Chapter 5.10
BUILDING CONTRACTOR’S LICENSE
Sections:
5.10.030 Applications and qualifications.
5.10.040 Limitation of classification.
5.10.010 License required.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, co-partnership, corporation or association to engage in the business of a general contractor or specialty contractor within the corporate limits of this municipality without first having secured the license therefrom; provided, however, that separate licenses will not be required for specialty contractors who are working on a project in the capacity of a subcontractor under the supervision of a properly licensed general contractor. [Ord. 438 § 1. Code 1988 § 4-2-1].
5.10.020 Definitions.
A. General Building Contractor. A “general building contractor” is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with any structure built, being built, or to be built for the support, shelter and enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or movable property of any kind requiring in its construction the use of more than two unrelated building trades or crafts or to do more than two unrelated building trades or crafts or to do or superintend the whole or any part thereof, but does not include anyone who merely furnishes materials or supplies without fabricating them into or consuming them in the performance of the work of the general building contractor.
B. Specialty Contractor’s License. A “specialty contractor” is a contractor whose operations as such are the performance of construction work requiring special skill and whose principal contracting business involves the use of specialized building trades or crafts. Specialty contractors shall be placed in the same classification as has been assigned to subcontractor under Section 58-50-1 et seq., Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended. For purposes of this chapter this definition shall include, but not be limited to, individuals licensed as plumbers and electricians in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapters 58-51 and 58-52, Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended. [Ord. 438 § 2. Code 1988 § 4-2-2].
5.10.030 Applications and qualifications.
Any person, firm, co-partnership, corporation or association who holds a current contractor’s license issued by the Department of Contractors of the state of Utah as provided in Section 58-50-1 et seq., Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended, is qualified to be issued a like license or licenses by the city upon compliance with this chapter. [Ord. 438 § 3. Code 1988 § 4-2-3].
5.10.040 Limitation of classification.
No contractor, as defined in this chapter, shall engage in any work which he has not been licensed to perform. The general building contractor shall be responsible for the work performed by each and every subcontractor and specialty contractor performing services on each site for which he has responsibility as the general contractor and of ensuring that any specialty contractor or subcontractor is properly qualified under applicable state law to perform the services for which he has been engaged. [Ord. 438 § 4. Code 1988 § 4-2-4].
5.10.050 Application.
All licenses required pursuant to this chapter shall be approved by action of the city council. To obtain a license an applicant shall file with the city recorder an application and shall specify in the application the specific license that applicant holds from the state of Utah and the specific license for which he is making application to the city.
A. The applicant, if requested by the recorder, must submit evidence as to the licenses which he currently has been issued by the state of Utah.
B. The applicant must tender with said application the amount of the license fees as required pursuant to this chapter.
C. Any misstatement of a material fact by the applicant on the application may be considered by the city council, after proper notice to said applicant, grounds for denial of any license applied for or revocation of any license issued.
D. The city council shall have the power to refuse to issue a license to any applicant who fails to meet the requirements and qualifications required by this chapter. [Ord. 438 § 5. Code 1988 § 4-2-5].
5.10.060 License fees.
The fee for all licenses granted under this chapter shall be fixed by resolution of the city council.
Each specialty license required under this chapter shall be issued in the classification set forth on the applicant’s Utah state contractor’s license. [Ord. 438 § 6. Code 1988 § 4-2-6].
5.10.070 Penalty.
Violation of any provision of this chapter shall be a class C misdemeanor. [Code 1988 § 4-2-7].