§ 7-112. Limitations on issuance of permits.

(a)

No building permit shall be issued for any building or structure the estimated total cost of which is more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) unless the work is to be performed by a licensed general contractor.

(b)

No building permit shall be issued for any building or structure, other than a one- or two-family dwelling, the estimated total cost of which is more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) unless the plans bear the state seal of a registered architect or a registered engineer.

(c)

Where any provision of the General Statutes of North Carolina or of any ordinance requires that work be done by a licensed specialty contractor of any kind, no permit for such work shall be issued unless it is to be performed by such a licensed specialty contractor.

(Ord. of 10-3-77(1), § 3-6)