As used in this chapter, “contractor” means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, association or other organization, or any combination thereof, who or which, by himself, herself or itself, or by or through others, constructs or remodels any building, structure or appurtenance thereto, or who or which undertakes or offers to undertake, or purports to have the capacity to undertake, or submits a bid, to do so. The term “contractor” also includes subcontractors and 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, such as plumbers, excavators and the like. In the case of corporations, the fee shall be paid and the test herein provided for shall be taken by one of the principal officers of the corporation.
(Ord. 457. Passed 9-12-66.)