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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1981-074-O-810 • • • 7127181 8/10/81 74-0-81 AN ORDINANCE Amending Sections 4=2-5 and 4-9-4 of the Evanston City Code, 1979, relating to Building Contractors and Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors, Respectively BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS: SECTION 1: That Section 4-2-5 of the Evanston City Code, 1979, as amended, be and hereby is further amended as follows: 4-2-5: BUILDING CONTRACTORS: (A) Definition: The term "building contractor" means any person, individual, company, or corporation engaged in the business of constructing, enlarging, altering, removing or remodeling any structure by furnishing of labor, material and methods necessary to accomplish a given result, and who retains for himself the control of the means, method and manner of accomplishing this desired result. The term•"building contractor" shall not be construed to include any person, individual, company or cor- poration currently licensed as a plumbing contractor, electrical contractor or a heating, air conditioning and refrigeration contractor. (B) License Required: No person shall engage in the business of building contractor within the City without first having secured a.license in the manner provided herein. (C) Application for License: Application for license shall be made in the manner provided in Title 3, Chapter 1 of this Code. All licenses shall be subject to the provisions of this Code, other ordinances of the City and the Statutes of the State of Illinois. If any person shall violate any of these provisions, he shall be liable to be proceeded against for any fine or penalty im- posed thereby and 'his license may be revoked at the discretion of the City Manager. (D) License Fee: The amount of the annual license for persons en- gaged in the business of building contractor shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). (E) Examination Required: No person shall receive such a license until he has passed a standardized examination administered and designed by the.Department of Building and Zoning. Said examination shall be for the purpose of determining that all licensees are knowledgeable in the business of building con- tracting and financially capable of performing such work. Said • i� U E 7/24/81 8/10/81 74-0-81 (E) Examination Required (con't): examination shall be administered to all applicants for license as herein provided at least once a year at a time and place to be established by the Department of Building and Zoning. Notice in writing shall be given to all applicants of the time and place at which an examination shall be given. The Department may issue temporary licenses to appli- cants prior to the examination, but no such temporary license shall be valid if the applicant shall subsequently fail said examination. (F) Exemptions: Any building contractor properly licensed in the Municipality of his principal place of business in the State of .Illinois may, with the approval of the Director of Building and Zoning,be classified as a building contractor in the City, and after notification to the proper officials designated in Title 3, Chapter 1 of this Code, may be issued an Evanston license without additional license fee, provided that such contractor complies with the ordinances and regulations of the City. SECTION 2: That Section 4-9-4 of the Evanston City Code; 1979, as amended, be and hereby is further amended as follows: 4-9-4: HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION CONTRACTORS: (A) License Required: No person shall engage in the business of heating,air conditioning and refrigeration contractor within the City without having first secured a license in the manner pro- vided herein. (B) Application for License: 'Application for license shall be made in the manner provided by Title 3, Chapter 1 of this Code. All licenses shall be subject to the provisions of this Code, other ordinances of the City and the Statutes of the State of Illinois. If any person shall violate any of these provisions, he shall be liable to be proceeded against for any fine or penalty imposed thereby and his license may be revoked at the discretion of the City Manager. (C) License Fee: The amount of the annual license fee for persons engaged in the business of heating, air conditioning and re- frigeration contractor shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). (D) Examination Required: No person shall receive such a license until he has passed a written examination administered and designed by the Department of Building and Zoning. Said exami- nation shall be of a practical character and shall be for the pur- pose of determining that all licensees are knowledgeable in the business of heating, air conditioning and refrigeration con- tracting and capable of performing such work. Said exar�iination shall be administered to all applicants for license as herein provided at least once a year at a time and place to be establish- ed by the Department of Building and Zoning. Notice in writing -2- n 7/ 24/81 8/10/81 74-0-81 (D) Examination Required'(con't): shall be given to all applicants of the time and place at which an examination shall be given. The Department may issue temporary licenses to applicants prior to the examination, but no such temporary license shall be valid if the applicant shall subsequently fail said examination. SECTION 3: That all ordinances in conflict herewith, specifi- cally sections 4-2-6 and 4-9-5 of the Evanston City Code, 1979, be and are hereby repealed. SECTION 4: That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law. Introduced / % Q !G. f Adopted !j• a ATTEST: , 1981 , 1981 Approved jr k'--z / , 1981 xA� �t City Clerk y Ili Approved as to form: I orporation Counsel -3-