No land, building or part thereof, shall be occupied by or for any use unless and until a certificate of compliance shall have been issued for such use. The following shall apply in the issuance of any certificate.
(A) Certificates not to be issued. No certificate of compliance shall be issued for any building, structure or part thereof, or for the use of any land, which is not in accordance with all the provisions of this chapter.
(B) Certificate required. No building, structure or parts thereof, which is hereafter erected or altered shall be occupied or used or the same caused to be done, unless and until a certificate of compliance shall have been issued for such building or structure. A certificate of compliance shall be required for any change in use of a building structure or land.
(C) Certificates including zoning. Certificates of compliance as required by the village building code for new buildings or structures, or parts thereof, or for alterations to or changes of use of existing buildings or structures, shall also constitute certificates of compliance as required by this chapter.
(D) Certificates for existing buildings. Certificates of compliance shall be issued for existing buildings, structures or parts thereof, or existing uses of land if, after inspection, it is found that such buildings, structures or parts thereof, or such use of land, are in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
(E) Record of certificates. A record of all certificates issued shall be kept on file in the Village Hall, and copies shall be furnished upon request to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the property involved.
(F) Certificates for accessory buildings. Buildings or structures accessory to dwellings shall not require separate certificates of compliance if the structure was on the plot plan and is completed at the same time as such dwellings. A certificate of compliance is required if the building permit was issued for the accessory building construction.
(G) Application for certificates. Application for certificates of compliance shall be made in writing to the Code Enforcement Officer on forms furnished by that department, and such certificates shall be issued within five days after receipt of such application if it is found that the building or structure, or part thereof, or the use of land is in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. If such certificate is refused for cause, the applicant therefor shall be notified of such refusal and cause thereof, within the aforesaid five-day period.
(Ord. 18-108, passed 5-7-2018) Penalty, see § 10.99