Compton Municipal Code § 15-26 Large Project Permits

[Added 6-3-2025 by Ord. No. 2364]

Unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this Section shall be defined as follows:

CITY

Shall mean the City of Compton.

CONTRACTOR

Shall mean any person who undertakes, or offers to undertake, or does himself or through others, the construction, alteration, repair, excavation, addition to, subtraction from, improvement, moving, wrecking or demolishing of any building or other structure, project, development or improvement, or any part thereof, including the erection of scaffolding, or other structures, or works in connection therewith. "Contractor" shall include specialty contractor, but shall not include anyone who merely furnishes materials or supplies without fabricating them into, or consuming them in the performance of, the work of the contractor.

PERMIT

Shall mean an official document issued by the City under this Section.

PERSON

Shall mean any natural person, firm, company, corporation, partnership, association, any public corporation, trust, estate, joint venture, club, joint stock company, business trust, domestic or foreign corporation, association, syndicate, society or any group of individuals acting as a unit, whether mutual, cooperative, fraternal, nonprofit or otherwise.

PROJECT

Shall mean any development project within the City consisting of 20 or more residential dwelling units or 20,000 or more square feet of commercial or industrial development.

SUBCONTRACTOR

Shall mean any person who undertakes, or offers to undertake, or does by himself or through others, for a contractor, the furnishing of any labor or service in constructing, altering, repairing, excavating, adding to, subtracting from, altering, moving, wrecking, or demolishing any building or other structure, project, or development, or improvement, including the erection of scaffolding, or other structure, or works in connection therewith.

[Added 6-3-2025 by Ord. No. 2364]

Any contractor, subcontractor or person working on and/or proposed to provide work on a project shall obtain a permit prior to commencement of any work on the project.

[Added 6-3-2025 by Ord. No. 2364]

No contractor, subcontractor or person shall be issued a permit unless the person is:

a. A licensed contractor licensed by the California Contractors State License Board.

b. An employee, agent, or authorized representative of a licensed contractor.

c. The property owner performing their work; or

d. An employee of the owner, provided that the owner shows evidence of workers' compensation insurance required by state and City laws and their federal tax identification number.

[Added 6-3-2025 by Ord. No. 2364]

A contractor, subcontractor or person applying for a permit shall submit the following information as part of the permit application and prior to the commencement of work:

a. The applicant shall provide a list of all contractors and subcontractors that conduct work and/or hired to conduct work or are proposed to conduct work or proposed to be hired on the project. Information for such contractors and subcontractors on the list shall include documents that verify evidence of each contractor's and subcontractor's workers' compensation insurance and their state contractor license and license category, City business license, and federal tax identification number. If the applicant is the contractor or subcontractor, they shall provide the information required herein for their business on the application. No person shall contract or subcontract construction work without a valid contractor's license pursuant to applicable provisions of the California Business and Professions Code.

b. For each contractor and subcontractor on the list provided in paragraph a above, the applicant shall provide a disclosure of any pending or final determinations pertaining to state or federal labor violations and any penalties paid to any government agencies related to such violations within the prior five years from the date of the application for each contractor and subcontractors on the project. If the applicant is the contractor or subcontractor, they shall provide this disclosure for themselves on the application as required herein.

[Added 6-3-2025 by Ord. No. 2364]

a. If at any time after the permit is issued and a change occurs in any information submitted to the City pursuant to this Section, the permittee shall submit updated information to the City within three business days of the permittee acquiring knowledge of such change.

b. If the permittee is a contractor that hires a new subcontractor after the issuance of their permit, the contractor shall within three business days of such hiring, either update the information submitted to the City pursuant to this Section to include the information regarding the subcontractor, or require the subcontractor to obtain a permit under this Section.

c. If a new contractor or new subcontractor begins work commences on the project, the contractor or subcontractor shall submit an application for a permit to the City within three business days of commencing work on the project.

[Added 6-3-2025 by Ord. No. 2364]

In the event that the applicant cannot provide the complete list of valid subcontractors and the information required above upon permit application, the applicant shall provide to the City within a reasonable period after issuance of each permit but prior to commencement of any work pursuant to said permit, all information required by subsection 15-26.4. Failure to comply with the provisions of this Section, including subsections 15-26.4 and 15-26.5, may result in one or more of the following:

a. Issuance of a stop-work order;

b. Revocation of the permit;

c. The permit applicant paying a penalty for default to the City in an amount equal to the original permit fee for each violation to defray City costs of enforcement of this Section; or

d. The issuance of an administrative citation pursuant to Section 15-7.3 or the penalties set forth in the Compton Municipal Code (CMC) Section 1-6 et seq. and Section 1-7.1 of this Code.

[Added 6-3-2025 by Ord. No. 2364]

Any work performed before satisfying this Section's requirements shall be deemed performed without the required permit.

[Added 6-3-2025 by Ord. No. 2364]

To implement the provisions of this Section, the City Manager may adopt administrative procedures, regulations and guidelines consistent with the provisions of this Section. These administrative procedures, regulations and guidelines shall have the force and effect of law and may be relied upon by the parties to determine their rights and responsibilities under this Section. Such administrative procedures, regulations and guidelines shall be posted at City Hall or on the City's website or made available by the City when so adopted.

[Added 6-3-2025 by Ord. No. 2364]

Consistency: CEQA primarily addresses the environmental impact of physical projects. The section itself is administrative in nature— it amends the permitting process and imposes labor-related disclosure requirements. As such, it likely qualifies as a CEQA-exempt action under the "general rule" (14 CCR § 15061(b)(3)) or a categorical exemption for administrative activities.