§ 6-47. General requirements.

(a)

Before any person shall for a fixed price, commission, fee or wage undertake or offer to undertake the construction or superintending of construction, alteration, renovation, improvement, expansion, removal or demolition of any building, structure, or part thereof, and/or undertake the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, or electric work thereof, within the scope of control and regulation of the code, said person must first have applied for and obtained a license as a general, mechanical or special contractor, or as a residential home builder in the manner provided in section 6-50.

(b)

Any person who may make application for license as a contractor by the county, and who holds a current and valid certificate and/or license as a contractor, the same having been issued by the state, or municipalities or other government entities of the state such as may be specifically approved from time to time by the county board of examiners of contractors, is considered to have been adequately examined and approved for licensing under this article. Said person is not, however, authorized to perform construction or to solicit or offer to perform construction of any type or value for another person, prior to obtaining a county contractor's license of the proper code, license and/or craft classification.

(c)

License shall be valid for one year from date of issue and shall be renewable on the anniversary date of issue unless terminated, withdrawn or otherwise denied for cause, and shall be invalid for performance of construction in the county unless renewed thereby.

(d)

Permit issuance. A building and/or other permit, such as may be required under the technical codes adopted by the state building codes council and by this county shall be issued only under the following conditions:

(1)

To a contractor holding a current and valid county contractor's license of the appropriate type/discipline.

(2)

To the owner of residential property who builds or improves structures or appurtenances on the property if he does the work himself, with his employees not solely hired for this purpose, or with licensed contractors provided that the structures or appurtenances are intended for the owner's sole occupancy or by the owner's immediate family and or not intended for sale or rent for a period of two years after completion or issuance of a certificate of occupancy, and provided further that the general public shall not have access to these structures or appurtenances.

(3)

To an owner constructing a wood-framed farm structure with less than five thousand square feet of floor area and not used for human habitation or for office facilities.

(e)

Residential home builders, general contractors and other prime contractors shall not employ sub-contractors in the performance of work under this article, unless said subcontractors hold current and valid license issued in the classification of the work for which the subcontractor is responsible, as prescribed herein.

(f)

Contractors shall not be issued either building permits or contractor's license unless and until they are in possession of a valid and current county business license.

(Ord. No. 90-15, § 2, 9-17-1990; Ord. No. 00-015, 9-18-2000)