§ 22-81. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Board means the Volusia County Contractor Licensing and Construction Appeals Board.

Building code means the building code adopted by Volusia County and/or as mandated by Florida Statutes.

Building official means the Building Official of Volusia County or his duly authorized representative.

Certificate means a certificate of competency issued by the building official as provided in this chapter.

Contracting means engaging in business as a contractor except as exempted in this chapter.

Contractor means a licensee, whether or not state certified or registered, who is qualified for and authorized to obtain building permits, and who contracts to be responsible for a building project including, except as exempted in this chapter, a licensee who, for compensation, undertakes to, submits a bid to, advertises to, or does himself or by others construct, repair, alter, remodel, add to, demolish, subcontract from or improve any building or structure, including related improvements to real estate, for others or for resale to others and whose job scope is defined in F.S. §§ 489.105(3)(a-q) and 489.505, as amended.

Electric code means the National Electric Code adopted by Volusia County as mandated by Florida Statutes.

Firm means any type of organization, including copartnership, corporation, company, limited liability company, association and individual.

Firm licensee means an individual within a firm who passes a competency examination and upon whose competency a local business tax receipt is issued.

Local business tax receipt means a local business tax receipt issued by a tax collecting entity but which does not substitute for other required licenses, registrations, or certificates and which is required in addition to any and all other applicable licenses or registrations. No local business tax receipt shall authorize any person or entity to violate any provision of this chapter.

License means official or legal permission to do a specific thing, granted in the form of a document, card, or certificate, registration, or certificate of authority or competency issued by a regulating authority, or by the department of business and professional regulation.

Local specialty contractor means a licensee who has been tested and who has met all appropriate local requirements to be qualified for and authorized to obtain building permits, and who contracts to be responsible for a project within his particular specialty including, except as exempted in this article, a licensee who, for compensation, undertakes to, submits a bid to, advertises to, or does himself or by others construct, repair, alter, remodel, add to, demolish, subcontract from or improve buildings or structures, including related improvements to real estate, for others or for resale to others and whose job scope is specifically defined in this article as one of the following specialties:

(1)

Carpentry contractor;

(2)

Garage door installer;

(3)

Hurricane protection installer;

(4)

Marine contractor;

(5)

Masonry contractor;

(6)

Prefabricated shed installer;

(7)

Siding, window and door installer;

(8)

Sign contractor (non-electrical);

(9)

Concrete contractor;

(10)

Paver contractor;

(11)

Demolition contractor;

(12)

Stucco contractor.

Mechanical code means the mechanical code adopted by Volusia County as mandated by Florida Statutes.

Owner builder means a natural person who performs and supervises work upon property owned by him in connection with the construction, maintenance, or alteration of a single-family residential structure for his private occupancy.

Plumbing code means the plumbing code adopted by Volusia County as mandated by Florida Statutes.

Responsible managing employee or official means any agent, officer or employee of a construction contractor, with authority to make administrative decisions, to hire, promote, transfer, lay off, discipline or discharge other employees, or effectively to recommend such action, or to superintend work in progress, and who is available for consultation in the technical and administrative phases of his principal's business when there is no work in progress.

Testing agency means "H.H. Block & Associates," "Experior," "Thomson Prometric" or other accredited testing agency.

Unlicensed person means any person who does not possess an unexpired document, card, registration, or certificate of authority or competency issued by a regulating authority, or by the department of business and professional regulation.

Volusia County:

(1)

Territory within Volusia County, outside the corporate limits of any city therein or within a jurisdiction having an interlocal agreement with Volusia County; or

(2)

Volusia County Council or administration of Volusia County.

(Ord. No. 2005-14, § 1, 10-6-05; Ord. No. 2007-01, § I, 2-1-07; Ord. No. 2011-01, § I, 1-6-11; Ord. No. 2012-14, § I, 8-23-12; Ord. No. 2013-20, § I, 12-12-13; Ord. No. 2015-16 , § I, 10-1-15)