§ 369.04. Licensing requirements.

(a)

Application; review; approval. Each applicant shall make application to the building official on such forms and containing such information as the building official shall require, and the requisite fee shall accompany the application. Compliance with the provisions of section 310.02(b) will not be required for the issuance of this license. The application when completed shall be reviewed by the building official and either approved or rejected. All applications shall be kept on file by the division for five (5) years.

(b)

Certificate of competency. Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, an appropriate master's building trades certificate of competency shall be a prerequisite to the issuance of all licenses enumerated in section 369.02. Any applicant for such license shall submit the name of the responsible certificate holder to be entered upon the license. Where a license is desired by a partnership, firm or corporation, the certificate holder shall be a responsible full-time employee or a full-time member of the applying firm, partnership or corporation. Failure to maintain a current certificate of competency or the disassociation of the holder from the licensed business shall void the license.

(c)

Temporary license. Where a certificate of competency is a prerequisite for issuance of a license, the building official may approve the issuance of a temporary license until the time of the next certificate of competency examination, provided:

(1)

A determination of the qualifications of the applicant is made; and

(2)

All other requirements of this chapter are complied with.

Where state licenses are required, no temporary license shall be issued unless the applicant holds a state license.

(d)

Insurance requirements. No license granted under this chapter shall become effective until the licensee shall have filed evidence of comprehensive general liability insurance approved as to form by the city attorney, with a combined single limit of liability for bodily injury and property damage of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00). Said policy shall contain a clause that the insurer cannot cancel or change the insurance without first giving the building official thirty (30) days prior notice.

It is a misdemeanor violation for anyone to operate a business under a license issued pursuant to this chapter unless such insurance requirements have been complied with.

(e)

Reciprocity, warm air heating installation and repair. Whenever the applicant for a license for warm air heating installation and repair is licensed or authorized in any other municipality of this state to engage in said business, the applicant shall be issued a license to engage in that business in the City of Saint Paul upon payment of the requisite fees, provided such municipality has requirements for a license and a certificate of competency equal to those of the City of Saint Paul, as shall be determined by the building official, and said applicant shall have complied with section 370.15(a) of this Code.

Where a licensee operating under the reciprocal arrangement fails to make required corrections after being duly notified by the division where work has been done, such failure or lack of compliance will then be recorded and information relative thereto will be forwarded to the locality where the license is held.

(f)

Work performed by certificate holder only. No license holder shall allow or authorize any employee or other person to do work for which a building trade certificate of competency is required pursuant to Chapter 370 of the St. Paul Legislative Code unless such employee or other person holds the appropriate certificate of competency as required by that chapter or is a registered trade worker as defined in section 370.17.

(g)

Reciprocity, oil, gas, plumbing, refrigeration and steamfitting. Any applicant for an oil, gas, plumbing, refrigeration or steamfitting license presently holding a valid Minneapolis building trade business license which meets Saint Paul standards for such license, as shall be determined by the board of examiners of both Minneapolis and Saint Paul, may carry on that business in the City of Saint Paul upon registration of that license, compliance with section 370.15 of this Code, and payment of the registration fee pursuant to section 369.03 of this chapter; provided, that Minneapolis reciprocates by accepting the applicable Saint Paul license. If the division requires corrections for work that has been done by a licensee operating under this reciprocal arrangement and the licensee fails to make the required corrections, such failure or lack of compliance may be acted upon by the building official and all information relative thereto may be forwarded to the City of Minneapolis building official.

Except as specifically indicated in this section, all other provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to licensees operating under this reciprocal arrangement.

(Ord. No. 17303, § 1, 10-29-85; Ord. No. 17337, § 1, 4-3-86; Ord. No. 17351, § 1, 5-13-86; Ord. No. 17435, § 2, 2-17-87; C.F. No. 04-744, § 2, 9-1-04; C.F. No. 08-1010, § 1, 10-8-08)