DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
BENSALEM FIRE RESCUE
RESTORATION SERVICES LICENSE APPLICATION
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BTFR 06/2014
The Director shall revoke any license issued within the provisions of the Township of Bensalem Ordinance
90-23 s/s 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 in 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 Township of Bensalem. Any such suspension shall continue,
without rebate of any application or license fee until such time as the Township determines 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 any suspension
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 ten days in which to correct
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 on 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 omissions of
fact, and in this even, 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 the allocated time as
provided by subsections 90-33(A)(2) a. and b.
(6) The licensee’s license had been suspended three 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 th
e applicant in writing of the decision with 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 applicant may be entitled.
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