[Code 1979, § 8.61]
In order to safeguard and protect owners of real estate and persons undertaking to become owners, it shall be unlawful on or after July 1, 1972, for any person to engage in the business of or to act in the capacity of a builder or alteration contractor in the City without having a license therefor, unless such person is particularly exempted as provided in this article.
[Code 1979, § 8.62]
This article shall not apply to:
(1) 
An authorized representative or representatives of the United States government, the state or any county, township, city, village or other political subdivision doing work in the City.
(2) 
Owners of property with reference to structures thereon for their own use and occupancy.
(3) 
Officers of a court acting within the terms of their office.
(4) 
In work or operation on one undertaking or project by one or more contracts, the aggregate contract price for which labor, material and other items is less than $200, such work or operations being considered as a casual, minor or inconsequential nature. This exemption does not apply in any case where the work of a construction is only a part of a larger or major operation, whether undertaken by the same or a different builder or alteration contractor, or in which a division of the operation is made in contracts in amounts less than $200 for the purpose of evasion of this article or otherwise.
[Code 1979, § 8.63]
Every electrical contractor who is licensed and is in good standing under the provisions of Act No. 217 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1956 (MCL 338.881 et seq., MSA 18.204(1) et seq.), as amended, is exempt from the provisions of this article. This exemption applies only to the electrical installation, electrical maintenance and electrical repair work performed by the electrical contractor.
[Code 1979, § 8.64]
(a) 
All applications for license under this article shall be made in writing to the City Clerk on forms supplied by the City Clerk. Every applicant for a license shall furnish a sworn statement setting forth his present address, both of business and residence, the complete address of all former places of business or residence, the complete address of all former places where he may have resided or may have engaged in business during the last five years, and the length of such residence. Every applicant for a license shall also state the name of the person and the location of the place for which the license is desired, and set forth a period of time, if any, during which the applicant has been engaged in the business, and the application shall be executed by such person or by an officer or member thereof.
(b) 
No license shall be refused where the applicant is duly licensed in the state as a residential builder or residential maintenance and alteration contractor, and the applicant is in good standing under that license.
[Code 1979, § 8.65]
Pursuant to this article, the City Clerk shall issue to each licensee a license in such form and size as shall be prescribed by the City Manager. Each license shall show the name and address of the licensee and shall contain such other matters as shall be prescribed by the City Manager and the license shall be signed by the City Clerk. The license shall be delivered or mailed to the place of business or employment of the licensee. It shall be the duty of the licensee to conspicuously display his license in his place of business or employment at all times.
[Code 1979, § 8.66; amended 5-19-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-03]
Applications for a builder's, maintenance and alteration contractor's license shall be tendered to the City Clerk and a yearly fee paid pursuant to Chapter 38 of the City Code at the time of filing his application for license, and the fee shall be deposited to the general fund of the City.
[Code 1979, § 8.67]
(a) 
Upon completion of any construction or alteration project, the licensee under this article shall request a final inspection by the City building inspector. When the building inspector finds that the project is completed in accordance with City ordinances he shall issue an occupancy permit to the licensee.
(b) 
No licensee shall allow any one to occupy the building or altered portion of any building and no owner or tenant of the building or other person shall occupy the building or altered portion of a building until the occupancy permit is issued. In the event of a violation of this section, both the licensee and occupant shall be guilty of violating this article.
[Code 1979, § 8.68]
(a) 
It shall be the obligation of every licensee to know the City building, plumbing and zoning ordinances and in the course of any construction to faithfully and completely comply therewith as well as complying with all the terms, requirements and obligations of this article. Upon violation of any of the above the City Manager or the building inspector may make a written complaint detailing the violation and file it with the City Clerk and serve a copy on the licensee together with notice that a hearing on the complaint would be held by the City Council at the next regular meeting of the Council, giving the time, date and place of the meeting.
(b) 
On the hearing date the Council shall hear the complainant and his proofs and shall hear the licensee and his proofs. If the City Council shall find that the licensee has so violated any of such ordinances, the City Council may revoke the license; or the City Council may suspend the license under certain terms to be stated in the suspension. The licensee shall do no further construction or alteration work in the City until all of the terms are complied with and the license is reinstated.
[Code 1979, § 8.69]
If any person acting in the capacity of a building or maintenance and alteration contractor in the City shall violate any of the provisions of this article as provided in this article, or any persons aiding or abetting another person in the violation of any of the provisions of this article, shall upon conviction thereof be punished as provided in § 1-14.