§ 5-1. Definitions.

(a)

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, [shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section,] except where the content clearly indicates a different meaning.

Board of examiners shall mean the Municipal Board of Examiners Inc. of Polk County.

Consumer means any person, not a subcontractor, who enters into a contract with a contractor.

Contractor means any person who is engaged in the business of accepting orders or contracts, either as a general contractor or subcontractor, for compensation other than wages, for doing the work on or in any building or structure requiring the use of paint, stone, brick, mortar, cement, wood, structural steel or iron, sheet iron, metallic pipe, tin, lead or any other building materials, or to do any piping or curbing on sidewalks or streets, or public or private property, using asphalt, brick, stone, cement or wood, or any other purpose or to construct sewers, septic tanks, docks, drive piling, construct bridges, construct sea walls and bulkheads of any and all descriptions; or who is engaged in the business of building, remodeling, repairing, razing, or moving any building or structure; any person who, as owner, builds more than one (1) house and appurtenant buildings, within any one (1) year period for sale, rent, or lease and any person in the trade or business of installing, repairing, maintaining and extending an electrical system, plumbing system, mechanical system, or gas system.

(Ord. No. 93-31, 10-11-93; Ord. No. 94-20, § 1, 7-11-94)