"Contractor", for the purposes of this chapter, means any individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation, association or other organization or any combination of any thereof, who or which by himself or itself, or by or through others, constructs, erects, alters, repairs, adds to, subtracts from, reconstructs or remodels any building, structure or appurtenance thereof, which requires the issuance of a building permit, or who or which undertakes or offers to undertake, or purports to have the capacity to undertake, or submits a bid or proposal to do so. The term "contractor" includes subcontractor and specialty contractors whose operations are such as the performance of construction work requiring special skill and whose principal contracting business involves the use of specialized building trades or crafts requiring the issuance of a building permit.
(Ord. 1994-93. Passed 9-26-94.)