(a)
Fees.
Fees for first-year registration and renewal registration
of contractors shall be as provided in the fee schedule in appendix
A of this code.
(b)
Definition.
A building contractor is defined for the
purpose of this section to mean any business entity or individual
who for a fixed price, commission, wage or other compensation constructs,
supervises or manages the construction of a new home, a material improvement
to a home other than an improvement to solely repair a roof of an
existing home, or a material improvement that either increases or
decreases the home’s total square footage of living space and
also modifies the home’s foundation, perimeter walls, or roof;
or an interior remodeling/renovation project that exceeds $10,000.00
(ten thousand dollars).
(c)
Registration required.
A building contractor by definition
is required to register with the city and pay the appropriate registration
and/or renewal fee prior to permitting any building project on any
property within the city and provide the following information:
(1)
Proof of registration with the state residential construction commission.
(2)
A current Texas driver’s license.
(3)
Contact information such as addresses and phone numbers.
(4)
Required to designate any secondary or designated agents, and those
agents will also be required to register.
(5)
Current copy of any applicable insurance or bonding requirements
from their insurance company.
(d)
Homeowner exemption.
Homeowners are exempt from contractor
registration and renewal provisions only where the homeowner on their
own property is performing the building construction and whose property
is legally homesteaded under all applicable state and federal laws
in their name as the recorded legal owner. However, homeowners are
not exempt from the city’s permitting requirements.
(Ordinance 080805-1 adopted 8/5/08)
Building permit fees shall be as set forth in the fee schedule.
(1997 Code, sec. 150.02)
All structures used as places of habitation, including mobile
homes and conventional structures, shall have the outside wall of
said habitation extend to, or below, the ground level on which such
habitation is located, on or before the [date] of February 22, 1986,
as a factor of safety to preclude access by children, animals or trash
beneath the habitation.
(1997 Code, sec. 152.05)
