(a) No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor, as herein defined, except pursuant to a certificate of registration issued in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, by the Building Inspector, unless such person, firm or corporation is particularly exempted by the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The term “contractor”, for the purposes of this section, means any individual, firm, corporation, co-partnership, association or other organization, or any combination thereof, who or which, by himself, herself or itself, or by or through others, constructs, alters, repairs, adds to, subtracts from, reconstructs or remodels any building, structure or appurtenance thereto, including the pavement of walkways, driveways, driveway aprons, curbs, patios and sidewalks, or who or which undertakes to submit a bid to do so. The term “contractor” includes a subcontractor and also a special contractor whose operations, as such, are the performance of construction work requiring special skill and whose principal contracting business involves the use of specialized building trades or crafts.
(c) The Building Inspector shall prescribe a form of application for certificates of registration to be used in administering this section. Registrants shall provide proof of insurance in the amount hereinafter required. However, any person, firm or corporation licensed or certified under any other section of this chapter shall be exempt from registration under this section.
(1974 Code § 114.10)