§ 7-100. Violators and enforcement procedures

The hearing authority of the building department shall be empowered to temporarily suspend or permanently revoke the license or certificate of registration of any contractor or specialty contractor who, if after due proceeding, shall be found to be guilty of the performance or attempt to perform any of the following prohibited acts or omissions:

(a) Deliberate misrepresentation of any material fact, fraud or deceit in obtaining a license.

(b) Gross negligence or gross incompetency while engaged in the business of acting in the capacity of a contractor or specialty contractor within the meaning of this article.

(c) Aiding, abetting or knowingly combining or conspiring with an unlicensed person with the intent to evade the provisions of this article.

(d) Abandonment without legal excuse of any construction project or operation engaged in or undertaken by the licensee as a contractor or specialty contractor.

(e) Diversion of funds or property received in the performance and/or completion of a specified construction project where, as a result of the diversion, the contractor is or will be unable to complete or fulfill the terms of his obligation or contract.

(f) Willful or deliberate disregard of the building code of the City of Lake Station, Indiana, or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

(g) Negligent disregard of plans or specifications in any material respect, without the consent of the person entitled to have the particular construction project or operation completed.

(h) The doing of any willful or fraudulent act by the licensee or registration holder as a contractor or specialty contractor while engaged in any project for which a permit is required in the City of Lake Station in consequence of which another suffers serious bodily injury.

(i) Failure to comply with the provisions of this article.

(j) Whenever a stop work order has been issued pursuant to section 7-85 of this Code and all other applicable sections of the building code, and is subsequently disregarded.