(a) No person, firm or corporation shall, on and after July 1, 1972, engage in the business or act in the capacity of a prime contractor, as defined herein, except pursuant to a certificate of registration issued in conformity with the provisions of this chapter by the Building Official, unless such person, firm or corporation is otherwise exempted from registration by the provisions of this chapter.
(b) "Prime contractor," for the purpose of this chapter, means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, association or other organization, or any combination of any thereof, who or which, by himself, herself 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, any such activity.
(Ord. 2014-03. Passed 4-8-14.)