§ 14-21. Performance bond required, no gross receipts fee.

(a)

All persons, merchants, agents, repairmen or their representatives listed below, unless a member of a licensed firm in another section, shall, before repairing or installing any item, product, merchandise, service or commodity, make application for renewal or new license, pay the required fees. Such person may commence business upon issuance of the license.

(b)

In addition to the annual license fees set out below, each of the persons, merchants, agents repairmen or their representatives listed below shall be required to post a performance bond or certificate of liability insurance with the city, but shall not be required to pay a gross receipts fee on their gross receipts as set out in section 14-19.

(1)

Plumbers, unless doing work for and employed by a licensed plumbing firm ..... $40.00

(2)

Contractors, general contractors, subcontractors, builders, or carpenters who perform work on, upon or within public rights-of-way and/or public property ..... 40.00

(3)

Electricians, unless doing work for and employed by a licensed electrical firm ..... 40.00

(4)

Contractors, electricians, and plumbers. Testing is required for those persons applying for a new license and for those contractors, electricians, and plumbers who fail to renew their license(s) prior to the expiration thereof. The cost for taking the first test of each occupation is included in the cost of the license, whether it be for an individual or for a company. If the applicant does not pass the initial test, any subsequent test will require a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) fee.

(c)

Every person engaging in a business for which a performance bond shall be required shall, in addition to the license fee provided for in this section, deposit with the city clerk a surety bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), unless otherwise specified, executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in the state, conditioned upon the faithful compliance with the provisions of this article and other ordinances of the city. Such bond shall also be conditioned to indemnify or reimburse the city or any purchaser of goods, wares, merchandise or services in a sum equal to the amount of any payment for damage, which the city may suffer or which such purchaser may have been induced to make through misrepresentation or fraud.

(d)

In lieu of such a performance bond, every person engaging in a business for which a performance bond would otherwise be required, may deposit with the city clerk a certificate of liability insurance in an amount not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00).

(e)

In the event that any such person shall fail to deposit such a performance bond or certificate of insurance with the city clerk as herein provided, or in the event that any such performance bond or certificate of insurance deposited with the city clerk shall be cancelled, then the license of such person to engage in such business shall be subject to immediate revocation.

(Ord. No. 11950 § 1, 2-7-2011; Ord. No. 11988, § 1, 1-23-2012; Ord. No. 12040, § 1, 1-28-2013; Ord. No. 12111, § 1, 4-21-2014; Ord. No. 12178 , § 1, 11-16-2015, eff. 1-1-2016)