Sec. 7-4. Registration and bonding of contractors; exemptions.
It shall be the duty of every contractor or builder who
shall make contracts for the erection, construction, alteration,
repair or demolition of a building or structure, or part
thereof, or for the installation of any heating, air-conditioning
or ventilating unit or other equipment for which a permit
is required, and every contractor making such contracts
or subletting the same or any part thereof to register in the
office of the building official, giving full name, business and
residence address. Every such person shall give good and sufficient
bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, to be approved
by the city attorney, conditioned to conform to approved plans
and specifications prepared by a duly licensed architect or
engineer or, otherwise, conditioned to conform to the Building
Code and other ordinances of the city pertaining to buildings
and building construction, to indemnify and save harmless
the city, its citizens, residents and property owners against
any and all loss by reason of failure to comply with the requirements
of this chapter and from neglect or carelessness in
performance of the work.
No person shall be issued a license to engage in the contracting
business until a certificate of registration shall have
been issued by the building official, and then only upon presentation
of such certificate to the commissioner of revenue of
the city.
All plumbing and electrical contractors required to register
under chapter 22 and chapter 10 shall be exempt from the
above registration and bonding requirements.
Heating, air-conditioning and ventilating contractors not
registered under the provisions of chapter 22 and chapter 10
shall be required to register and post bond in the same manner
as required for plumbing and electrical contractors.
Such registration and bond shall be renewed annually and
placed in the hands of the building official on or before the
first day of May of each year. Such registration and bonds
shall be properly recorded and filed in the department of engineering
and shall be open to public inspection during office
hours.
The building official may suspend the registration of any
person found to be willfully in violation of the requirements
of this chapter and may revoke a permit or approval issued
under the terms of this chapter in case there has been any
false statement or misrepresentation as to a material fact in
the application or plans on which a permit or approval was
based. (9-20-65.)
