HomeMy WebLinkAbout18-030RESOLUTION NO. 18-030
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF CIVIL PENALTIES IN SECTION 10-105
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made the
following determinations:
1. Chapter 10 provides for the issuance of citations by code enforcement officers and
licensing investigators for uncertified, unregistered, and unlicensed contractors operating
illegally within St. Lucie County.
2. Section 10-105. Establishes a schedule of civil penalties to be cited by code
enforcement officers in citations issued to alleged violators and provides that the Board may
amend this schedule by resolution.
3. The St. Lucie County Contractor Examining Board has unanimously recommended that
the schedule of civil penalties be updated as set out below.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida:
1. The schedule of civil penalties is amended to read as follows:
SCHEDULE OF CIVIL PENALTIES
VIOLATION CIVIL PENALTY
FIRST SECOND THIRD OFFENSE
VIOLATION VIOLATION (AND HIGHER)
1. Falsely hold himself or herself or a business $500.00 $1,000.00 $2,000.00
organization out as a licensee, certificate
holder or registrant.
2. Falsely impersonate a certificate holder or $500.00 $1,000.00 $2,000.00
registrant.
3. Falsely present himself or herself as a $500.00 $1,000.00 $2,000.00
certified or registered contractor under
another person's certificate or registration.
4. Give false or forged evidence to the board or $500.00 $1,000.00 $2,000.00
a member thereof for the purpose of obtaining
a certificate or registration.
5. Use or attempt to use a certificate or $500.00 $1,000.00 $2,000.00
registration which has been suspended or
revoked.
6. Engage on the business or act in the capacity $500.00
of a contractor without being duly registered or
certified.
7. Advertise himself or herself or a business $500.00
organization as available to engage in the
business or act in the capacity of a contractor
without being duly registered or certified.
8. Operate a business organization engaged in $500.00
contracting after sixty (60) days following the
termination of its only qualifying agent without
designating another primary qualifying agent.
9. Proceeding on any job without first $500.00
obtaining applicable local building permits and
inspections.
10. Act as a subcontractor without being $500.00
certified or registered.
11. Act in the capacity of a contractor or $500.00
advertise himself or herself or a business
organization as available to engage in the
business or act in the capacity of a contractor
without an occupational license.
12. Conceal or cause to be concealed, or assist $500.00
in concealing from the primary qualifying
agent, any material activities or information
about the contracting firm.
13. Exclude or facilitate the exclusion of any $500.00
aspect of the contracting firm's financial or
other business activities from the primary
qualifying agent.
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$ 2,000.00
14. Knowingly cause any part of the contracting $500.00 $1,000.00 $2,000.00
firm's activities, financial or otherwise, to be
conducted without the primary qualifying
agent's supervision.
15. Assist or participate with any qualifying $500.00 $1,000.00 $2,000.00
agent in the violation of any provision of this
chapter.
16. Commencement and/or performance of $500.00 $1,000.00 $2,000.00
any work for which a building permit is
required without such building permit being
current.
17. Continuing or proceeding on any job after $500.00 $1,000.00 $2,000.00
the posting of a STOP WORK ORDER.
Additionally for a third offense, the County may refer the case to the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office.
2. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
AFTER MOTION AND SECOND, the vote on this Resolution was as follows:
Commissioner Frannie Hutchinson, Chair AYE
Commissioner Linda Bartz, Vice Chair AYE
Commissioner Chris Dzadovsky AYE
Commissioner Cathy Townsend AYE
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 6T" day of March, 2018.
ATTEST:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
CHAIR
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
CORRECTNESS:
�'" COUNTY ATTORNEY