§ 50-131 — ARTICLE DEFINITIONS

SEC. 50-131. ARTICLE DEFINITIONS.

The definition of a term in this section applies to each grammatical variation of the term. In this article, unless the context requires a different definition: (1) DIRECTOR means the director of the department designated by the city manager to enforce and administer this article or the director’s authorized representative. (2) CONTRACTOR means a person who contracts (whether written, oral, express, or implied) to perform a home repair for another but does not include a person who performs a home repair in the capacity of an employee. (3) EMPLOYEE means a person in the service of another under a contract for hire (whether written, oral, express, or implied) under circumstances in which the employer has the power or right to control and direct the person in the material details of performing the work. (4) HOME REPAIR means the addition, improvement, remodeling, repair, or replacement to an existing single-family or duplex dwelling or to the fixtures, land, or other permanent structures that are part of the premises on which the dwelling is located, and includes, but is not limited to, addition, improvement, remodeling, repair, or replacement of driveways, swimming pools, porches, garages, landscaping, fences, roofs, floor covering, and central heat and air conditioning. Home repair does not include addition, improvement, remodeling, repair, or replacement of removable appliances or furnishings (as illustrated by, but not limited to, stoves, refrigerators, window air conditioners, and draperies). (5) HOME REPAIR LICENSE means a license issued under this article. (6) LICENSEE means a person who holds a home repair license issued to him under this article. (7) OWNER means a person who is entitled under a contract (whether written, oral, express, or implied) to the performance of a home repair. (8) PERSON means an individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, trust, partnership, of two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest. (Ord. Nos. 16476; 17226)