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Revised 10-29-73
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AN ORDINANCE
Adding Ch.=-.ptey 19B to the Evanston 1 1 0 S
Municipal Code
BE.IT'ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY .OF EVANSTON,
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1 : There is hereby added•to the r'iunicipal
Code of the City of. Evanston, Chapter
19B to React as Follows:
Chapter 19B.• Regulating Building Contractors,
19B-1- License Required. No person shall engage in the
Business of Building Contractor within the City of Evanston
without first having secured a'license in the manner
vided herein.
19B-2 Examination Required. Wo person shall receive such
a license until he has passed a standardized examination
administered and designed by the Boerd of Building Contractors
License Examiners. Said Examination shall be for the purpose
of determining that all licensees are knowledgeable in the business
of. Building Contracting and financially capable of performing
such work.
19B-3 Board. of License Examiners. The Board of Building
Contractors License Examiner shall consist of five persons
appointed by the Mayor by and with the consent of the
City Council. One member. shall be a person who is actively'
engaged in the business as a building contractor within
the City of Evanston for a period of at least five years
prior to his appointment. One member shall be the Director
of Inspections and Permits of the City of -Evanston. One
member shall be a person holding a degree in Structural
Engineering or Architecture from any accredited university.
One member shall be a person who is actively engaged in the
field of finance. One member shah be a person who is a.
private prpperty owner in the City of Evanston.
*Said Board shall serve without comP eL,Qa�.Lw.x Lur a period of
four years, or in case of the Director of Building, for the
duration of his incumbency in said office.
The Board of Examiners shall administer an examination for
applicants for license a§ herein provided at least twice
yearly at a time and place to be established by the Board,
and notice in writing shall be given to all applicants of
the.time and place at which an examination shall be given.
The Board 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.
19B-4. Application for license. Application for license shall
be made in the manner provided by Chapter 25 of this code. All
licenses shall be subject to the provisions.of this code, other
ordinances of the City and the Statutes of 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.
19B-5. License Fee. The amount of the annual license fee for
p sons engaged in the business of Building Contractor shall be
.00.
19B-6. Definitions. The term "Building Contractor" means:
Any person, individual, company, or corporation engaged
in the business of constructing, enlarging, altering, removing
or remodeling of any structure, by the furnishing of labor,
material and methods necessary to accomplish a given result,
and who retains for himself the ccntrol 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 corporation currently licensed as a
Plumbing Contractor, Electrical Contractor, or_a Heating, Air
Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractor.
19B-7 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 Board of Examiners, be
classified as a Building Contractor in the City of Evanston, and
after notification to the proper official designated in Chapter
25, may be issued an Evanston license without additional license
fee, provided. that such contractor complies -with the ordinances
and regulations of the City of Evanston.
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SECTION 2 This ordinance shall be in full
force and effect f rcm and after
its passage, approval and publication
in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: �• vv �t� �6'R� �%
Adopted: IVOv Soso, 191111 '
Approved
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Attest: �(�Iry /
ApWed as to form:
Corporation Counsel
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