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ORANGE COUNTY 040 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 19, 1888 Action Agenda Item # SUBJECT: AFFIDAVIT - GENERAL CONTRACTOR LICENSING EXEMPTION DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X^„.No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION County Attorney 3-21-88 Letter CONTACT: Marvin Collins Sample Affidavit Planning Director 8-20-87 Memo Code Enforcement Supervisor 11-25-87 Memo TELEPHONE NUMBERS Hillsborough - 732-8181 Durham - 688-7331 Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 PURPOSE: To consider a proposed exemption fromgeneral contractorllicensing of requirements. BACKGROUND: Section 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 87 of the N. C. General Statutes provides that any person who for, a price or fee, undertakes to bid upon, construct, superintend or manage, on his own behalf or for any person (who is not licensed as a general contractor) the construction of any building, highway, public utilities, grading or any improvement or structure where the cost is $30, 000 or more shall be considered to be a "general contractor". The section does, however, grant an exemption to any person who constructs a building on land owned by that person when the building is intended for use by that person after completion. The licensing of general contractors is performed by the N. C. General Contractors Licensing Board. A complaint involving an unlicensed contractor prompted the Inspections Division to seek a method for documenting exemptions granted under G. S. 87-1. person were granted such an exemption, and it was a subsequently found that he violated the provisions of G. S. 87-1, the matter could be referred to the N.C. General Contractors Licensing Board for appropriate action.