§ 41-6-1. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

Interested person means:

(1)

Any owner, land contract purchaser or mortgagee of the premises, and, if there is a policy of insurance, the insurance company;

(2)

Any person having an interest insured by the policy;

(3)

The insurance agent who wrote such policy; and

(4)

Any adjuster called by the insurer of the agent who wrote the policy.

Residential builder, as defined in Section 2401 of the Michigan Occupational Code, MCL 339.2401, means:

(1)

A person engaged in the construction of a residential structure or a combination residential and commercial structure who, for a fixed sum, price, fee, percentage, valuable consideration, or other compensation, other than wages for personal labor only, undertakes with another or offers to undertake or purports to have the capacity to undertake with another for the erection, construction, replacement, repair, alteration, or an addition to, subtraction from, improvement, wrecking of, or demolition of, a residential structure or combination residential and commercial structure;

(2)

A person who manufactures, assembles, constructs, deals in, or distributes a residential or combination residential and commercial structure which is prefabricated, preassembled, precut, packaged, or shell housing; or

(3)

A person who erects a residential structure or combination residential and commercial structure except for the person's own use and occupancy on the person's property.

Residential maintenance and alteration contractor, as defined in Section 2401 of the Michigan Occupational Code, MCL 339.2401, means a person who, for a fixed sum, price, fee, percentage, valuable consideration, or other compensation, other than wages for personal labor only, undertakes with another for the repair, alteration, or an addition to, subtraction from, improvement of, wrecking of, or demolition of a residential structure or combination residential and commercial structure, or building of a garage, or laying of concrete on residential property, or who engages in the purchase, substantial rehabilitation or improvement, and resale of a residential structure, engaging in that activity on the same structure more than twice in one (1) calendar year, except in the following instances:

(1)

Where the work is for the person's own use and occupancy;

(2)

Where the rehabilitation or improvement work for residential type property or a structure is contracted for, with, or hired entirely to be done and performed for the owner by a person licensed under this article; or

(3)

Where work is performed by a person employed by the owner to perform work for which the person is licensed by the state.

Residential structure, as defined in Section 2401 of the Michigan Occupational Code, MCL 339.2401, means a premises used or intended to be used for a residence purpose and related facilities appurtenant to the premises, used or intended to be used, as an adjunct of residential occupancy.

(Ord. No. 01-13, § 1, 1-22-13)