Licensing requirements.

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 326.07

in effect

Sec. 326.07. - Licensing requirements. (a) Applications; form; false statements. Each applicant shall make application to the license inspector on such forms, containing such information as the license inspector shall require. The application shall be made under oath, and furnishing false information therein shall be a violation of this chapter in addition to any other laws or ordinances. (b) Bond. Every application for a license shall be accompanied by a bond, approved as to form by the city attorney, executed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in the State of Minnesota, in the amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00), conditioned upon the assurance that during the term of such license the licensee will continue to comply with the provisions of this chapter and all laws of the city and to assure that upon default in the performance of any contract, the advance payments made thereon, less the reasonable value of services actually rendered to the date of such default, or the reasonable costs of completion of the contract in the event of noncompletion thereof, will be refunded to the purchaser, owner or lessee with whom such contract was made. Both the owner and the city shall have a cause of action against the bond for reimbursement for any damages suffered as a result of noncompliance with the laws of the city. (c) Insurance; tax account numbers, etc. Each applicant shall obtain, and shall furnish with the application, a copy of a liability insurance policy or policies or a certificate of insurance, naming the city as a co-insured under the terms of the policy. The liability insurance policy shall provide bodily injury insurance, including death, in an amount not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) for all damages arising out of bodily injury to or death of one (1) person and, subject to the same limit for each person, in an amount of not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) on account of any one (1) accident, and further property damage insurance in an amount not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for all damages to or destruction of property in any one (1) accident, and subject to that limit per accident, and workers' compensation insurance. The applicant shall also furnish to the city the employer social security account number, the unemployment insurance account number, the state withholding tax account number and the federal withholding tax account number. (d) License period; term of bond insurance. All licenses shall be for a period of one (1) year from the date of issuance and shall expire on the last day of the twelfth month following issuance or upon the expiration date of the liability insurance policy required under paragraph (c) if earlier than the last day of the twelfth month following issuance or upon the expiration date of the bond required under paragraph (b) if earlier than the last day of the twelfth month following issuance. (e) Transfer; notice, change of address, etc.: (1) Every building contractor licensee shall, within ten (10) days prior to a change of control in ownership, or of management, or of change of address or trade name, notify the inspector of such changes. (2) No license shall be assignable or transferable. (f) License to be posted. Each license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be posted and kept posted in some conspicuous place in the building contractor's establishment if the licensee operates a regular place of business. (g) Renewal. Any license which has not been suspended or revoked may, upon the payment of the renewal fee prescribed by this chapter, be renewed for an additional period of one (1) year from its expiration, upon filing of an application for such renewal on a form to be prescribed by the license inspector and shall be filed at least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration date of the license. The division of license and permit administration shall give written notice to the licensee at least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration date. (h) No building permit if not licensed. No building permit shall be issued to any person required to be licensed under this chapter who is not at the time of application for the permit properly licensed. (i) Advertisements to include license number. If the licensee advertises for business within the City of Saint Paul, all advertisements shall include a reference to the licensee's City of Saint Paul license number. (j) Duplicate license. A duplicate license may be issued for one lost, destroyed or mutilated upon application therefor on a form prescribed by the division of license and permit administration and the payment of the fee prescribed therefor by this chapter. Each such duplicate license shall have the word "duplicate" stamped across the face thereof and shall bear the same number as the one it replaces. (k) Supplementary licenses; location of business. A supplementary license may be issued for each additional place of business maintained by a licensee within the City of Saint Paul upon application therefor on a form prescribed by the division of license and permit administration and the payment of the fee prescribed therefor by this chapter. Each such supplementary license shall have the word "supplementary" stamped across the face thereof and shall bear the same number as the original. Any license issued for a particular place of business is limited to the specific location as described in the application. (Code 1956, §§ 27.03, 27.04, 27.10; C.F. No. 95-476, § 1, 5-31-95)

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