(A) The City Building Section shall issue a certificate of approval on a rehabilitated facility only after it has inspected the dwelling and found it conforms with the city’s building construction, safety, and/or other codes and ordinances; provided, that in the absence of any hazardous conditions a certificate may be issued when an amount of money equal to twice the estimated cost of required repairs is placed in escrow pursuant to city guidelines, the approval to be annotated to indicate this basis for issuance. A certificate of occupancy shall be issued only after the city has inspected the dwelling and found that it conforms with the city’s building construction, safety, and/or other codes and ordinances.
(B) Applications for certificates of approval or certificates of occupancy shall be available at the Building Section or other designated department and shall be filed with the Building Section. The City Resolution Council shall, from time to time, set reasonable fees for inspections made pursuant to this subchapter.
(C) The City Building Section shall issue a certificate of approval on a new facility only after it has inspected the dwelling and determined that it conforms with all applicable building construction, safety, and/or other codes and ordinances.
(Ord. 720, passed 5-3-93; Am. Ord. 851, passed 2-20-15)