BENSALEM TOWNSHIP
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
A restorations services license is issued by the Township conditioned upon, and with the express agreement of
the licensee, that the licensee shall, at all times, act as an independent contractor, and not as an employee of the
Township or its Police Department or its Fire Department. The licensee shall, and by acceptance of the license
hereby agrees to hold the Township harmless from any and all claims, suits, damages, injuries or causes of
action whatsoever may arise out of any restoration service or other activity performed by the licensee. Payment
for services rendered pursuant to the license shall be the responsibility of the owner, tenant, possessor or
custodian of the condemned or fire damaged property and not by the Township.
Owner’s Signature
Date
Applicant’s Signature (if other than owner)
Date
A SIGNED COPY OF THIS APPLICATION IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF LICENSE
8/2011
License #
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The Director shall revoke any license issued within the provisions of the Township of Bensalem Ordinance 90-23, § 90-32
Suspension and Revocation of License under the following circumstances:
(A) The Township reserves the right to suspend the license issued at any time if an inspection by a Township Official or
Police Officer determines that required equipment is missing, inoperable, unsafe or the owner or operator is otherwise in
violation of this article or the Code of the Township of Bensalem. Any such suspension shall continue, without rebate of any
application or license fee until such time as the Township determine applicant is in full compliance of all applicable
ordinances.
(1) The licensee agrees as condition of the license to hold the Township harmless for any and all claims, actions or
causes of action whatsoever, including alleged loss of profits arising from aby suspension of license.
(2) The Township shall give the licensee notice that the licensee is in violation of the provisions and terms of this article
prior to any formal action to suspend the license. The determination of whether a violation is safety related shall be
solely the determination of Bensalem Township. The Township shall permit the licensee to correct deficiencies as
follows:
a. In the case of any non-safety violation, the licensee shall have 10 days in which to correct the deficiencies.
b. In the case of safety related violations, the licensee shall have 48 hours in which to correct deficiencies.
(B) A restoration services license may be revoked upon a finding by the Township of any of the following grounds:
(1) The license was procured by fraudulent conduct or false statement or omission of a material fact, and in this event,
the license shall be null and void as if an application had never been filed.
(2) The licensee failed to perform or violated any of the duties of a licensee set forth hereinabove.
(3) The licensee no longer meets all the standards for issuance of a restoration services license.
(4) The licensee’s application is found to be defective in any way or contains misinformation or omission of fact, and in
this event, the license shall be null and void and as if an application had never been filed.
(5) The licensee failed to correct safety related or non-safety related deficiencies within the allocated time as provided
by subsections 33(A)(2)a. and b.
(6) The licensee’s license had been suspended three (3) times,
(C) Within 30 days of the date of any suspension or revocation of license, the applicant may appeal to the Bensalem
Township Code of Appeals Board, which shall, within 21 days after the appeal is received by the Township, hear such
appeal and evidence as may be offered by the applicant or Township. The Code Appeals Board may render an oral
opinion at the time of the hearing and shall notify the applicant in writing of the decision within 20 days of the hearing.
The decision of the Code of Appeals Board shall be considered the Township’s final administrative action for purposes
of any appeals to court to which the applicant may be entitled.
RESTORATION SERVICES LICENSE APPLICATION Part 3 of 3
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