Chapter 5 BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED ACTIVITIES*

Section 5-56 Exemption from examination.

    (a)    Any person who on the effective date of the ordinance from which this section derives is  engaged in the business of a building contractor and has been so engaged in the business of a  building contractor in the preceding year within the corporate limits of the city may be issued a  certificate of qualification as a building contractor without examination, provided such person shall  apply within thirty (30) days after the adoption of this article.

    (b)    Any person who on the amendment date of this article (November 28, 1988) is a contractor  as classified in item four (4) through item twenty-seven (27) of subsection (e) of section 5-52 and has been engaged in business as a contractor for the preceding year, within the corporate limits of  the city, may be issued a contractor's license without examination provided such person shall apply within thirty (30) days after the adoption of this amendment.

    (c)    The following classifications of contractors are exempt from the examination required in  subsection (e) of section 5-52.

    (1)    Aluminum contractor

    (2)    Burglar and fire alarm contractor

    (3)    Demolition contractor and wrecking  contractor

    (4)    Drywall contractor

    (5)    Finish carpentry contractor

    (6)    Fire sprinkler contractor

    (7)    Framing contractor

    (8)    Insulation contractor buildings

    (9)    Irrigation sprinkler contractor

    (10)    Masonry contractor

    (11)    Painting contractor

    (12)    Roofing contractor

The building contractors examination board shall review applications of the above  contractors and in lieu of an examination make a determination of contractors' qualifications based on information  in application and any other information requested by the board.

(Code 1958,  7-249; Ord. of 11-28-88(1),  I; Ord. of 4-10-89(2),   I)