(a) No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor, as herein defined, except pursuant to a certificate of registration issued in conformity with the provisions of this chapter by the Chief Building and Zoning Inspector, unless such person, firm or corporation is particularly exempted by the provisions of this chapter.
(b) All heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractors, refrigeration contractors, electrical contractors, plumbing contractors, and hydronics contractors who engage in commercial construction shall be licensed or hold a certificate of qualification from the Ohio Construction Industry Examining Board prior to obtaining a certificate of registration from the City.
(c) Electrical contractors and plumbing contractors who engage exclusively in detached residential dwelling construction shall hold a certificate of qualification from the Ohio Construction Industry Examining Board prior to obtaining a certificate of registration from the City.
(d) All persons, prior to engaging in or being employed as responsible for the installation, replacement, and/or construction within the City including, but not limited to any of the following, shall obtain the required certificate of registration:
(1) General contractors
A. Owner/limited premises
B. Commercial construction
C. Residential construction
D. Siding/roofing
E. Fence/decks
F. Sign
G. Concrete/asphalt paving
H. Excavation/sewers/waterproofing
I. Demolition
(2) Electrical contractors
A. Owner/limited premises
B. Commercial construction
C. Residential construction
(3) Plumbing contractors (includes gas piping)
A. Owner/limited premises
B. Commercial construction
C. Residential construction
(4) HVAC contractors (includes gas piping)
A. Owner/limited premises
B. Commercial construction
C. Residential construction
(5) Fire Protection Systems
A. Fire suppression systems
B. Fire alarm systems
NOTE: Boiler contractors registration, permits and inspections must obtain same from the Division of Boiler Inspection, Department of Industrial Relations, Columbus, Ohio.
(e) The term "contractor", for the purposes of this section, means any individual, firm, corporation, co-partnership, association or other organization or any combination thereof, who or which, by himself or by itself, or by or through others, constructs, alters, repairs, adds to, subtracts from, reconstructs or remodels any building, structure or appurtenance thereto, including the pavement of walkways, driveways, driveway aprons, curbs, patios and sidewalks or who or which undertake to submit a bid to do so. The term "contractor" includes the subcontractor and also a special contractor 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.
(g) The term "detached residential dwelling construction" shall mean construction regulated by Chapter 1301 of this Building Code.
(h)
Every applicant for registration shall make written application therefor on forms furnished by the Building Department.
(Ord. 1995-21. Passed 2-7-95; Ord. 2001-169. Passed 10-16-01; Ord. 2015-135. Passed 12-1- 15.)