(A) A certificate of occupancy shall be required of all nonconforming uses of land or buildings created by the passage of the ordinance codified in this chapter. Application for such certificate of occupancy for nonconforming uses shall be filed with the Enforcing Officer by the owner or lessee of the land or building occupied by such nonconforming use within two years from the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter. It shall be the duty of the Enforcing Officer to issue a certificate of occupancy for nonconforming use.
(B) Any nonconforming use for which an occupancy permit has not been obtained in conformity with the requirements of this chapter shall be presumed to be operating in violation of this chapter and such use shall thereupon be abated.
(Ord. 552, passed - -62; Ord. 855, passed 10-7-86)