Contractor. “Contractor” means any firm, individual, copartnership, corporation, association or any other organization, or any combination thereof, who by himself 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, offers to undertake, purports to have the capacity to undertake or submits a bid to do so and whose work requires a permit by these Codified Ordinances.
“Contractor” includes subcontractors and also specialty contractors whose operations as such are the performance of construction work requiring special skill and whose principal contracting business involves the use of specialized building trades or crafts, and whose work requires a permit by these Codified Ordinances. Any property owner in the City requesting more than one building permit within a three-year period for the construction of a new dwelling shall be considered a contractor. (Ord. 79-2000. Passed 12-11-00.)