§ 9-332. Schedule of civil penalties.

The following table sets forth the applicable civil penalties which shall be cited by code officers under this article:

	Violation	Civil Penalty
		First Violation	Repeat Violation
(1)	Falsely hold himself or herself or a business organization out as a licensed, certificate holder or a registered contractor.	$ 150.00	$ 300.00
(2)	Falsely impersonate a certificate holder or registered contractor.	150.00	300.00
(3)	Falsely present himself or herself as a certified or registered contractor under another person's certificate or registration.	200.00	400.00
(4)	Give false or forged evidence to the county for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of competency.	200.00	300.00
(5)	Use or attempt to use a certificate, license, or registration which has been suspended or revoked.	200.00	400.00
(6)	Engage in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor without being duly registered or certified.	250.00	500.00
(7)	Advertise himself or herself or a business organization as available to engage in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor without being duly registered or certified.	250.00	500.00
(8)	Operate as a business organization engaged in contracting after sixty (60) days from the date its only qualifying agent ceased to be affiliated with such business organization without designating another primary qualifying agent.	250.00	500.00
(9)	Proceeding on any job without first obtaining applicable local building permits and inspections; or performance of work for which a building permit is required without such building permit being current.	150.00	300.00
(10)	Knowingly and willfully hire a person who is not a duly certified, licensed or registered contractor.	250.00	500.00
(11)	Engage in the business, act in the capacity of a contractor or advertise themselves or a business organization as available to engage in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor without a business tax certificate.	250.00	500.00
(12)	Conceal or cause to be concealed, or assist in concealing from the primary qualifying agent, any material activities or information about the contracting firm.	100.00	200.00
(13)	Exclude or facilitate the exclusion of any aspect of the contracting firm's financial or other business activities from the primary qualifying agent.	100.00	200.00
(14)	Knowingly cause any part of the contracting firm's activities, financial or otherwise, to be conducted without the primary qualifying agent's supervision.	100.00	200.00
(15)	Assist or participate with any qualifying agent in the violation of any provision of F.S. ch. 489.	100.00	200.00
(16)	Commencement and/or performance of any work for which a building permit is required without such building permit being current.	75.00	150.00

 

(Ord. No. 95-7, § 12, 4-25-95; Ord. No. 2001-26, § 1.RR., 12-18-01; Ord. No. 2009-12 , § 1, 4-28-09)