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<br />ORDINANCE NO. 98-22 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, <br />FLORIDA, ESTABLISIDNG A REQUIREMENT FOR ALL <br />BUILDING CONTRACTORS CONDUCTING BUSINESS <br />WITHIN THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY <br />OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH TO REGISTER WITH THE CITY <br />AND TO PAY A REGISTRATION FEE; PROVIDING FOR <br />SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to reduce the vulnerability of its residents to <br />unlicenced, uninsured and uncertified contractors; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Commission has held a public hearing to enact such regulation; <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF <br />SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS THAT: <br /> <br />Section 1. <br /> <br />Definition. In construing the provisions hereof and each and every word, <br /> <br />term, phrase or part hereof where the context will permit, the following definition will apply: <br /> <br />Contractor. "Contractor" is any person, firm, joint venture or corporation that engages in <br /> <br />the business under express or implied contract, in any of the trades, or who undertakes or offers to <br /> <br />undertake or purports to have the capacity to undertake, or submits a bid to, or does himself or by <br /> <br />or through others, engage in the business of doing a trade. An owner-builder or a person who only <br /> <br />furnishes material, supplies or equipment without fabricating them into or consuming them in <br /> <br />performance of the work of a Contractor, or any person who engages in activities herein regulated <br /> <br />as an employee with wages as his sole compensation shall not be considered as a Contractor. The <br /> <br />term "Contractor," as used herein, applies to those construction trades regulated pursuant to Chapter <br />