(a) No certificate of occupancy for any building or structure erected, altered or repaired after the adoption of this Article shall be issued unless such building or structure was erected, altered or repaired in compliance with the provisions of the ordinance. It shall be unlawful to occupy any such building or structure unless a full, partial, or temporary certificate of occupancy has been issued by the Building Commissioner.
(b) In addition, lot inspections shall be required prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy and the same shall be conducted by the Public Works Department. Upon the request of the permit holder for the first final inspection of a given discipline (plumbing, electrical or building), the lot inspection request shall be forwarded by the Dyer Building Department to the Dyer Public Works Department whereupon the lot inspection shall be made within forty-eight (48) hours of the request (exclusive of weekends and/or holidays) in the same manner as all other inspections.
(c) Some lot improvements are weather dependent such as the installation of sidewalks and driveways, final grading, sodding, seeding, and the like. In the event that weather is a genuine factor in a lot lacking all of the final required improvements, an occupancy permit may be issued subject to the withholding of the occupancy escrow, until such time as all of the conditions required for a satisfactory lot inspection have been met. Failure to complete all final required lot improvements within one year of the initial lot inspection shall result in the forfeiture of the escrow as required by the building permit application. Forfeiture of the escrow does not void the builder’s responsibility to complete the lot improvements. Forfeited escrows will be used to help complete the lot improvements to the extent they are able to do so.
(Ord. No. 88-1, § 15, 2-2-88; Am. Ord. No. 2002-11, 4-16-02; Am. Ord. No. 2008-03, § 1, 3-19-08)