It shall be unlawful for any person who acquires legal or equitable title to a premises (after the date this chapter is adopted) to occupy or to use it without having obtained from the code official or the previous owner a valid certificate of occupancy for that premises. A certificate of occupancy is valid for only one year after its date or until sixty (60) days after title of the premises is transferred to a new owner, whichever occurs sooner. No new occupancy certificate shall be issued for the premises without a new inspection (which may or may not reveal and require correction of additional unsafe or unlawful matters).
(Ord. 1381. Passed 1-23-06.)