(a) No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor, as herein defied, except pursuant to a certificate of registration issued in conformity with the provisions of this chapter by the Building and Zoning Inspector, unless such person, firm or corporation is particularly exempted by the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 2003-10. Passed 3-13-03.)
(b) 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.
(2) Electrical Contractors.
(3) Plumbing Contractors (includes gas piping).
(4) Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Contractors.
(5) Excavating Contractors.
(6) Snowplowing Contractors (as defined in clause (e) below).
(Ord. 2022-027. Passed 5-12-22.)
(c) The term “contractor”, for the purposes of this section, means any individual, firm, corporation, 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, demolishes, reconstructs or remodels any building, structure or appurtenance thereto, or who or which 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.
(d) Every applicant for registration of licensing shall make written application therefore, on forms furnished by the Building Department. Signatures of applicants for registration shall be notarized.
(Ord. 2003-10. Passed 3-13-03.)
(e) The term "Snowplowing Contractor" for the purpose of this Section, is defined as "any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other organization or any combination thereof, who or which, by himself or itself or by or through others, plows or removes snow from any residential or commercial property in the City of Willoughby Hills."
(Ord. 2022-027. Passed 5-12-22.)
(f) Registration Required. No person shall remove snow from private driveways or private parking areas in the City without first obtaining a certificate of registration therefore from
the Zoning Department.
(g) Registration Display. The registration shall be displayed in the upper left corner of the driver's side rear window of the vehicle to which the registration number has been issued.
(Ord. 2022-057. Passed 10-27-22.)