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Spokane Municipal Code

***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Title 17G
Chapter 17G.010
Section 17G.010.190
 

Title 17G Administration and Procedures

Chapter 17G.010 Building and Construction Permits

Section 17G.010.190 Application for Contractor Licensure
  1. State Licenses.

The registration of general and specialty contractors is by the department of labor and industries as provided in chapter 18.27 RCW. Applications for registration as a landscape architect are made to the director of licenses as provided in RCW 18.96.030. Licensing of water well contractors is done by the department of ecology pursuant to chapter 18.104 RCW. Electrical contractors are licensed by the state as provided in chapter 19.28 RCW. An applicant for any permit for work which may not, by law, be performed by other than a registered or licensed contractor shall furnish proof of current license or registration.

  1. Blaster’s License.
    1. A person desiring to use explosives or blasting agents or to receive a permit for any job involving blasting operations shall first make application, on forms furnished, to the engineering services department for a license, and shall tender the license fee.
    1. The applicant shall demonstrate, by examination or otherwise, his or her experience and fitness in handling explosives to the satisfaction of the director of engineering services.
    1. The applicant shall deliver a contractor’s bond running to the City as provided in SMC 7.02.060(4). The applicant shall furnish evidence of insurance covering bodily injury and property damage liability exposures including the “X, C, U” perils (explosion, collapse and under-ground) on the comprehensive or commercial general liability occurrence form. Limits of liability are to be no less than five hundred thousand dollars combined single limit per occurrence and aggregate. If written on the commercial general liability form, the aggregate limits shall be no less than one million dollars. Coverage will include the City being named as an additional insured and thirty days’ prior notice of cancellation, nonrenewal or material policy modification to the City. The director of engineering services may require additional coverage or higher limits as circumstances warrant.

Date Passed: Monday, February 21, 2005

Effective Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2005

ORD C33578 Section 1