No person shall use or permit the use of any building or premises or part thereof hereafter erected, created or changed or converted wholly or partly in its use or structure until the Building Inspector has issued a certificate of use and occupancy stating that the building and premises comply with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance. Nothing in this section shall prevent the continuance of the legal nonconforming use of any premises or of any existing building.
A record of all certificates of use and occupancy shall be kept on file in the office of the Building Inspector and copies shall be furnished on written request.
No permit for the erection of any building shall be issued before application has been made for a certificate of use and occupancy. Such certificates shall be issued within ten days after the completed erection or alteration has been approved. No building or premises may be occupied until the certificate has been issued.
All nonconforming uses under the provisions of the Ordinance, for which no variance has been granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals, or for which application for a certificate of use and occupancy was not submitted prior to April 1, 1981, shall be presumed to have arisen subsequent to that date. For purposes of determining the number of boarders or roomers maintained in dwellings within any district, the Building Inspector may require such proof as he deems necessary.
(Ord. 310. Passed 9-16-96.)