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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance - 311 - Licensing Building Contractors - 12/09/1975 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 311 AN ORDINANCE LICENSING BUILDING CONTRACTORS DOING BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS : Section 1 . License Required for Contractors of One and Two Familv Dwellings . No person, firm or corporation, except an owner for personal use and occupancy, shall construct, reconstruct , extend , alter or repair any one or two family dwelling in the City unless such person shall hold a valid contractors license, and furnish the required bond and insurance as stated hereinafter. (a) License Application. The applicant shall file an application at the City office containing the following information : i. Whether the applicant is the owner of the property doing the work for his personal use and occupancy; ii. Whether the applicant is a natural person, partnership, corporation or other form of applicant ; iii. The address of the applicant ; w iv. Such other information as the Building j Inspector may require . 3 (b) License Fee. The annual license fee required by this ordinance shall be as stated in a separate license and fee schedule ordinance . License period shall expire on December 31st of the next year following the year in which any license is granted . (c) Bond Required . The applicant shall file with the application, a bond in the amount of $5 , 000. 00 in favor of the City, conditioned upon compliance by the applicant that he will construct any such building permitted hereunder in full compliance with all applicable State or local codes and ordinances . Such bond shall be submitted on the form on file in the office of the City Clerk. The surety thereon shall be a corporation duly authorized to act as such under the laws of the State of Minnesota . C (d) Liability Insurance . The applicant shall also furnish proof that policy of public liability insurance has been procured by him during the license period, for death or personal injury arising therefrom to any person or persons , in amounts of not less than $100,000.00 for each person, and $300,000 .00 for each incident, and for damage to property arising from any incident in the amount of not less than $50,000 . 00 . Section 2. License Required for Contractors of Multi-family Dwellings, Office and/or Commercial . No person, firm or corporation shall construct, reconstruct, extend , alter or repair any multi-family dwelling, office or commercial building in the City unless such person shall hold a valid contractors license, and furnish the required bond and insurance as stated hereinafter. (a) License Application. The applicant shall file an application at the City office containing the following information: i . Whether the applicant is the owner of the property doing the work for his personal use and occupancy; ii. Whether the applicant is a natural person, partnership, corporation or other form of applicant ; iii. The address of the applicant ; iv. Such other information as the Building Inspector may require. (b) License Fee. The annual license fee required by this ordinance shall be as stated in a separate license and fee schedule ordinance. License period shall expire on December 31st of the next year following the year in which any license is granted . (c) Bond Required . The applicant shall file with his applica- tion a bond in the amount of $25, 000. 00 in favor of the City, conditioned upon compliance by the applicant .that he will construct any such building permitted hereunder in full compliance with all applicable State or local codes and ordinances . Such bond shall be submitted on the form on file in the office of the City Clerk. The surety thereon shall be a corporation duly authorized to act as such under the laws of the State of Minnesota . (d) Liability Insurance. The applicant shall also furnish proof that policy of public liability insurance has been procured by him during the license period, for death or personal injury arising therefrom to any person or persons , in amounts of not less than $200 , 000. 00 for each person and $500, 000. 00 for each incident, and for damage to property arising from any incident in the amount of not less than $100,000. 00 . k " (e) Any person, firm or corporation licensed or bonded under this Section shall not be required to pay any separate license or 2 bond under Section 1 herein, and shall be deemed to be licensed under said Section 1 . Section 3. Heating & Ventilation - Licensing Procedure. No person, firm or corporation, except an owner for personal use and occupancy, shall install, alter, reconstruct or repair any heating, ventilating, comfort cooling or refrigeration equipment within the City, unless such person shall hold a valid contractors license, and furnish the reauired bond and insurance as stated hereinafter. (a) License Application. The applicant shall file an application at the City office containing the following information: i. Whether the ao�licant is the owner of the property doing the work for his personal use and occupancy; f ii.. Whether the applicant is a natural person, partnership, corporation or other form of applicant ; iii. The address of the applicant ; iv. Such other information as the Building Inspector may require. s (b) License Fee . The annual license fee required by this ordinance shall be as stated in a separate license and fee schedule ordinance. License period shall expire on December 31st of the next year following the year in which any license is granted . (c) Bond Required. The applicant shall file with the application, a bond in the amount of $2, 000. 00 in favor of the City, conditioned upon compliance by the applicant that he will construct any such building permitted hereunder in full compliance with all applicable State or local codes and ordinances . Such bond shall be submitted on the form on file in the office of the City Clerk. The surety thereon shall be a corporation duly authorized to act as such under the laws of the State of Minnesota. y a (d) Liability Insurance. The applicant shall also furnish proof that policy of public liability insurance has been procured by him during the license period, for death or personal injury arising therefrom, to any person or persons, in amounts of not less than $100 , 000. 00 for each person and $300 ,000. 00 for each incident, and for damage to property arising from any incident in the amount of not less than $50,000. 00 . Section 4. Evidence of Satisfactory Work. Applicant must show evidence of holding a contractor ' s or heating license in the City of ff Eden Prairie or show evidence of ability to do satisfactory work. t_ 3 - Section 5 . Repeals . Ordinance No. 200 is hereby repealed. Section 6 . Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300.00 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days. Section 7 . Effective Date. This ordinance becomes effective from and after its passage and publication. FIRST READ At a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie, this 9th day of December 19 75, and finally read, adopted and ordered published at a regular meeting of the, City Council of said City on the 6th day of January 1976. olfga H. Penzel , Mayor ATTEST: Jo n D . Fr , City Clerk Affidavit of Publication ot ict ; "bLNN »pKt1N1ESMA ' [DE"/MI eNO"`Q"DEAC011, State of Minnesota ) �.t� ;; 'clatt p► �') 4T'+,� IUIIRIE DOES ) Ss. '•coe,ractom County of Hennepin ) H zr1-'� III 1 Ai"�i�sRP �pM�r /Or,'p�1!• f •.OiaMn...�0�1f15�U/lA.............................................. being duly sworn,on oath says he is and dur- � lm ir-g all the times herein stated has been the publisher and printer of the newspaper known as Eden Prairie Com- !� m. #lyitl 4' munity News and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows: (I) Said newspaper is printed in the " Fad {*fa► wiA'a'. s1+t English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches. (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each week.(3)Said newspaper has MY*of its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does fr as! 1lP► . �tft (~ta not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents,plate matter and advertisements. w (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve,has at least 500 copies ' {f �.1 , regularly delivered to paying subscribers. has an average of at least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or Rs�ah. <, no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-class matter in its local post-office.(5) Said news- �"1 +' ' paper purports to serve the City or Eden Prairie in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of issue in ! the City of Eden Prairie in said county, established and open during its regular business hours for the gathering �P$ of news,sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the managing officer of said newspaper, persons in its employ and subject to his direction and control during all such regular business hours and at which ? 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