Sec. 9-3-244   Certificate of occupancy required.
   No land within the corporate limits or extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of the City of Claremont shall be used or occupied and no building within the corporate limits or extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of the City of Claremont shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, converted or changed in use until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the Zoning Enforcement Officer stating that the building or the proposed use thereof complies with the provisions of this chapter. A certificate of occupancy either for the whole or a part of a building shall be applied for coincident with the application for a zoning permit and shall be issued within ten (10) days after the erection or structural alteration of such building, or part, shall have been completed in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. A temporary certificate of occupancy may be issued by the Zoning Enforcement Officer for a period not exceeding six (6) months during alterations or construction for partial occupancy of a building pending its completion, or for bazaars, carnivals, and revivals, provided that such temporary permit shall require such conditions and safeguards as will protect the safety of the occupants and the public. A record of all certificates shall be kept on file in the office of the Zoning Enforcement Officer and copies shall be furnished on request to any person requesting it. (Ord. of 12-7-04, No. 37-02)