"General contractor", as used within this chapter, means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or other organization, or any combination thereof, who or which by himself or itself, or by or through others, constructs, alters, repairs, adds to, subtracts from, reconstructs or remodels any building, structure, or appurtenance thereto, or who or which undertakes or offers to undertake, or purports to have the capacity to undertake, or submits a bid to do so. "General contractor" includes subcontractor and all specialty contractors whose operations as such are the performance of construction work requiring special skills and whose principal business involves the use of specialized building trades or crafts.
(Ord. 1978-109. Passed 5-23-78.)