HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 17, Page 1126, Ordinance Number 72-8-688ORDINANCE NO. 72-8-688
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 17-74 "BUILDING TRADES" AND SECTION
17-79(i) "CONTRACTS AND BUILDERS", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That Section 17-74 "Building Trades" of the Code of
Ordinances City of Paducah, Kentucky, be amended and reordained so that said
section as amended and reordained shall hereafter read as follows:
"Sec. 17-74.' Building trades.
Any person working independently and not employed by a licensed
contractor or builder, who erects, constructs, alters, wrecks, razes,
moves, paints, improves or repairs any building or structure or part
thereof, either on the interior or exterior or both, or who engages
in any kind of construction or building project, and is paid on an
hourly, daily, or other time period basis, or on a piecework basis,
or on any other basis except a flat sum or commission basis under
contract, shall pay a license tax under Schedule D of section 17-59;
provided, however, that the minimum annual license tax of such a person
shall be thirty-one dollars and twenty-five cents ($31.25). No person
to be licensed for the building trade of electrician or any other trade
for which a license for qualification is otherwise required by the City
of Paducah or Commonwealth of Kentucky, shall be issued an occupational
license until the applicant has displayed to the City Treasurer or
business license inspector a valid license or certificate indicating
that the tradesman is qualified to perform the type work for which
the licebse is sought. All building trades licenses shall indicate
on the license the type trades for which the license is issued.
SECTION 2. That Sub -section (i) of Section 17-79 Contracts
and Builders, of the Code of Ordinances City of Paducah, Kentucky, be
amended and reordained so that said sub -section as amended and re -
ordained shall hereafter read as follows:
"Section 17-79. Contracts and builders.
(i) Nothing in the foregoing exceptions shall eliminate any
requirement of obtaining permits or having inspections. All contractors'
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and builders' licenses shall state the type of work to be performed
whether general or specific, and if specific the exact type, and any
contractor or builder applying for a license to perform work in any
trade for which licenses or certificates of qualification are required
by the City of Paducah or the Commonwealth of Kentucky, such as
electrical or plumbing, shell display to the City Treasurer or
business license inspector a valid license or a certificate of qualifica-
tion before being issued any occupational license under this section."
SECTION 3. Section 1 amends Section 32 of an ordinance dated
December 20, 1966 and Section 2 amends Section 31 of the same ordinance
which section was last amended by Section 1 of Ordinance No. 69-12-276
which was enacted December 19, 1969.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption.
Mayor
Passed by the Board of Commissioners August 29,'1972
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, August 29, 1972.