§ 18-79. Timely start of work.

All contractors, whether properly licensed or not, who receive money, as an initial payment, totaling more than ten percent of the contract price for repair, restoration, improvement or construction to residential real property must:

(a)

Submit a complete and correct application for permits necessary to do the work within 30 days after the date the payment is made except where the work does not require a permit under the applicable codes regulations; and

(b)

Start work within 90 days after the date all necessary permits for work are issued, unless the person who made the payment agreed, in writing, to a longer period to apply for the necessary permits or start the work or to longer periods for both, or unless the person who made the payment or his or her agent did not cancel the contract or otherwise stop the work from being performed.

(Ord. No. 07-20, § 1, 9-11-07)