Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 875-401 License required.
Sec. 875-401. - License required.
(a) Licensure as a wrecking contractor of the appropriate type is required to engage in the demolishing, dismantling, dismembering, razing or removing structures; provided, however, that licensure as a wrecking contractor is not required:
(1) To wreck a one-story detached accessory structure containing less than five hundred seventy-seven (577) square feet of floor area that is located on the same premises as a one- or two-family residential structure or to wreck a structure containing less than five hundred (500) square feet of floor area;
(2) To wreck a one-story, one- or two-family residential structure if:
a. The wrecking is accomplished by the person who owns the structure;
b. The person is a previous occupant of the structure;
c. No part of the structure is located nearer than ten (10) feet to another structure not owned by the person accomplishing the wrecking or any street, alley or sidewalk;
d. The wrecking will not create a substantial potential health or safety hazard; and
e. If deemed reasonably necessary by the license administrator , the person who will accomplish the wrecking demonstrates that the wrecking activity is covered by a public liability and property damage insurance policy, in amounts established by the license administrator (but not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for personal injury or death and twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) for property damage), naming the person doing the wrecking and the Consolidated City of Indianapolis as the insured;
(3) To wreck a one-story, wood-frame structure that is not a residential structure if:
a. The wrecking is accomplished by the person who owns the structure or by permanent, full-time employees of the partnership or corporation that owns the structure;
b. The person, partnership or corporation that owns the premises where the structure is located is in possession of the premises where the structure is located;
c. No part of the structure is located nearer than ten (10) feet to another structure not owned by the person, partnership or corporation accomplishing the wrecking or any street, alley or sidewalk;
d. The wrecking will not create a substantial potential health or safety hazard; and
e. If deemed reasonably necessary by the license administrator , the person, partnership or corporation who will accomplish the wrecking demonstrates that the wrecking activity is covered by a public liability and property damage insurance policy in amounts established by the license administrator (but not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for personal injury or death and twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) for property damage), naming the person doing the wrecking and the Consolidated City of Indianapolis as the insured; or
(4) To wreck or dismantle a structure or part of a structure if:
a. The structure to be demolished or dismantled is a water storage tank, gas storage tank, or other structure that has some unique characteristic requiring specialized expertise beyond that of the typical licensed demolition contractor, or that the demolition or dismantling work involves some unique circumstance requiring such specialized expertise;
b. The person responsible for supervising the demolition or dismantling work demonstrates his or her familiarity with this chapter and Chapter 536 and his or her expertise and experience in demolishing or dismantling the type of structure or part of the structure to be demolished or dismantled;
c. The person, partnership or corporation submits proof of bond and insurance in the amounts required for the type license normally required to demolish or dismantle the structure or part of the structure and naming the person, partnership or corporation doing the demolition or dismantling work and the Consolidated City of Indianapolis as insured; and
d. The person, partnership or corporation is listed as a general contractor under article I of this chapter prior to obtaining any wrecking permits or accomplishing any demolition or dismantling work.
The determinations under this paragraph (4) are to be made by the board of wrecking examiners or an employee of the department of business and neighborhood services designated by that board as qualified to make such determination. The board may appoint an alternate qualified employee for this designee.
(b) In determining whether to issue a permit for wrecking pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (3) above, the license administrator may consult with and seek the advice of the board of wrecking examiners.
(c) A determination by the license administrator under paragraphs (1) through (3) or by the board's designee under paragraph (4) not to allow the nonlicensed person to accomplish the work under this section may be appealed to the board of wrecking examiners for reconsideration.
(d) A person not licensed under this article who is employed by a licensed wrecking contractor may, however, accomplish wrecking while working under the direction and control of a person who is a licensed wrecking contractor. The scope of activity of such nonlicensed person shall not extend beyond that allowed by the license type of the licensed wrecking contractor providing direction and control over the nonlicensed person. Such nonlicensed person shall not enter into or offer to enter into a contractual relationship with a consumer to himself engage in wrecking.
(e) Construction that this article allows licensed wrecking contractors to carry out is hereafter referred to in this article as "wrecking."
(G.O. 95, 1994, § 1; G.O. 132, 1995, § 28; G.O. 3, 2002, § 63; G.O. 8, 2005, § 16; G.O. 63, 2009, § 131; G.O. 41, 2016, § 2)