As used in this article:
(a) Contractor means any person, other than a bona fide employee of the property owner, who engages in the business of constructing, erecting, installing, repairing, replacing, remodeling, altering, converting, modernizing, improving, or adding to any land or building, including, but not restricted to, the construction, replacement, or improvement of houses, apartments, residential structures, commercial, retail or office buildings, driveways, swimming pools, spas, porches, decks, rooms, basements, windows, doors, roofs, siding, chimneys, garages, and other improvements to structures or upon land which is adjacent to a building.
(b) Contract means a written agreement contained in one (1) or more documents between a contractor or specialty contractor and a property owner for the performance of any of the activities set forth in subsection (a), including all labor, services, and materials furnished and performed thereunder, and the entire cost of same.
(c) Registered contractor means a person registered as a contractor as required by the provisions of section 5-85.
(d) Property owner means any property owner, tenant, or any other person who orders, contracts for, or purchases any of the services set forth in subsection (a), or the person entitled to the performance of the work of a contractor pursuant to a contract.
(Ord. No. 35-2000, § 1, 2-10-00; Ord. No. 287-2002, § 1, 11-12-02)