(a) Upon a determination that a person is engaged in the contracting or handyman business in the City without a valid license, the Building Official shall issue a cease and desist order requiring such person to immediately cease all operations in the City. The order shall be withdrawn upon issuance of a license to such person, and:
(b) Any person who engages in the contracting or handyman business in the City without a valid license, or who continues in the contracting or handyman business after service of a cease and desist order is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is subject to the following penalties:
(1) For a first offense, a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000);
(2) For a second offense or subsequent offense, a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or confinement in the regional jail for not more than 30 days, or both.
(c) The Building Official may institute proceedings in the Municipal Court of the City for any alleged violations of the provisions of this article to enjoin any violation of any provision of this article.
(d) Any person who undertakes any work without a valid license when such license is required by this article, when the total cost of the contractor’s construction contract on any project upon which the work is undertaken is five thousand dollars or more, shall, in addition to any other penalty herein provided, be assessed by the Building Official an administrative penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars per day for each day the person is in violation.
(Ord. 2004-16. Passed 8-2-04.)