The following requirements shall apply in the issuance of any permit:
(A) Compliance required. No building permit shall be issued for the erection, alteration or use of any building or structure or part thereof or for the use of any land which is not in accordance with provisions of this chapter.
(B) Permits for new use of land; certificate of occupancy required. No land heretofore vacant shall hereafter be used or an existing use of land be hereafter changed to a use of a different class or type unless a certificate of occupancy or a certificate of re-occupancy is first obtained for the new or different use.
(C) Permits for new use of buildings. No building or structure or part thereof shall be changed to or occupied by a use of a different class or type unless a building permit is first obtained for the new or different use.
(D) Permits required. No building or structure or part thereof shall be hereafter erected, altered moved or repaired unless a building permit shall have been first issued for such work. The terms altered and repaired shall include any changes in structural parts, stairways, type of construction, type, class or kind of occupancy, light or ventilation, means of egress and ingress, or other changes affecting regulated by the building code, Housing Law of Michigan, or this chapter, except for minor repairs of changes not involving any of the aforesaid features.
(E) Zoning compliance permits. If any type of modification, repair or construction does not require building permit, applicants shall contain a zoning compliance permit to ensure compliance with the Zoning Ordinance.
(Ord. 792, passed 12-3-01; Am. Ord. passed 2-20-17)