§ 7-13. Contractor's license required.

(a)

It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business of sign contracting without a valid sign contractor's license.

(b)

A person wanting to obtain or renew a sign contractor's license shall pay a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) and file a bond with the director. Each sign contractor's license expires on December 31 of each year.

(c)

A person wanting to obtain or renew a sign contractor's license shall procure a surety bond in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00); approved by the city attorney; conditioned for the installation and erection of signs in compliance with state and local laws; which provides for the indemnification of the city for any and all damage and liability which may accrue against it by reason of faulty installation, erection, demolition, repair, removal, defects in, or collapse of any sign for a period of one (1) year after erection and for the period of time that the sign is being maintained or serviced by or under the direction of the maker of the bond; and which provides for the indemnification of any person who shall on public property or in any public place incur damage for which the principal named in the bond is legally liable. It is an affirmative defense to this subsection that the sign contractor shows proof of a current liability insurance policy in the amount of at least three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00), and the City of Irving is listed as an additional insured and certificate holder.

(d)

In addition to other information required by the director to enforce this chapter, sign permits shall contain the following:

(1)

The name, business address, and business phone number of the contractor installing the sign;

(2)

A copy of the sign contractor's driver's license;

(3)

Sign contractor's license number; and

(4)

The sign contractor's authorized signature.

(Ord. No. 2009-9034, § 1, 1-8-09)