2008-80 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 25 - ELECTRICAL COMMISSION, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND LICENSED ELECTRICIANS

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' , i ORDINANCE NO. 2008-80 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 25 - - ELECTRICAL COMMISSION, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND LICENSED ELECTRICIANS - BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Chapter 25 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same is hereby, modified and amended at Section 8, so that said Section 8 as amended, shall provide as follows: 8. REVOCATION OF LICENSE(S). Licenses provided for herein may be suspended or revoked by the Commission for cause and a�ter public hearing held upon reasonable notice to the licensee. Causes for revocation of license or suspension thereof include the following: (a) Repeated failure of a licensee to comply with the provisions of this Chapter or any reasonable direction of the Building Inspections Division; (b) repeated failures of the licensee to complete permitted jobs in a workmanlike manner; (c) transferring or loaning license to an unlicensed individual, that is, allowing an unlicensed individual to use license to obtain permits or perform work without being employed by a licensee; or (d) other just cause. No electrician having had a license revoked shall again be licensed except after re-examination and approval by the Commission and with the consent of the City Manager. Decisions of the Commission revoking or suspending licenses may be appealed to the Decatur City Council, and such decision may only be reversed by said Council by the affirmative vote of five (5) or more members of the Council. Application for such appeal shall be submitted to the City Clerk within ten (10) days of the Commission's final decision."