Licensing

The City of Wichita requires that permits be issued to licensed contractors. Licenses are renewed on an annual basis starting September 1 and going through January 31 of each year without penalties. After January 31, penalties are assessed in different amounts depending on the type of license, and applied to the renewal fee for late renewals. Each contractor must have a qualified person sign the license application. The qualified person is someone who has passed the applicable test, be an owner or full time employee of the company, and meets the requirements of the applicable City Code.

Class A General Contractor
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act to build, construct, alter, repair, add to or wreck any building or structure either commercial or residential in use.
License and renewal fee $400.

Class B Building Contractor
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to the erection, addition to, remodeling and wrecking of commercial buildings and single or multiple dwelling residential buildings, not exceeding three stories in height, and nonstructural remodels to commercial buildings exceeding three stories in height.
License and renewal fee $200.

Class C Residential Contractor
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to construction, remodeling, repair or wrecking of one and two-family residences, and accessory buildings thereto.
License and renewal fee $150.

Class D Maintenance Contractor
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to the remodel, repair and maintenance of dwelling units which are completely and partially owned by the contractor or when the contractor is a full time employee of the owner.
License and renewal fee $60.

Roofing/Siding Contractor
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to installation, repair and replacement of roof and exterior wall coverings. To include exterior siding, roof deck insulation, roof coating, painting and covering, including use of sheet metal and installation of other sheet metal products incidental to roofing work.
License and renewal fee $60.

Solar Heater Installation Contractor
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to installation, alter, repair or replace any solar hot-water heating system residences or for swimming pools.
License and renewal fee $60.

Fire Sprinkler Contractor
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to installation, maintain, repair, alter or extend all piping for fire sprinkler systems.
License and renewal fee $60.

Swimming Pool Contractor
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to excavate, construct, fabricate, install and equip all swimming pools. May also do the slab incidental to pool.
License and renewal fee $60.

Wrecking Contractor
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to wrecking any building, and to deal in secondhand building materials.
License and renewal fee $60.

Electrical Contractor
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to the installation of electrical equipment, devices or apparatus for the light, heat or power purposes in or on any building or premises within the city.
License and renewal fee $100. In addition to the license renewal fee all trade certificates must be renewed each odd-numbered year at a renewal fee of $20 each.

Elevator Contractor
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to the installation, alterator or repair of elevators, accessibility lifts, dumbwaiters, escalators, moving walks and other related equipment in or on any building or premises within the city.
License and renewal fee $100. In addition to the license renewal fee all trade certificates must be renewed each odd-numbered year at a renewal fee of $20 each.

Mechanical Contractor (includes boilers, solid fuel and mobile home serviceman)
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to the installation, repair or alteration of air conditioning, refrigeration or warm air heating in or on any building or premises within the city.
License and renewal fee $100. In addition to the license renewal fee all trade certificates must be renewed each odd-numbered yeat at a renewal fee of $20 each.

Plumbing Contractor
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to the installation, repair, or alteration of plumbing, drain laying, lawn irrigation, gas fitting in or on any building or premises within the city.
License and renewal fee $100. In addition to the license renewal fee all trade certificates must be renewed each odd-numbered year at a renewal fee of $20 each.

Sign Contractor
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to the hanging or installing signs, including commercial balloon signs, which involves in whole or part the placement, location, erection, construction, reconstruction, remodeling, location, alteration, hanging, affixing or creation by painting of such signs on any building or premises in the city.
License and renewal fee $100.

Insurance Required

Every contractor with the exception of Class D Maintenance and sign contractors must procure and maintain a policy of general liability insurance covering the activities of the contractor while engaged in contracting. Such insurance policy shall be written with an insurance company licensed to do business in the State of Kansas and shall have minimum limits of coverage of three hundred thousand dollars per occurrence. In addition, every such contractor shall procure and maintain workers' compensation insurance as required by law and automobile liability insurance as required by law. Every contractor prior to the issuance of a license, shall file with the Office of Central Inspection certificates of insurance evidencing the insurance coverage specified herein.

Sign, Wrecking and Elevator Contractors must have filed with the City of Wichita Clerk's Office a surety bond in the principal sum of two thousand dollars with the same verbiage used above to hold the City of Wichita harmless.

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