ARTICLE II. BUILDING CONTRACTORS

§ 12-9 “BUILDING CONTRACTOR” DEFINED.

   (a)   BUILDING CONTRACTOR. Every person, firm, partnership, corporation, association or other organization or any combination thereof, who is engaged in the business of accepting orders or contracts on a cost plus, fixed fee, stated sum, percentage or any combination thereof, or other compensation other than wages for doing work on or in any building or structure requiring the use of stone, brick, mortar, concrete, wood, structural steel or iron, sheet iron, metallic piping, tin, lead, roofing, insulation or any other building material, or for the execution of any building operations on public or private property using building materials or any combination thereof, or for excavating foundations or for the construction of retaining walls, docks, drive piling or the construction in general of structures of any and all descriptions, or for remodeling, repairing or razing any structure, or who shall supervise all or any part of the construction of any of the buildings or structures above described, shall be deemed to be a “building contractor” within the meaning of this ordinance.

   (b)   PERSONS shall mean individual, firm, partnership, association, syndicate, corporation or other form of business organization.

(Ord. 483, passed 3-20-1942)

Cross-reference:

   Buildings, see Ch. 11

Statutory reference:

   Regulation of residential builders and the like, see MCLA 338.1501 et seq.

§ 12-10 EXEMPTIONS.

   This ordinance shall not apply:

   (a)   To an authorized representative or representatives of the United States of America, the State of Michigan, the County of Genesee or the City of Flint, Michigan; or

   (b)   Sole owners of property, building structures or persons making repairs thereon for their own use.

(Ord. 483, passed 3-20-1942)

§ 12-11 LICENSE REQUIRED.

   No person shall engage in the business of building contractor in the City of Flint without first obtaining a building contractor’s license as provided herein.

(Ord. 483, passed 3-20-1942)

§ 12-12 SAME — APPLICATION; INVESTIGATION OF APPLICANT.

   Hereinafter, anyone desiring to be licensed as a building contractor in the City of Flint shall make application to the Director of Buildings and Inspections by filling in the printed application forms which may be obtained from the City Clerk. The City Clerk upon receipt of any application shall thereupon refer the application to the Director of Buildings and Inspections for the consideration of the Director of Buildings and Inspections.

   The Director of Buildings and Inspections shall undertake such investigation of the applicant as is deemed desirable by the Director of Buildings and Inspections, and shall use all reasonable speed in making a recommendation to the City Council as to whether or not a license applied for should be granted and accompany the recommendation with such information as may be deemed by the Director of Buildings and Inspections to be pertinent. The application shall also be referred to the division of police for investigation concerning the character and criminal record, if any, of the applicant. After the completion of the investigation by the division of police, and upon receipt of the recommendation of the Director of Buildings and Inspections, the application shall be presented to the City Council of the City of Flint. No license shall be issued until the issuance of the same has been duly authorized by appropriate action of the City Council.

   The application shall require the submission of information relative to the name, business and residence address, residence and occupation for the previous five (5) years, training in the field of building construction, former employers, credit record, criminal record, unpaid judgments and shall contain such other information as may be deemed pertinent and necessary. The application when filed shall become a public record.

(Ord. 483, passed 3-20-1942; Ord. 1022, passed 4-24-1952)

§ 12-13 SAME — FEES.

   Annual license fees for licenses covered by this ordinance shall be as specified in Chapter 26 of this Code of ordinances.

(Ord. 483, passed 3-20-1942; Ord. 1073, passed 3-24-1953)

§ 12-14 SAME — TERM; RENEWAL.

   All licenses shall expire on April 30 of each year. Any of the licenses herein provided for may be renewed merely upon payment of the required annual license fee to the City Clerk by any holder of a license; provided, however, that payment of the renewal fee is paid at least ten (10) days after the expiration of the old licenses.

(Ord. 483, passed 3-20-1942)