By Scott Orr | The Daily Courier
In a joint study session with the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors and Planning & Zoning Commission Wednesday, the members agreed that Development Services should check building contractors’ licenses as part of the permitting process, and asked the staff to return to a five-day-a-week schedule.
“There is a perception from the public that the issuance of a permit is an endorsement that the work complies with contractor law” and that it implies the contractor’s license is in good standing is not true, Development Services Director Steve Mauk said. “We don’t have anything in our codes that requires that to happen,” he added.
He said the department has, in the past, unknowingly issued permits to people with suspended or revoked licenses.
The Yavapai County Contractors’ Association has pushed for the department to check licenses, Mauk said.
Customers have, too. “They’ve said, ‘You issued a permit to my contractor, only to find out my contractor’s (license) was under suspension…Why did you do that?'”
