No land, building or part thereof shall be occupied by or for any use unless and until a certificate of occupancy or certificate of re-occupancy shall have been issued for such use. The following shall apply in the issuance of any certificate:
(A) Compliance required. No certificates of occupancy or certificates of re-occupancy pursuant to the building code of the city shall be issued for any building, structure or part thereof, or for the use of any land, which is not in accordance with all the provisions of this chapter.
(B) Certificates required. No building or structure or part thereof which is hereafter erected or altered shall be occupied or used or the same caused to be done unless and until a certificate of occupancy or certificate of re-occupancy shall have been issued for such building or structure.
(C) Certificates including zoning. Certificates of occupancy as required by this chapter for new buildings or structures or pans thereof, or for alterations to or changes of use of existing buildings or structures, shall also constitute certificates of occupancy or certificates of re-occupancy as required by this chapter.
(D) Certificates for existing buildings. Certificates of re-occupancy shall be issued for existing buildings, structures or parts thereof, or existing uses of land, if, after inspection, it is found those such buildings, structures or parts thereof, or such use of land, are in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
(E) Temporary certificates. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the issuance of a temporary certificate of occupancy or certificate of re-occupancy for a portion of a building or structure in process of erection or alteration, provided that such temporary certificate shall not be effective for a period of time in excess of six months, unless approved by the Planning Commission, and provided further that such portion of the building, structure or premises is in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
(F) Records of certificates. A record of all certificates issued shall be kept on file in the office of the Department of Building Inspection, and copies shall be furnished upon request to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the property involved.
(G) Certificates for dwelling accessory buildings. Buildings accessory to dwellings shall not require separate certificates of occupancy or certificates of re-occupancy but may be included in the certificate for the dwelling when shown on the plot plan and when completed at the same time as such dwellings.
(H) Application for certificates. Application for certificates of occupancy or certificates of re-occupancy shall be made in writing to the Department of Building Inspection on forms furnished by that Department, and such certificates shall be issued within five days after receipt of such application if it is found that the building or structure or part thereof, or the use of land, is in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. If such certificate is refused for cause, the applicant therefor shall be notified of such refusal and cause thereof within the aforesaid five-day period.
(Ord. 792, passed 12-3-01; Am. Ord. passed 2-20-17)