4-36-020 License – Required.

   (A)   No person shall own, operate, conduct, manage, engage in, maintain or carry on the business of general contractor without first having obtained a general contractor license. The general contractor license shall be in addition to any other license required by law, including, but not limited to, the excavators license issued pursuant to Chapter 4-196 of this Code, if applicable.

   (B)   The following persons are not general contractors within the meaning of this section:

      (1)   Any subcontractor, employee or agent working for or under the supervision of a general contractor licensed or required to be licensed under this chapter and acting within the scope of his contract, employment or agency;

      (2)   Any person who merely furnishes materials or supplies for use at a construction site without fabricating them into, or consuming them in the performance of, the work of a general contractor;

      (3)   Any person licensed by the City of Chicago as a mason contractor, plumbing contractor or electrical contractor and acting within the scope of his license;

      (4)   Any licensed architect or engineer acting within the scope of his license;

      (5)   Any person who does general contracting work on property that constitutes his primary residence, if the primary residence is a single-family dwelling or a multiple-family dwelling that does not exceed three stories in height and contains six or fewer dwelling units as defined in Section 13-4-010 of this Code. This exception is limited to one such property during a calendar year;

      (6)   Any person who hires a general contractor licensed under this chapter to do general contracting work on the person's property;

      (7)   Any property owner, or employee or agent thereof, who does minor nonstructural repairs on the owner's property; and

      (8)   A governmental entity for work upon premises owned by the governmental entity and performed by employees of the governmental entity.

(Added Coun. J. 10-1-03, p. 9163, § 2.1; Amend Coun. J. 5-9-12, p. 27485, § 21; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 79)