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AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE LICENSING OF BUILDING TRADES
BY ADDING SECTION 31A TO AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE
FIXING AND REGULATING THE LICENSE TAXES, AND MANNER AND FORM OF
GRANTING AND ISSUING SAME ON THE VARIOUS LINES OF BUSINESS, TRADES,
OCCUPATIONS, PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS AND CALLINGS IN THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR NON-PAYMENT THEREOF,
AND FOR VIOLATION THEREOF, AND MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO ENGAGE IN ANY
SUCH LINES OF BUSINESS, TRADES, OCCUPATIONS, PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS
AND CALLINGS WITHOUT FIRST PAYING THE LICENSE TAX AND PROCURING
LICENSES AS PROVIDED HEREIN; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
THEREWITH, AND PROVIDING A SEPARABILITY CLAUSE", WHICH WAS ADOPTED
BY THE BOARD OF CO&4.7ISSIONERS ON DECEMBER 23, 1947
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1.
That Section 31A be added to the ordinance entitled as quoted
in the title of this ordinance, which was adopted by the Board of
Commissioners on December 23, 1947, and which section 31A shall
.read as follows:
SECTION 31A. Building trades. Any person working independ-
ently in erecting, constructing, altering, wrecking, razing, moving
painting, improving, or repairing any building or structure or in
carrying on any construction project who is paid on an hourly,
daily or other time period basis shall not be considered a contrac-
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for and shall pay a license tax under Schedule/83, provided, howeve:
that any such person who does not, at any time during the license
year, perform a job costing more than $300 shall not be required to
pay a license tax. The Building Inspector shall not issue a build-
ing permit for a job costing more than $300 to such a person unless
he has first paid the license tax due under this section.
SECTION 2.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this
ordinance are to the extent of such conflict hereby repealed.
SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall be retroactively effective—as of January
1, 1948.
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Passed by the Board of Commissioners April 20, 1948
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk April 20, 1948.