(A) No building or structure hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be occupied and used until a certificate of compliance has been issued by the Health, Building and Zoning Officer. The certificate of compliance shall be issued only after the Health, Building and Zoning Officer makes a finding that the building or structure has been erected or structurally altered in conformance with the provisions of this chapter and other health and building laws and per a building permit.
(B) Certificates of compliance shall be applied for coincident with the application for a building permit and shall be issued within ten days after the erection and alterations of such building shall have been satisfactorily completed. A record of all certificates shall be kept on file in the office of the Health, Building and Zoning Officer and copies shall be furnished, on request, to any persons having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the building affected. The fee for such permit is $25.
(C) Certificates for the continued occupancy of nonconforming uses existing at the time of the passage of this chapter shall be issued by the Health, Building and Zoning Officer and the certificate shall state that the use is a nonconforming one and does not conform with the provisions of this chapter. The Health, Building and Zoning Officer shall notify the owners of property being used as nonconforming use and shall furnish said owner with a certificate of occupancy for such nonconforming use.
('71 Code, § 11-20-3) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60) Penalty, see § 155.999