§ 3381.20. Assignment and issuance to business concern.  


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  • A.

    A sign erector's license shall be issued in the name of the individual who successfully meets the qualifications and passes the examination required by this chapter. However, said individual, at the time of application, or at any time thereafter, may assign his or her license rights to one business concern with whom he or she is associated with as a legal, full-time officer, proprietor, partner, or employee, and may designate that his or her license shall be issued in the name of said concern. In such event, said license shall be issued in the name of said business concern, which shall be known as the licensed-business, and no license shall be issued to the individual applicant in his own name during the period he or she is associated with said business concern. In such event, the license shall state on its face the name and position in the business concern of the individual who qualified for the license under the terms of this chapter. No individual may be named on more than one license within a trade at the same time.

    B.

    In the event the individual named on the license becomes disassociated from the licensed-business, the license shall become null and void at 90 calendar days after such disassociation, except where another license-holder becomes associated with the business concern and the business concern so notifies the department in writing. During this 90-day period, the work on existing permits may be followed through to completion, but no new work shall be commenced. The license-holder shall notify the department of any change of status. In such event, a new license, setting forth the name of the new individual, shall be issued to the licensed-business. A non-refundable fee, as prescribed in the fee schedule, shall be required for the issuance of this new license.

    C.

    There shall be a 90-calendar day waiting period on the transfer of assignment of a license from one company to another, unless it had been in the department-issued license of the licensee him or herself.

    Exception: Upon presentation of satisfactory evidence of whichever of the following conditions having occurred that caused the termination of the currently licensed-business, the 90-day period may be waived by the chief building official:

    (1)

    Closure of the licensed-business because of Chapter 7 bankruptcy;

    (2)

    Dissolution of the licensed-business that is a corporation, limited liability partnership (LLP), or a limited liability corporation (LLC) that was filed and recorded and in good standing with the Secretary of State of Ohio; or

    (3)

    Merger or consolidation of the licensed-business with a corporation, limited liability partnerships (LLP), or a limited liability corporations (LLC) that are filed and recorded and in good standing with the Secretary of State of Ohio.

    The provisions of this exception may be implemented only once in any 36-consecutive month period.

    D.

    When a license is assigned to a business concern, all work carried on by the licensed-business shall be deemed to be carried on under the personal supervision of the individual named in the license, and any violation of the license terms shall be imputed to the individual named therein.

    E.

    The license-holder shall be actively engaged in the business and shall be readily available for consultation with the department within two business days after notification. No license-holder shall permit his or her license to be used in more than one business at any time. It shall be cause for the revocation of the license issued to a business concern if it shall be shown that the license-holder is not, or is no longer, a legal, full-time officer, proprietor, partner or employee of said business concern.

    No individual shall be entitled to be named in any license who has outstanding against him or her, as an individual or as a full-time officer, proprietor, partner, or employee of a business concern, any suspension or revocation of another license as a contractor; however, another qualified full-time officer, proprietor, partner, or employee may be substituted upon proper application therefor.

(Ord. 2837-96 § 9 (part): Ord. 1696-2006 § 9; Ord. No. 0455-2010, § 92, 4-5-2010)