(a) Every person conducting or carrying on the business of general contractor constructing, altering, repairing, wrecking or salvaging buildings, highways, roads, railroads, excavations or other structures, projects, developments or improvements, a license tax of forty dollars per annum or thirteen dollars per quarter.

(b) Every person conducting or carrying on the business of electrical, plumbing or painting contractor, a license tax of thirty-five dollars per annum or eleven dollars per quarter.

(c) Every person conducting or carrying on the business of masonry, glazier, cement, floor, heating, plastering, roofing, sash, sheet metal, tile, lathing and any other subcontractor not specifically mentioned in this section, a license tax of thirty dollars per annum or ten dollars per quarter.

(d) Every person conducting or carrying on the business of house moving, grading, paving, wrecking, sewer, pipeline, trenching, or excavating contractor, a license tax of forty-five dollars per annum or fifteen dollars per quarter.

This section shall apply to any person who for himself shall engage in the business of erecting or constructing houses for the purpose of leasing, renting or selling the same, and who does not employ a contractor who shall act as superintendent.

Any contractor conducting or carrying on the business of selling goods, wares or merchandise as a retailer in addition to his contracting business shall, in addition to the contractor’s license provided herein, secure a license for such retail business as required under this chapter.

For the purposes of this section, section 12-13 notwithstanding, a quarterly license shall expire three months from the date of issuance. (Ord. No. 1078, § 5.25.)