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Timestamp: 2019-04-22 06:04:08+00:00

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§ 135-2 Application for registration.
§ 135-4 Proration of fees.
§ 135-7 Registration revocation and hearing.
§ 135-8 Violations and penalties.
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided that it become effective 5-1-2018.
Heating, air-conditioning and ventilation contractors.
Independent cable and/or satellite television, Internet installers.
An owner of a property performing work on a property that the owner will occupy or has occupied continuously for a period of at least six months shall not be considered a contractor as set forth in this chapter. However, any person hired by such owner to perform work on such property shall be considered a contractor.
Any person or individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation, trust or other legal entity.
Any person desiring to engage in the business of construction or demolition within the City shall file an application for registration with the City Clerk. If an applicant desires to engage in an area of construction or demolition that requires licensure from the State of Illinois, each such applicant shall file proof of valid licensure with the application. Upon the filing of such application on the proper form with all necessary licenses, bonds and insurance certificates, along with payment of the registration fees set out in § 135-3, the City Clerk shall register the applicant as a contractor and classify the applicant into the proper category. The registration of any and all contractors upon filing of the appropriate application and applicable contingencies, and compliance thereof, shall be within the sole discretion of the City Clerk.
Editor's Note: The current form is on file in the City offices.
Upon verification of the applicant's application, references, bond and insurance, the City Clerk shall issue a certificate of registration which will authorize the applicant to engage in such business for the applicable fiscal year being May 1 through April 30 for the year within which it is issued, subject to the proration set forth in § 135-4.
Every contractor shall pay an annual registration fee of $100 to the City at the time of filing of the application.
The fee for the registration of contractors who register between May 1 and October 31 each year shall be as provided in § 135-3. The fee for the registration of contractors who register between November 1 and April 30 of each year shall be 50% of the amount set forth in § 135-3. The fees shall be an annual fee which shall be paid by the applicant to the City in advance of the filing of the application. The certificate of registration issued thereunder shall expire on April 30 of the then-current fiscal year.
Every contractor as defined in this chapter desiring to engage in construction or demolition business within the City shall execute and file with the City Clerk a license and permit bond of $10,000, payable to the City, with sureties to be approved by the Mayor and City Council and filed with the City Clerk and conditioned upon the applicant faithfully observing all of the provisions of the City relating to the business conducted by the contractor and conditioned further to indemnify and hold harmless the City against any cause or act upon which it may suffer or which may occur against it.
Workers' compensation: as required by the State Industrial Commission.
Posting on the site within which the contractor is working.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be fined as set forth in Chapter 1, Article III, Penalties and Enforcement, of the City Code.

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