(A) The purpose and intent of this subchapter is to require the registration of all contractors engaged in activities requiring or covered under a building permit issued pursuant to the state’s One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code and/or the State Building Code pursuant to Chapter 150 of this code of ordinances.
(B) This subchapter shall not require homeowners to register as a contractor before performing services covered by this subchapter on their own property. The owner and/or resident of a parcel of real estate shall be exempt from the registration requirements of this subchapter to the extent that activities which would normally require the performer to be registered are being conducted wholly and totally upon property owned by and/or upon which the provider of said services is a resident and the owner of the parcel of real estate assumes all responsibility.
(C) The county, by requiring registration of certain service providers, is not in any way intending to test, license or judge the credibility or ability of any particular person who should become registered. The county is merely providing a means whereby service providers shall become registered, and any complaints against said service provider might be made in a more organized fashion and against a party about whom basic information has been acquired. The county in no way presumes or intends to accept any liability for the quality of work of any said registrant.
(D) This registration subchapter does not require a contractor to carry insurance for the benefit of the homeowner, and nothing herein permits the homeowner to make a claim through any of the insurance requirements or bonding requirements set forth below. This subchapter does not guarantee the contractor’s work to be of any particular quality, and it is recommended that the homeowner contract with contractors concerning additional insurance.
(Ord. 2013-20, passed 12-2-2013)