(A) It shall be unlawful for an owner to use or permit the use of any land or any structure, or part thereof, hereafter created, erected, converted, enlarged, or changed, wholly or partly, in its use or construction, until the commissioner of buildings shall have issued a certificate of occupancy. Such certificate shall show that such structure or premises, or part thereof, and the proposed use thereof, are in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
(B) In the case of a nonresident occupancy, no certificate of occupancy shall be issued by the commissioner of buildings until the sum of $1 shall have been paid to him. The commissioner shall issue the certificate for residence occupancies without charge. Each certificate shall show the owner's name, the location of the premises, the operation involved, the nature of the proposed use, and a receipt for the sum paid.
('73 Code, § 150.17)