(a) On and after August 31, 1979, no person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor for the removal of snow on private property by using motor vehicles for such purpose except pursuant to a certificate of registration issued in conformity with the provisions of this chapter by the Service Director.
“Contractor,” for the purpose of this section, means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, association or other organization, or any combination thereof, who or which, by himself, herself or itself or by or through others, uses motor vehicles to remove snow from private property.
(b) No provision of this chapter shall be interpreted to require that the owner of a single or two-family dwelling or individual row house be registered to remove snow from the premises of the single or two-family dwelling or individual row house which that person owns.
(Ord. 97-1979. Passed 4-2-79; Ord. 49-1996. Passed 2-20-96; Eff. 3-20-96.)