(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, no person shall undertake, or offer to undertake residential building contracting or residential roofing and repair contracting until the person obtains a residential building contractors license or a residential roofing and repair contractors license.
(b) The following are exempt from the requirements of this section:
(1) Employees or bona fide subcontractors of a person licensed in accordance with this chapter when they are under the direction and control of that person;
(2) Any person engaged in other construction trades for which licenses are required by the city when that person is performing work commensurate with the respective license;
(3) A dwelling owner for work to be done on his or her property which he or she occupies as his or her own single family dwelling or will occupy as his or her own single family dwelling and when the property owner is acting as his or her own contractor; and
(4) A landlord or his or her agent for work to be done on his or her property when the landlord is acting as his or her own building contractor.
(1992 Code, § 11-82) (Ord. 115-94, passed 12-19-1994; Ord. 110-23, passed 11-21-2023)