No person shall engage in the construction or erection of a communications tower or wind energy system in the city unless licensed pursuant to this section. A contractor’s license will be issued by the City Clerk upon submission of a written application on forms obtained from the City Clerk and upon fulfilling the fee, bonding and insurance requirements specified herein. The licensing period shall be from February 1 to January 31.
(A) Fee. The license fee for a contractor’s license for the licensing period, or any part thereof, shall be $50.
(B) Surety bond. A surety bond in the amount of $10,000 shall be filed in favor of the city. Such bond must run throughout the licensing period and shall be conditioned upon the faithful compliance of all ordinances, rules or regulations of the city applicable to communications towers or wind energy systems.
(C) Insurance; assumption of liability. Any person licensed as a contractor must file proof of liability insurance in the amount of at least $1,000,000 per person and per occurrence, and $500,000 for property damage with the City Clerk and must agree, in writing on forms provided by the City Clerk, to hold the city harmless from any and all damages claimed by reason of negligence, incompetence or omission on the part of the contractor in the performance of its work.
(Prior Code, § 8-8-4) (Ord. 487, passed 1-5-1998; Ord. 683, passed 3-16-2009; Ord. 712, passed 11-1-2010) Penalty, see § 10.99