No person, firm, corporation or association shall perform or cause to be performed, any carpentry, building construction or roof work on existing buildings or new building construction before registering with the inspection and permits department of the city as general contractor, carpenter, or roofing contractor in accordance with the following provisions:

(1)     Registration as a general contractor, carpenter, or roofing contractor shall be made upon forms provided by the inspection and permits department of the city and all information requested shall be submitted by the registrant.

(2)     Registrations must be renewed annually in order to be authorized to do general contract, carpentry, or roofing work.

(3)     Registrants must submit the following and any other information deemed appropriate by the inspection and permit department:

a.       Company name, address—physical and mailing—and telephone number; name of registrant, the address and telephone number.

b.       A list of names of principles and employees of the business.

c.       A list of license plate numbers and vehicle identification numbers for all business vehicles.

d.       The driver’s license number of registrant with photo identification.

e.       A letter from a building official from the city of the registrant’s main business office verifying how long the business has been established.

f.        A local business address, including mailing address and street address, if different.

g.       A local business telephone number.

h.       List of references on work performed locally.

i.         Evidence in the form of an insurance certificate of a two thousand five-hundred-dollar ($2,500.00) bond in favor of the city.

(4)     Registrants shall pay an initial registration fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) and a twenty-five-dollar ($25.00) renewal fee thereafter for each continuous year of registration.

(5)     Registration may be revoked or rejected by the building official for the following reasons:

a.       Failure to fully complete the registration form.

b.       Providing false information on the registration form.

c.       Failure to pay any required fees.

d.       Refusal to correct any code violations after notice; or

e.       Continuous or repeated violation of the official building code of the city.

(6)     Revocation or refusal to grant registration by the building official may be appealed to the building board of appeals in accordance with applicable provisions of the official Code of the city.

(7)     Exemptions: The owner of a building requiring work, repairs or roof work may perform such work on a building he owns without registering as a general contractor, carpenter, or roofing contractor. Such work may also be performed by the owner’s regular maintenance employees or uncompensated volunteers, without registration by said employees or volunteers.

(8)     Penalty for violations: Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the terms and provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of two hundred dollars ($200.00). Each day, or fraction of a day, such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.