§ 7-26.5. Residential contractors.

(a)

No person, firm, partnership, co-partnership, association, corporation, other organization, or any combination thereof shall undertake, attempt, submit a bid, offer to construct, supervise, superintend, oversee, direct, or in any manner assume charge of the construction work, alteration, repair, renovation, addition, improvement, movement, demolition, or furnishing labor, material or equipment and installing same for any one- or two-family residential structure (or building accessory thereto) within the jurisdiction of the Parish of Plaquemines where the cost of such work is two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) or more, unless such person, shall first have acquired a valid residential home improvement contractor license from the parish.

(b)

No firm, partnership, co-partnership, association, corporation, other organization, or combination thereof, shall undertake said work unless they have in their active employment such residential home improvement contractor licensed person.

(c)

The following exceptions will be allowed:

(1)

Record owners of property performing construction, renovation, alteration, installation or repairing of their personal residences are exempt from these license requirements, provided they do not apply for more than one (1) building permit, for construction of a new residence during a twelve-month period.

(2)

Contractors, as defined by LA R.S. 37:2150.1, possessing a valid residential contractor license issued in accordance with LA R.S. 37:2165-2173 or a building contractor license from the State of Louisiana, upon presentation of such valid state license, shall be exempt.

(3)

Any subcontractor that is directly employed by a licensed residential home improvement contractor will be exempt from the license provisions of this section.

(4)

Any specialty contractor (electrical, plumbing, mechanical, gas) that is required by the building code and related construction codes of Plaquemines Parish to be certified shall be exempt from the provisions of this section for that trade in which they are licensed (only).

(d)

Any person, firm or entity performing any work requiring a residential home improvement contractor license without being a holder of said license shall be subject to a penalty of up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each location where work has been performed in violation of this section.

(Ord. No. 11-171, §§ 1—4, 6-23-11)