§ 12.12.050. Contractor license.

A.

Generally. No sidewalk shall be broken up, removed or repaired except by sidewalk contractors licensed as provided in this chapter.

B.

Exceptions.

1.

No license shall be required of persons performing work under contract with the city.

2.

No license shall be required of residential property owners doing sidewalk construction directly adjacent to their own residential property. This exception is limited only to a sidewalk adjacent to the property owner's residential property and does not apply to commercial properties. The property owner shall not hire other unlicensed persons to do sidewalk construction work under the auspices of the property owner. All such work done by the property owner is subject to the requirements, inspections, and penalty established under this chapter.

C.

Application.

1.

Application for a sidewalk contractor's license shall be presented to the city engineer for approval.

2.

No license shall be granted unless the applicant shall have furnished satisfactory evidence of responsibility and qualifications.

3.

After approval by the city engineer to grant a license, and before the same shall be issued, the applicant or applicants shall file with the clerk a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars. In addition, the applicant or applicants shall provide the city clerk with a certificate of insurance for public liability with limits in an amount not less than five hundred thousand dollars per occurrence with a one million-dollar aggregate limit. The applicant for any permit or license under this code by making such application, assumes and agrees to pay for all injury to or death of any person or persons whomsoever, and all loss or damage to property whatsoever, including all costs and expense incident thereto, however arising from or related to, directly, indirectly or remotely, the issuance of the permit or license, or the doing of anything thereunder, or the failure of such applicant, or the agents, employees or servants of such applicant, to abide by or comply with any of the provisions of this code or the terms and conditions of such permit or license; and such applicant, by making such an application, forever indemnifies the city, and its officers, agents and employees, and agrees to save them harmless from any and all claims, demand, lawsuits, or liability whatsoever for any loss, damage, injury, or death, including all costs and expense incident thereto, by reason of the foregoing. This section shall apply even though acts or omissions of the city, or its officers, agents and employees, may have caused or contributed to such, damage, injury or death. This section shall apply even though the city, or its officers, agents and employees, may have knowledge of any act, omission or condition which caused or contributed to such loss, damage, injury or death. The provisions of this section shall be deemed to be part of any permit or license issued under this code or any other ordinance of the city, whether expressly recited therein or not.

(Ord. 795 §1, 1989)

(Ord. No. 1294, § 1, 10-4-2010)