The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to the following:
(A) An authorized employee of the United States, the State of Indiana, County of Lake, Town of Lowell or any political subdivisions thereof, so long as the employee does not hold him or herself out for hire and is acting within the scope of his or her employment.
(B) Public utilities where construction, maintenance and development work is performed by their own employees and incidental to their business.
(C) The owner of a one or two family dwelling who undertakes to alter, remodel, repair and maintain his or her own dwelling(s). In the event an owner may retain the services of a contractor, subcontractor or specialty contractor to assist the owner in performing such work, the contractor, subcontractor and/or specialty contractor shall be registered.
(D) The owner-occupant (in the case of a new single-family dwelling unit) when the owner-occupant is him or herself alone constructing the residential unit he or she will occupy. This exclusion shall not be available more than one time every five years when applied to construction of a new residence. If any owner-occupant determines he or she cannot alone complete the construction, any person hired to complete any portion of the construction, installation, alteration, remodel or repair must hold a valid license as described in this subchapter.
(E) Any construction, alteration, improvement or repair of improvements located on any site and project where state and federal law supersedes this subchapter.
(F) Any individual who is employed or acts as a maintenance person as that term is defined in this subchapter at his or her place of employment.
(G) The owner of a commercial building replacing windows or doors on his or her building or performing nonstructural general maintenance on his or her building, for which a building permit is not required.
(Ord. 2010-02, passed 6-28-10)