(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 or license issued by the Lake County Building Department in conformity with the provisions of this chapter by the Zoning Inspector, unless such person, firm or corporation is particularly exempted by the provisions of this chapter.
(b) All persons, prior to engaging in or being employed as responsible for the installation, replacement, and/or construction within the Village, including, but not limited to any of the following, shall obtain the required certificate of registration or license or show proof of a license as issued by the Lake County Building Department.
(1) Contractors.
A. General
B. Owner/Limited Premises General
C. Fence
D. Siding
E. Roofing
F. Signs
G. Concrete/asphalt paying
H. Excavation/sewers
I. Demolition
(2) Electrical.
A. General
B. Limited premises
C. Residential
(3) Plumbing (includes gas piping).
(4) Mechanical.
A. Fire suppression systems
B. Ventilation
C. Air conditioning
(5) Fire Protection Systems.
A. Fire suppression systems
B. Fire alarm systems
NOTE: Boiler contractors registration, permits and inspections must obtain same from the Division of Boiler Inspection, Department of Industrial Relations' Columbus, Ohio.
(c) 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 or by 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 undertake to submit a bid to do so. The term "contractor" includes the 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.
(d) Every applicant for registration shall make written application therefor on forms furnished by the Zoning Inspector.
(Ord. 1998-97. Passed 9-15-98.)