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This article is intended to be gender neutral and equally applicable to all persons so that if the masculine or feminine gender of a word is used it should be interpreted to mean both sexes. As set forth in this article, the following definitions shall apply unless expressly noted otherwise:

(a) Contractor. Any business entity, or an officer, employee, agent, or representative of such who, for compensation, undertakes to, or submits bid to, or does himself, or has done by others, construction repair, alteration, remodeling, addition to, subtraction from, and improvement of any structure and building, and/or manages all or any other above items, and who is responsible for all contracting within an entire project. Included herein will be such business entity or an officer, employee, agent or representative of such undertaking, or submitting bid to, or doing himself or by others, construction repair alteration, remodeling, addition to, subtraction from, and improvement of any structure, building or parcel of property on which such are located, and/or managers all or any other above items, such as, but not limited to, landscapes, sprinkling systems companies, and similar structural or nonbuilding activities entities.

(b) Specialty contractor. In addition to the foregoing, one who specializes in a particular branch of the building construction industry who shall be limited to said specific field of work practiced.

(c) Registration. The act by which the Town confers upon a business entity the privilege to act and perform as a contractor within the Town, which registration shall be evidence by a certificate of registration.

(d) Town. The Town of St. John, Lake County, Indiana, or its duly designated official or representative.

(Ord. No. 0962, § 1, 10-11-94; Ord. No. 1445, § 1, 4-19-07)