shall be subject to the penalty provided in this chapter the same as if he or she had never made application for a license and the license was never issued.
(2) Each contractor shall pay a fee in the amount as set by resolution of the Town Council and the current fee schedule is available at the office of the Town Clerk-Treasurer.
(C) Licensing exception; subcontractors. Except as provided in §§ 4-4-3 and 4-4-4, any person having a general building contractor’s license shall not be required to secure an additional license for the performance of work described in § 4-4-1. Any person doing business as a subcontractor shall be construed as engaged in the business of building contractor for which a license is required by this chapter.
(D) Term of license. Every license shall expire and be null and void one year from the date of issuance.
(Prior Code, § 4-4-2) (Ord. 320, passed 6-17-1999; Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024) Penalty, see § 4-4-8