Section 4.36.030 Sign contractors and sign painters license, bond and insurance requirements.

a. No person, firm, or corporation shall perform any work or services for compensation in connection with the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, improvements, demolition, maintenance, or conversion of any sign, unless such person, firm, or corporation shall first have obtained a sign contractor's license from the inspection services division and paying the license fees provided for herein. A sign contractors license shall not be required for the demolition of a sign when such demolition is carried on in conjunction with a demolition of a principle or accessory structure on the premises and a demolition permit has been obtained pursuant to the provisions of the municipal code.

b. The initial license fee for sign contractors shall be two hundred and twenty-five dollars payable in advance for the first year or fraction thereof, and a renewal fee of one hundred and fifty dollars thereafter.

d. Every applicant for a sign contractor's license shall file with the city a bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars, with sureties to be approved by the city attorney, the conditions of such bond to be faithfully in compliance with all other provisions of this chapter. Applicants shall file with the city an executed agreement whereby applicant agrees to defend, at its own expense, indemnify and hold harmless the city, its employees and officers from any and all claims, suits, losses, damages, costs or expenses, including attorney fees and court costs, by reason of liability imposed upon the city, its employees and officers for damages because of bodily injury, including death, at any time resulting therefrom, sustained by any person or persons, or on account of damage to property, both real and chattel, including the loss of use thereof, arising out of or the consequence of the applicant's performance as a sign contractor, except only such injury or damages as shall be occasioned by the sole negligence of the city, its employees and officers.

e. The bond shall be kept in force and effect for a period of one year after cancellation or termination of license. The bond shall run current with the sign contractor's license and expire on the first day of January of each year.

f. It shall be illegal for any person, firm, or corporation to violate any of the terms and provisions of this chapter. Any person, firm, or corporation found guilty of violating the terms of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable pursuant to Section 1.04.100 of the municipal code of Sioux City, Iowa. See Section 4.36.200.

a. No person, firm or corporation other than a licensed sign contractor shall perform any work or services for compensation as a sign painter without first obtaining a sign painters license from the inspection services division and paying the license fee provided herein. This license covers sign painting only.

b. The initial license fee for a sign painter shall be forty-five dollars payable in advance for the first year or fraction thereof, and a renewal fee of thirty dollars thereafter.

c. Licenses shall not be transferable. Such license shall expire on January 1st of each year and is not renewable as stated herein.

d. Every applicant for a license shall file with the city a bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars kept in full force and effect for a period of one year after cancellation or termination of license. The bond shall run concurrent with the sign painter's license and expire on the first day of January each year. The conditions of such bond to be faithfully in compliance with all other provisions of this chapter.

e. It shall be illegal for any person, firm, or corporation to violate any of the terms and provisions of this chapter. Any person, firm, or corporation found guilty of violating the terms of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable pursuant to Section 1.04.100 of the municipal code of Sioux City, Iowa. See Section 4.36.200. (Ord. 98/U-6342; 90/T-9080; 84/T-2853)