(a) Requirements. Until the Zoning Officer has issued a zoning certificate applicable thereto, no person shall:
(1) Occupy or use any vacant land; or
(2) Occupy or use any structure hereafter constructed, reconstructed, moved, altered or enlarged; or
(3) Change the use of a structure or land to a different use; or
(4) Change a nonconforming use.
(b) Expiration. The zoning certificate shall expire six months from the date of its issuance, if the purpose and intent for which it was issued have not occurred.
(c) Applications and Fees. Each applicant for a zoning certificate shall present with the application a plat of the property showing clearly and completely the location, dimensions and nature of any structure involved and such other information as the Zoning Officer may require as to compliance with this Zoning Code, together with a filing fee in accordance with the schedule of the same as fixed by the Borough Council, by resolution.
(d) Records. The Zoning Officer shall maintain a permanent file of all zoning certificates and applications therefor as public records.
(Ord. 2210. Passed 4-21-97.)