Chapter 15.10
CONTRACTORS SURETY BOND
Sections:
15.10.020 Who is required to post certificate of insurance.
15.10.010 Purpose.
This chapter requires the posting of a certificate of insurance prior to the alteration, construction, or reconstruction of buildings in Black Hawk County, Iowa. [Ord. 35 § 1, 1995. Code 2009 § 2-5-1.]
15.10.020 Who is required to post certificate of insurance.
A. Any person desiring to construct, reconstruct, remodel, or repair any building or structure within the unincorporated area of the County shall first file with the Auditor (or a specified intergovernmental agency if so designated by the Auditor) a certificate of insurance written by a company authorized to transact business in the state of Iowa, in limits of not less than $300,000 combined single limit to any person and $100,000 property damage; said certificate to be written on a standard form and carrying an endorsement naming Black Hawk County, Iowa, and its employees (or the intergovernmental agency designated by the Auditor) as additional insured as its interest may appear and conditioned upon the faithful performance of all duties required of such person by any ordinances, rules and regulations of the County of Black Hawk, Iowa. It shall be a further condition of said certificate of insurance that the obligor will hold the County (through the specified intergovernmental agency if so designated) harmless from any and all damages sustained by reason of neglect or incompetence on the part of such person, his/her agents or employees in the performance of the work done under a license or permit issued upon the filing of said certificate.
Said certificate of insurance shall be issued by the thirty-first day of December of each year, and shall be refiled on or before said date for each subsequent year and shall be in continuous full force and effect. It is the intent and purpose of said certificate of insurance to also bind the individual person, company, firm, association or partnership, whether it be trade name, corporation, or other business association or arrangement with which the principal is associated.
B. The certificate of insurance required by subsection A of this section shall be filed with the Auditor (or other designated official) and approved by the Board of Supervisors periodically during the year commencing with the month following enactment of the ordinance codified in this chapter.
C. Black Hawk County is a party to reciprocal agreements among incorporated cities and towns within the County for the filing of one certificate of insurance with the Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments. Filing of such certificate pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this chapter with INRCOG shall be considered compliance with this chapter. It shall be sufficient for INRCOG to supply the Board of Supervisors and the Black Hawk County Auditor periodically during the year with an official list of the approved certificates held by INRCOG. [Ord. 35 § 2, 1995. Code 2009 § 2-5-2.]
15.10.030 Exception.
Homeowners working on their principal residence shall be exempt from filing said certificate. [Ord. 35 § 3, 1995. Code 2009 § 2-5-3.]