(a) No land shall be occupied or used and no structure hereafter erected, altered or extended shall be used or changed in use until a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the Building Official, stating that the structure or proposed use thereof complies with the provisions of this Zoning Code.
(b) A certificate of occupancy shall be applied for coincident with the application for a building permit. A certificate of occupancy must also be applied for at any time the owner of such land or structure desires to change the use of such land or structure. The determination of whether such a certificate shall be issued shall be made within five days after the building permit has been approved, or within thirty-one days after the application for a certificate of occupancy, whichever period is later.
(c) No nonconforming use shall be maintained, renewed, changed or extended without a certificate of occupancy first being issued by the Building Official therefor.
(d) The Building Official shall maintain a record of all certificates and of all nonconforming uses, and copies shall be furnished, upon request, to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the building affected.
(e) No permit for the excavation, erection, alteration or repair of any structure shall be issued until an application has been made for a certificate of occupancy.
(Ord. 2248. Passed 12-5-87; Ord. 2014-03. Passed 4-8-14.)