(a) Application for a builder’s or building contractor’s license shall be made upon a form to be supplied by the city which shall disclose the name of the applicant, his or her place of business in the city (and home office if a nonresident), the kind of contracting work engaged in (as general contracting, roofing, siding, masonry, plastering, lathing, excavating, water-proofing, metal work, foundation work, sign hanging, cement work and painting and paper hanging, house wrecking, or moving and the like), the length of time engaged in such work and places where work has been performed within the past two years. The application shall be signed by the builder or building contractor or his or her authorized agent. The applications shall be, by the Chief Building Official, referred to the governing body at its next meeting for action thereon. Such license shall be issued by the City Clerk, upon payment of the fees hereinafter provided after approval of the governing body.
(b) If the applicant is in the business of a roofing contractor, as defined by the Kansas Roofing Registration Act (KRRA), K.S.A. 50-6,121 et seq., and amendments thereto, the applicant shall be required to have a valid state registration as required under the KRRA and shall present such certificate to the City Clerk when applying for a builder’s or building contractor’s license. No such license shall be issued until it is verified that the roofing contractor is in good standing pursuant to the KRRA; provided, however, that this division (b) does not apply to an “exempt general contractor” as defined in K.S.A. 50-6,122, and amendments thereto.