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HomeMy WebLinkAbout443 - Contractor Requirements• r 1 LJ ORDINANCE NO. 443 The Citv of Newport Beach. by .and through its City Council, does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 23 of Or- dinance No. 393 of the city of Newport Beach is hereby amend- ed to read as follows: "Contractors shall be either a general or a sub - contractor. A general contractor shall be oon- strued to be a person, natural or artificial, who enters into con- tracts to construct or repair build- ings or structures of any kind in the City of Newport Beach, for 'a contract price or for a per- centage of its cost, where the value of any Mich structure when completed or the contract price thereof shall be $50.00 or more. And, for the purpose of this sec- tion, every person, co- partnership, firm or corporation who shall commence the erection or con- struction of any building or struc- ture or shall repair in any man- ner any building or structure in the City of Newport Beach, shall be deemed a contractor as herein defined and shall be liable to pay the license hereinafter provided for ,providing that the contract price or the value cf said struc- ture or building when completed shall be more than $50.00, unless the owner of the land on which such building or structure is be- ing erected, constructed or repair- ed, shall first make a sworn statement that they are erecting, constructing or repairing such building or structure as the own- er thereof, and that they have not entered into a contract either Verbal or written, with any con- tractor or sub - contractor, or, any person whatsoever, to erect or construct or repair said building or structure, and that said build- ing or structure is being erected or constructed or repaired by day labor at a stipulated wage (said wage to bs specified in said state- ment) and further that they are making such representations in or- der that said person will not have to pay the license fees herein pro- vided for and that each of said represents` -ions are true. The rate of license for a gen- eral contractor shall be $25.00 per annum, except tile and compo- sition contractors shall pay $50.00 per annum respectively. A subcontractor shall be con- strued to be a person, natural or artificial, who shall enter into contract with a general contrac- tor, to construct or repair any portion, of a building or structure, when tae contract price thereof shall. be $50.00 or more, and for the purpose of this section, any person, co- partnership, firm or corporation who shall commence the erection, construction or repair of any portion of a building or :structure, when the value of said erect'011, construction or repair shall be $50.00 or more, shall be deemed a subcontractor, as herein" defined and shall be liable to pay' the license herein provided for. unless the owner of said building or structure or the owner of the, land upon which such building or structure is'being erected, con - s`ructed or repaired shall first make a sworn statement that. they are erecting, constructing or repairing a portion of such build- ing or structure as the owner thereof, and that they have not entered into a contract either verbal or written, with any con- tractor or subcontractor, or any person whatsoever, to erect, con- struct or repair any portion of said building or structure and that a. portion of said building or structure is being erected, con- structed or repaired by day labor at a stipulated wage (said wage to be specified in said statement), and further that they are making such representations in order that said person, firm or corporation will not have to pay the license fees herein provided for and that each of said representations are true. The rate of license per annum for any subcontractor shall be as` follows, to -wit: For plumbing contractor.'..$ . /0 O c c For roofing contractor........ 25.00 For electrical' contractor.... 25.00 For painting contractor...... 25.00 For plastering contractor .... 100.00 For cement contractor........ 25.00 For brick contractor............ 25.00 For tile and composition contractor 50.00 For sheet metal contractor 25.00 For hardwood floor finish- ers and layers .................. 25.00 For carpenter labor contractor ........................ 25.00 For plate glass setters........ 25.00' For chimney contractor...... 25.00 For all other subcontractors of any other trade or icraft ............................ 25.00 SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be published once in NEW -, PORT NEWS, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, pub- lished and circulated in the City of Newport Beach, and this ordin- ance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its passage. The above and foregoing ordin- ance was passed by the City Coun- eli of the City of Newport Beach at an adjourned regular meeting thereof held on the 15th day of June, 1936, by the following vote, to -wit: AYES, Councilmen: Gordon, Claire, Whitson, Garfield, William-' son. NOES, Councilmen: None. ABSENT, Councilmen: None. The above and foregoing ordin- ance is signed and approved by me this 15th day of June, 1936. HARRY H. WILLIAMSON, Mayor of the city of Newport Beaech. Attest: FRANK L. RINEHART, City Clerk