O-661-90 04/23/90ORDINANCE NO. ait
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS OF
THE LEMONT MUNICIPAL CODE
CHAPTER 5.20 ENTITLED "BUILDING CONTRACTORS"
BE IT ORDAINED by the President and the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Lemont, County of Cook, State of Illinois, that
the following sections of the Lemont Municipal Code relating to
Building Contractors be amended to read as follows:
5.20.010 Definitions.
The following terms used in this Chapter have the following
meanings unless the context otherwise requires:
A. Contractor: any person engaged in the business of
constructing, altering or repairing buildings or other
structures or sidewalks or street pavements, including
but not limited to:
Carpentry contractors
Cement or concrete contractors
Dry wall contractors
Fencing contractors
Garage contractors
General contractors
Heating, air conditioning and
refrigeration contractors
Landscape contractors
Masonry contractors
Paving contractors
Plastering contractors
Porch and deck contractors
Sewer and drain layers
Sheet metal contractors
Siding contractors
Swimming pool contractors
Window contractors
Wrecking contractors
B. Homeowner: the term homeowner as used in this
Ordinance shall be understood to mean any person who
owns a single- family residence and has lived in that
residence for a period longer than 6 months.
5.20.020 License Required.
It is unlawful to engage in business as a Contractor within
the Village of Lemont without first having obtained a license, as
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hereinafter provided.
For every construction permit issued, the Primary Contractor
on the job shall be licensed with the Village of Lemont and pay
the license fee as provided in this Ordinance.
Exception: 1) Any plumbing contractor or roofing contractor
who is licensed under the State of Illinois, or electrical con-
tractor who is registered as such, pursuant to the provisions
of the Ordinances relating to electrical contractor, shall not be
required to obtain a Village of Lemont Contractor's License to
work within the Village limits. However, a current copy of the
respective license must be on file with the Building Department.
Exception: 2) Any homeowner as defined herein is also not
required to obtain a contractor's license for doing work on his
own residence.
5.20.030 License - Term
The Village Clerk shall issue a license upon proper appli-
cation and compliance with this Chapter. All Contractors' licenses
shall expire on.December 31 of each year.
5.20.040 License - Fees
The annual fee for such license shall be:
For General Contractors: $150 per year
For all other Contractors $ 50 per year
Any Contractor who already has a business license for an
office located within the Village, shall be required to pay the
difference in fees in order to obtain a Contractor's license.
5.20.050 Bond
Prior to the issuance of a Contractor's license, the appli-
cant shall submit a License and Permit Bond to the Village of
Lemont in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000); for
electrical contractors, ten thousand dollars ($10,000) as security
for the applicant's full and complete performance in accordance
with his Village permit and applicable Codes and Ordinances of
the Village. Said bond is to expire December 31 of that year.
5.20.060 Contractor Insurance
Contractors must maintain sufficient insurance to protect
the interests of the property owner and the community during the
work. All insurance must be placed in financially responsible
companies that are authorized under the insurance laws of Illinois
to do business in the State of Illinois. Minimum coverage should
include the following types of insurance in the following amounts:
1. Workman's Compensation and Employee's Liability -
not less than $100,000 per person;
2. Comprehensive Public Liability - not less than
$250,000 for injuries, including accidental death
to any one person, and subject to the same limits
for each persons, in an amount of any one accident;
3. Property Damage - not less than $100,000 for damage
to property in any one accident with an aggregate
limit of not less than $300,000.
Insurance coverage should be verified with a certificate
from the contractor's insuring agent and list the Village of Lemont
as a certificate holder.
5.20.070 License - Revocation conditions.
Any building contractor's license may be revoked by the
Village President and Board of Trustees for repeated violations
of any Ordinance relating to the construction of buildings, the
use of streets, or the replacing of streets, sidewalks or park-
ways, or any other ordinance relating to the work performed by
such contractor. Such revocation may be in addition to any
fine imposed for violating this chapter. (Prior code 23.404)
5.20.080 Compliance with building regulations.
It shall be the duty of all building contractors to comply
with all Ordinances relating to the construction of buildings
or other structures, to the construction of streets or sidewalk
pavements, and all laws or Ordinances pertaining to or regulating
the activities engaged in. (Prior code 23.403)
5.20.090 Violation Penalty.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision
of this chapter shall be fined not less than twenty -five dollars
($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each
offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each
day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. (Prior
code 23.405)
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided
by law.
The Village Clerk of the Village of Lemont shall certify
to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published
in pamphlet form.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT, COUNTY OF COOK, ILLINOIS, on this
day of
, 1990.
CHARLENE M. SMOLLEN, VILLAGE CLERK
Approved by me this 3/4 day of , 1990.
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CHARLENE M. SMOLLEN, VILLAGE CLERK
FORZLEY, ILP"GE PRESIDENT