(A) When required. A certificate of occupancy is required from the village’s Department of Planning and Inspections in advance of:
(1) Occupancy or use of any land or any building erected, altered, or moved;
(2) A change of use of any building, structure, or land; and
(3) In addition, a certificate of occupancy shall be required for each nonconforming use created by the passage of any subsequent amendments to this chapter.
(B) Application and issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
(1) A certificate of occupancy, either for the whole or part of a building, shall be applied for coincident with application for a certificate of zoning compliance and shall be issued after the erection of structural alteration of such building or part shall have been completed in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, and all construction inspections required by the County Inspections Department have been satisfactorily completed.
(2) A certificate of occupancy shall not be issued unless the proposed use of a building or land conforms to the applicable provisions of this chapter. The Zoning Administrator shall inspect the building upon receipt of the final inspections notification of the County Inspections Department. The Zoning Administrator shall verify that the building meets all applicable provisions of this chapter.
(C) Remedies. In case any building is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or any building or any building or land is used in violation of this chapter, the Zoning Administrator, or any other appropriate village authority, or any person who might be damaged by such violation, in addition to other remedies, may institute an action for injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate section or proceeding to prevent such violation.
(Prior Code, Ch. 1 Art. XI § 1105)