Sec. 356.03. - Licensing requirements.
(a) Application. The application shall be made to the inspector and received by the inspector when completed and accompanied by such fees and bond as may be required. The applicant shall then be referred to the director of the department of public works for examination and testing. The license shall be issued by the inspector only upon written approval of the director of the department of public works.
(b) Examination. The applicant shall, at such time and place as said public works director may designate, be required to submit himself to examination as to his qualifications to work at or engage in the business of a sidewalk contractor.
The public works director or an employee of his department assigned for that purpose shall examine the applicant as to his practical knowledge of the work incidental to the construction and repair of public sidewalks, curbs, driveways, trap doors, coal holes, tunnels or areaways, and if satisfied as to the competency of such applicant, he shall recommend in writing to the inspector that the license be issued.
(c) Bond. Before any license is granted hereunder, the applicant shall post a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), to be so conditioned that such work as the sidewalk contractor is to be permitted to perform shall be in accordance with the ordinances governing this class of work, and in accordance with the specifications, rules, regulations and conditions prescribed by the public works director; and further conditioned to protect and save harmless the City of Saint Paul and the interested property owner from any and all liability, damage or expense which said city or said property owner may sustain by reason of the granting of such license or by reason of the violation of any ordinance, statute or law by such licensee or any negligence by him. Said bond shall be in form acceptable to the city attorney.
Should the surety on such bond become unacceptable, or should said bond in any manner be cancelled or terminated, it shall be the duty of the licensee to immediately furnish a new bond in manner and conditioned as above provided; and such licensee shall perform no further work until such bond is furnished and fully approved as to form by the city attorney.
(d) Insurance. Whenever a license is issued hereunder, the provisions of Section 1.44, Subsections A, C, D, E, F, K, L, M, N, O and P of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, Department of Public Works Specifications for Street and Sewer Construction, as amended, shall apply. Said certificate of insurance shall be in form approved by the city attorney and shall be filed with the commissioner of public works prior to issuance of the license.
(Code 1956, §§ 220.03, 220.04, 220.08, 220.09)
