§ 4114.107. Work of department-licensed contractor and licensed journeyperson plumber.  


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  • (A)

    It shall be unlawful to undertake or perform work of any department-licensed contractor, or trade, as defined in this Building Code within the corporate limits without first obtaining a department-issued license.

    In addition, it shall be unlawful for any person other than an owner, officer, partner, or employee of a department-issued licensed contractor, to represent or advertise him or herself, for or without compensation, either publicly or privately, as being ready, willing or able to contract to undertake or offer to undertake, to plan for, lay out, supervise, install and/or make additions, alterations or repairs for any work within the scope of any department license required to perform such work, unless such work will be performed under the auspices of a department-issued license as required by this chapter. Such department-issued license shall have been authorized by the relevant board of review and subsequently issued by the department.

    (B)

    The requirements of subsection (A) above shall apply to any work within the scope of a department-issued license for work in any new or existing building or structure, which shall include one-, two-, and three-family dwellings, governed by either the Columbus Building Code or the Ohio Building Code (OBC) or the Residential Code of Ohio (RCO).

    (C)

    The department requires and issues licenses for the following types of contracting:

    (1)

    Home improvement - general contractor.

    (2)

    Home improvement - limited contractor.

    (3)

    Sewer contractor.

    (4)

    Water contractor.

    (5)

    Other contractors as specified in this chapter.

    A department-issued home improvement contractor license in the specific craft or trade as defined hereafter in this chapter, is required to perform such work in, or on, any one-, two-, and three-family dwelling within the corporate limits.

    (D)

    The department requires and issues a license for journeyperson plumber.

    (1)

    No OCILB licensed specialty plumbing contractor shall employ any person to work at the trade of journeyperson other than a duly licensed journeyperson plumber licensed by the department.

    (2)

    No person shall engage in or work at the trade as journeyperson plumber until he or she shall have first procured a department-issued journeyperson plumber's license.

    (3)

    No department-licensed journeyperson plumber shall contract or carry out a contract for the construction, installation, repairing or altering of any plumbing, or furnish plumbing material therefor, within the corporation limits of the city, or represent or advertise himself, either publicly or privately, as being ready, willing or able to contract to perform such work or furnish such material within the corporation limits of the city.

    (E)

    No home improvement general contractor license, home improvement limited contractor license, or sewer contractor license shall be required of any person when acting in the particular capacity or particular type of transaction set forth in this subsection as follows:

    (1)

    A tradesperson who performs labor or services for a department-licensed contractor for wages, salary, or compensation of any type, manner, or form provided such person is a direct employee or a legally leased tradesperson under the direct supervision of the department-licensed contractor.

    (2)

    Any retail clerk, clerical, administrative, or other employee of a department-licensed contractor.

(Ord. 1670-01 § 1 (part): Ord. 1697-2006 § 4; Ord. No. 0151-2009, §§ 3, 36, 6-22-2009)