A. No occupancy certificate for vacant land or a new use of such vacant land or a new use of any structure shall be issued until the Zoning Administrator shall have caused the property to be inspected and determined to be in full and complete compliance with all of the applicable regulations of the zoning district in which it is located.
B. No occupancy certificate for any new structure or addition to an existing structure shall be issued until the Zoning Administrator shall have caused the property to be inspected and determined to be in full and complete compliance with all of the applicable regulations of the zoning district in which it is located and the plans and specifications upon which the issuance of the building permit was based. However, when construction has been partially completed in accordance with such plans and specifications, upon request, a partial occupancy certificate may be issued pursuant to the following schedule:
1. Single-Family Dwelling Building Permits. A partial occupancy certificate may be issued when the entire residence or residential structure or addition thereto is completed and only exterior weather-sensitive construction and/or landscaping remains to be completed.
2. Commercial Building Permits. A partial occupancy certificate may be issued when an area of such building or addition thereto, shown by the plans and specifications of the permittee as an "area" or "suite," shall have been completed and adequate safety precautions taken in accordance with the following: In each instance where a partial occupancy certificate is requested for other than an entire building or addition to an existing building, the permittee first shall have provided and, after issuance of the partial occupancy certificate, shall continue to maintain during the remaining construction to be done on said premises and until an occupancy certificate has been issued for the entire of such building upon completion thereof in accordance with all of the plans and specifications upon which the building permit was based:
a. Fully completed ingress to and egress from the area or suite or entire floor for which the partial occupancy certificate is sought in order not to jeopardize the lives or property of the general public occupying or visiting such building; and
b. Complete and total quarantine and isolation of all uncompleted areas in the said building or addition for which an occupancy certificate has not been issued, which shall include but not be limited to separate ingress to and egress from areas under construction so as to keep workmen and building materials outside of the completed areas of such building or addition.
C. Upon request, the Building and Zoning Director may issue duplicate Occupancy Certificates or Partial Occupancy Certificates, as the case may be.
(Ord. 397, passed 5-12-99; Am. Ord. 432, passed 8-15-2000; Am. Ord. 533, passed 1-18-2005)