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Board adopts trades licensing updates: clarified late-fee schedule, removes outdated sponsorship and notary requirements
Summary
The board adopted revisions to trades licensing that clarify late fees and remove outdated language about sponsorship and a notary requirement. For trades licensing staff set a late fee of $10 between Jan. 1 and May 1 and $20 between May 1 and Dec. 31; applicants more than one year late must reapply.
The Building Codes Board voted to adopt revisions to the city’s trades licensing language that staff said are mainly clean-up and timing clarifications.
Staff (permit tech Mike Rinke) told the board the revision clarifies a previously ambiguous late-fee schedule for trade licenses: a $10 late fee applies from Jan. 1 through May 1, and a $20 late fee applies from May 1 through Dec. 31 of the same year. If an applicant has not renewed for more than one year, the applicant must submit a new license application rather than simply paying a late fee. The changes also remove outdated references to sponsoring applicants for testing and to a notary public requirement for trade-level licenses; staff said those elements are no longer part of the city’s process.
Board members flagged redundant subsections (g and h) and a duplicated page in the packet; staff agreed to remove the duplicate language. The board then moved and approved the ordinance revisions at the meeting; the vote was recorded in favor (8 votes recorded).
Why it matters: The clarified fee schedule removes ambiguity for contractors and staff about when a late fee applies, and removing outdated sponsorship/notary requirements aligns the code language with current digital application and testing processes.
Speakers on this item included permit-licensing staff and board members who requested textual clean-up and clarification.
