Certificate Of Use And Occupancy Approval Process | |
Step 1 | Applicant files application and fee with building official. |
Step 2 | Building official determines completeness of application. |
Step 3 | Building official acts on application. |
A. Purpose And Requirement: No vacant land in any district established under the provision of these regulations shall hereafter be occupied or used, except for agricultural uses other than livestock farming, poultry or small animal raising or dairying, and no building hereafter erected, structurally altered or moved in such district shall be occupied or used until a certificate of use or occupancy has been issued therefor.
B. Applicability: Certificates of use or occupancy shall be required for any of the following:
1. Occupancy And Use: Occupancy and use of a building or structure hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, converted, altered, structurally altered or moved;
2. Changes: Change in an existing building to a use of a different classification;
3. Vacant Land: Occupancy and use of vacant land;
4. Nonconforming Use Change: Change in the use of a nonconforming use.
C. Application: A certificate of use or occupancy for a building or structure shall be issued by the building official. A certificate of use or occupancy for vacant land shall be issued by the zoning official pursuant to this section. Either request may be initiated by the filing of an application and the appropriate fee with the zoning official.
D. Approval: An application for a certificate of use and occupancy shall be reviewed by the following prior to issuance:
1. City sanitation department;
2. City fire department;
3. City public works department; (Ord. 172, 9-24-1996, eff. 10-31-1996)
4. Where appropriate, southern Nevada health district. (Ord. 172, 9-24-1996, eff. 10-31-1996; amd. Ord. 345, 6-27-2006, eff. 7-20-2006)