7. "Custom home" means a new single family residence to be constructed
on premises owned of record by the purchaser at the time of contract,
provided that such residence is intended for residential occupancy by
such purchaser and the contract of sale is entered into on or after the
first day of March, nineteen hundred ninety.
8. "Roofing contractor" means a person, firm or corporation, including
but not limited to, a person that is a nonresident roofing contractor,
independent contractor, day laborer or subcontractor engaged in the
business of roofing, gutter, downspout or siding services for a fee or
who offers to engage in or solicits roofing-related services, including
construction, installation, renovation, repair, maintenance, alteration
or waterproofing. This definition shall not include a person engaged in
the demolition of a structure or the cleanup of construction waste and
debris that contains roofing material, nor a person engaged in building
a new home or housing development. "Roofing contractor" shall not
include:
(a) an owner or farm property owner who physically performs, or has
employees who perform repairing, remodeling, altering, converting, or
modernizing of, or adding to, their own dwelling or another structure
located on the property owned by the person without the assistance of a
roofing contractor.
(b) any authorized employee or representative of the United States
government, the state of New York, or any political subdivision
performing the repairing, remodeling, altering, converting, or
modernizing of, or adding to, government property.