§ 6-112. Registration of building contractor.

(a)

Definitions; registration required . It shall be unlawful to engage in business in the city as a building contractor without first having registered with the city clerk as hereinafter provided.

Building contractor shall mean and include anyone engaged in the business of cement or concrete contracting, either flat, form or wall work, or as a masonry contractor; or as a carpenter contractor; or as a general building contractor; and any person engaged in the construction, alteration, enlargement, repair, demolition, removal, or conversion of buildings or other structures for profit, including, but not limited to, electricians, roofers, plumbers, siding and window installers, heating and air conditioning contractors, dry wallers, painters, and insulators.

(b)

Subcontractors . Any person doing business as a subcontractor shall be construed as engaged in the business of building contractor for which registration is required by this article.

(c)

Regulations . It shall be the duty of all building contractors to comply with all ordinances relating to the construction of buildings or other structures, to the construction of streets or sidewalk pavements, and all laws or ordinances pertaining to or regulating the activities engaged in.

(d)

Registration requirements and fee . Every building contractor shall cause his name, residence and place of business to be registered with the city clerk. A fee of $25.00 shall be paid annually to the city for such registration.

(e)

Insurance. No person shall be registered with the city clerk as a building contractor unless a certificate or other proof is filed showing that the contractor carries workers' compensation insurance and public liability insurance with the limits of at least $50,000.00 for each person and $100,000.00 for each accident on bodily injury liability and $25,000.00 on property damage liability. If an applicant is a sole proprietorship or partnership and the applicant has no employees, the applicant may not be required to provide proof of worker's compensation insurance or Illinois Unemployment Insurance.

(f)

Penalties . Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $75.00 nor more than $750.00 for each offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.

(Ord. No. 967, 7-25-11)