[Code 1979, § 8.61]
In order to safeguard and protect owners of real estate and
persons undertaking to become owners, it shall be unlawful on or after
July 1, 1972, for any person to engage in the business of or to act
in the capacity of a builder or alteration contractor in the City
without having a license therefor, unless such person is particularly
exempted as provided in this article.
[Code 1979, § 8.62]
This article shall not apply to:
(1) An authorized representative or representatives of
the United States government, the state or any county, township, city,
village or other political subdivision doing work in the City.
(2) Owners of property with reference to structures thereon
for their own use and occupancy.
(3) Officers of a court acting within the terms of their
office.
(4) In work or operation on one undertaking or project
by one or more contracts, the aggregate contract price for which labor,
material and other items is less than $200, such work or operations
being considered as a casual, minor or inconsequential nature. This
exemption does not apply in any case where the work of a construction
is only a part of a larger or major operation, whether undertaken
by the same or a different builder or alteration contractor, or in
which a division of the operation is made in contracts in amounts
less than $200 for the purpose of evasion of this article or otherwise.
[Code 1979, § 8.63]
Every electrical contractor who is licensed and is in good standing
under the provisions of Act No. 217 of the Public Acts of Michigan
of 1956 (MCL 338.881 et seq., MSA 18.204(1) et seq.), as amended,
is exempt from the provisions of this article. This exemption applies
only to the electrical installation, electrical maintenance and electrical
repair work performed by the electrical contractor.
[Code 1979, § 8.65]
Pursuant to this article, the City Clerk shall issue to each
licensee a license in such form and size as shall be prescribed by
the City Manager. Each license shall show the name and address of
the licensee and shall contain such other matters as shall be prescribed
by the City Manager and the license shall be signed by the City Clerk.
The license shall be delivered or mailed to the place of business
or employment of the licensee. It shall be the duty of the licensee
to conspicuously display his license in his place of business or employment
at all times.
[Code 1979, § 8.66; amended 5-19-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-03]
Applications for a builder's, maintenance and alteration contractor's license shall be tendered to the City Clerk and a yearly fee paid pursuant to Chapter
38 of the City Code at the time of filing his application for license, and the fee shall be deposited to the general fund of the City.
[Code 1979, § 8.69]
If any person acting in the capacity of a building or maintenance and alteration contractor in the City shall violate any of the provisions of this article as provided in this article, or any persons aiding or abetting another person in the violation of any of the provisions of this article, shall upon conviction thereof be punished as provided in §
1-14.