717.06 EXEMPTIONS.
   The following are exempt from the registration requirements of Section 717.02:
   (a)   Home Owners. No provision of registration shall be interpreted to require that the owner of a one-family dwelling or a member of his/her immediate family who does work on said dwelling shall be licensed or registered personally to perform work upon the premises occupied, or to be occupied, by the owner thereof as such owner’s established residence.
   (b)   Government Agencies, Private Industry Maintenance and Public Utilities. Provision of registration shall not apply to Federal, State, County or municipal governmental agencies, to public utilities furnishing services to the City under municipal utilities franchise agreement, or to industrial, commercial or institutional organizations or firms wherein a maintenance department, doing work within the provisions of the Building Codes, is provided, except that should work covered by the Building Code be contracted with outside contractors, then such contractors shall be registered in the City as provided herein.
      (Ord. 11-2009. Passed 4-21-09.)
   (c)   Owners of Rental Properties. No provision of registration shall be interpreted to require that the owner of a residential rental property be licensed or registered as a contractor in order to personally perform work on property owned by him or her. (Ord. 24-2012. Passed 7-17-12.)