COMMERCIAL CONTRACTOR
A person engaged in the business of making real estate improvements
to any property that is not residential or noncommercial property
and includes a corporation, partnership, association and any other
form of business organization or entity, and its officers, representatives,
agents and employees.
REAL ESTATE IMPROVEMENT
The remodeling, altering, renovating, repairing, restoring,
modernizing, moving, demolishing, or otherwise improving or modifying
of the whole or any part of any residential or noncommercial property.
Real estate improvement shall also include insulation installation,
and the conversion of existing commercial structures into residential
or noncommercial property.
REAL ESTATE IMPROVEMENT CONTRACT
An oral or written agreement for the performance of a real
estate improvement between a contractor and an owner, tenant or lessee,
of a residential or noncommercial property, and includes all agreements
under which the contractor is to perform labor or render services
for real estate improvements or furnish materials in connection therewith.
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
A person engaged in the business of making or selling real
estate improvements and includes a corporation, partnership, association
and any other form of business organization or entity, and its officers,
representatives, agents and employees.
RESIDENTIAL OR NONCOMMERCIAL PROPERTY
Any single- or multi-unit structure used in whole or in part
as a place of residence, and all structures appurtenant thereto, and
any portion of the lot or site on which the structure is situated
which is devoted to the residential use of the structure.
All persons desiring to become registered commercial contractors
in the City shall make application to the City Clerk, fill out the
form provided by the City Clerk and return it with the license registration
fee to the City Clerk. The City Clerk may from time to time establish
dates and notify all applicants of the time and place when and where
they may appear to take the examination. It shall be sufficient for
any one member of a firm or corporation to make application, take
the examination, be certified and be licensed. Only one registration
fee and one annual renewal fee shall be required of any firm or corporation.
The City Clerk is authorized to issue licenses upon the delivery
to him of the certification and payment of the license registration
fee. The license shall entitle the holder to be designated as a registered
contractor, and shall only apply to the person or firm to whom issued.
No license shall be issued unless and until the applicant shall
submit satisfactory evidence in writing that he is covered by liability
insurance with a combined single limit of $500,000 per occurrence.