§ 6-108. Contractor's license.

(a)

No person shall engage in the business of electrical contractor, fire alarm contractor, or sign specialty contractor and install, alter or repair electrical wiring, equipment, apparatus or fixtures for light, heat, power or fire alarm systems in or about buildings and/or structures located within the city without first having procured the appropriate contractor's license. No person other than a master electrician, except a person duly licensed and employed by and working under the direction of a holder of an electrical contractor's license, fire alarm contractor's license, or sign contractor's license, shall in any manner undertake to execute any electrical wiring. A violation of this provision shall be a civil infraction.

(b)

No license shall be required by the board to perform the following:

(1)

Any of the following work:

a.

Minor repair work, as defined in section 6-106.

b.

The installation, alteration, repairing, rebuilding, or remodeling of elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, or man lifts performed under a permit issued by an elevator inspection agency of the state or political subdivision of the state.

c.

The installation, alteration, or repair of electrical equipment and its associated wiring installed on the premises of consumers or subscribers by or for electrical energy supply or communication agencies for use by such agencies in the generation, transmission, distribution, or metering of electrical energy or for the operation of signals or transmission of intelligence.

d.

The installation, alteration, or repair of electric wiring for the generation and primary distribution of electric current, or the secondary distribution system up to and including the meters, where such work is an integral part of the system owned and operated by an electric light and power utility in rendering its duly authorized service.

e.

Any work involved in the manufacture of electric equipment, including the testing and repairing of such manufactured equipment.

f.

The installation, alteration, or repair of equipment and its associated wiring for the generation or distribution of electric energy for the operation of signals or transmission of intelligence where such work is in connection with a communication system owned or operated by a telephone or telegraph company in rendering its duly authorized service as a telephone or telegraph company.

g.

Any work involved in the use, maintenance, operation, dismantling, or reassembling of motion picture and theatrical equipment used in any building with approved facilities for entertainment or educational use and which has the necessary permanent wiring and floor and wall receptacle outlets designed for the proper and safe use of such theatrical equipment, but not including any permanent wiring.

(2)

Any installation, alteration or repair of electrical equipment by a homeowner in a single-family home and accompanying outbuildings owned and occupied or to be occupied by the person performing the installation, alteration or repair of electrical equipment.

(3)

Work performed by mechanical contractors licensed in classifications listed in section 6(3)(a), (b), (d), (e), and (f) of the Forbes Mechanical Contractor Act, Public Act No. 192 of 1984 (MCL 338.976), plumbing contractors licensed under Public Act No. 733 of 2002 (MCL 338.3511 et seq.), and employees of persons licensed under Public Act No. 192 of 1984 (MCL 338.971 et seq.) and Public Act No. 733 of 2002 (MCL 338.3511 et seq.)while performing maintenance, service, repair, replacement, alteration, modification, reconstruction or upgrading of control wiring circuits and electrical component parts within existing mechanical systems defined in the mechanical and plumbing codes provided for in the State Construction Code Act of 1972, including, but not limited to, energy management systems, relays and controls on boilers, water heaters, furnaces, air conditioning compressors and condensers, fan controls, thermostats and sensors, and all interconnected wiring associated with the mechanical systems in buildings which are on the load side of the unit disconnect, which is located on or immediately adjacent to the equipment, except for life safety systems wiring.

(4)

Electrical wiring associated with the installation, removal, alteration, or repair of a water well pump on a single-family dwelling to the first point of attachment in the house from the well, by a registered pump installer under part 127 of the public health code, Public Act No. 368 of 1978 (MCL 333.12701 et seq.).

(5)

The installation, maintenance or servicing of burglar alarm systems within a building or structure.

(6)

The installation, maintenance or servicing of residential lawn sprinkling equipment.

(7)

The installation, alteration, maintenance or repair of electric signs and related wiring by an unlicensed individual under the direct supervision of a licensed sign specialist, except that the ratio of unlicensed individuals engaged in this activity shall not exceed two unlicensed individuals to one licensed sign specialist. An enforcing agency shall enforce this ratio on a jobsite basis.

(8)

The construction, installation, maintenance, repair and renovation of telecommunications equipment and related systems by a person primarily engaged in the telecommunications and related information systems industry. This exemption does not include the construction, installation, maintenance, repair and renovation of a fire alarm system.

(Code 1988, § 8.51; Ord. No. 377, § 1, 1-17-1995; Ord. No. 464, § 4, 9-25-2001)