(a) A person desiring to be licensed as a contractor under this article shall submit evidence that he or she holds a valid West Virginia state contractor's license and complete and submit an application to the Town Recorder, on such forms as he may require and prescribe. The application form may include, in the discretion of the Town Recorder, but may not be limited to, the following information and such applicant shall state all such information on the application:
(1) Name of applicant applying and the full legal company name as shown on the state contractor's license.
(2) The person's state contractor license number.
(3) Applicant's complete business address and telephone number.
(4) Applicant's federal tax identification number and/or social security number.
(5) The name, address and telephone number of all officers, partners and owners.
(6) Specific locations within the Town where work will be performed, or the name of any specific project that the contractor will be working on.
(7) A sworn statement that state Workers' Compensation coverage is provided to all employees as required.
(8) A sworn statement that a liability insurance policy is in full force and effect, a copy of which may be requested by the Town Recorder.
(9) A list of personal and bank references, provided at the discretion of the Town Recorder.
(b) No Town license shall be issued or renewed and no building permit shall be granted unless the contractor's Town business and occupation taxes have been paid for the most recent taxable period when gross income was received, or for any project the contractor derived income, and unless the contractor has a valid Town and state contractor's license.
(c) Upon the receipt by the Town Recorder of a completed application and upon approval of the application for a contractor's license, an initial license fee of ninety dollars ($90.00) per year shall be paid to the Town, whereupon a license shall be issued. contractor's licenses shall be renewed annually on or before July 1, and shall have an annual renewal fee of forty-five dollars ($45.00) which must be paid to the Town. A renewal license shall be valid for a period of one year, beginning July 1 of each calendar year continuing through June 30 of the following calendar year. Any license which is not renewed prior to its expiration date of June 30 may be reissued within one year after expiration with the filing of a new application by the contractor and payment of the regular annual renewal fee of forty-five dollars ($45.00), plus a late payment fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Any license which lapses for a period of one year or more shall be reissued as a new license, and shall be subject to the ninety dollar ($90.00) annual fee. Fees for initial licenses shall be prorated semiannually. Any contractor defined in Section 705.02 as a "handyman contractor", whose gross income totals less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year, upon filing a signed notarized affidavit, and providing to the Town Recorder written evidence to support this claim, shall only be required to pay an initial license fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) and an annual renewal fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Any contractor who now possesses a valid Town contractor's registration certificate for fiscal year 1993-1994, which was issued under form Article 705 which is being repealed by this Article 705, shall not be required to obtain a license under this article until July 1, 1994, and shall be required to pay only the annual license renewal fee of fortyfive dollars ($45.00) and not the ninety dollars ($90.00) initial fee. All other new licenses issued under this article shall be required to pay the initial ninety dollar ($90.00) license fee.
(d) No license issued hereunder shall be transferable. A change in the name under which a person does business shall not require the person to pay the fee for a new license for any activity licensed under a prior name; nor shall the withdrawal or addition of partners to a partnership require the partnership to pay for a new license, provided that the partnership always retains at least one partner who was a member of the firm at the time the license was granted, and provided that the Town Recorder is notified, in writing, of any change of name or change of partners. (Passed 2-8-94)