(a) Activities Requiring Certificate. A certificate of occupancy shall be obtained from the Building Commissioner for any of the following:
(1) Occupancy and use of a building hereafter erected or structurally altered.
(2) Changes in use of an existing building to a use of a different district classification under this Zoning Code.
(3) Occupancy of vacant land or change in use of land.
(4) Any change in the use of a nonconforming use.
No such occupancy, use or change of use shall take place until a certificate of occupancy therefor shall have been issued by the Building Commissioner. No excavation for any building shall be begun before application has been made for a certificate of occupancy for such building. Whenever there is a change in occupancy of a building used for commercial purposes a new certificate of occupancy shall be required, whether the occupant is the owner or a tenant. The fee for such certificate shall be $10.00.
(Ord. 56-53. Passed 10-1-56; Ord 80-53. Passed 7-7-1980.)
(b) Special Permit When Occupants are Unrelated. A special permit may be issued upon compliance with Section 1240.10(d) only in residential use districts Chapter 1250 (single family) or Chapter 1250 (two family) or Chapter 1256 (multiple family).
(1982 Code, § 1103.04) (Ord. 93-27. Passed 6-7-1993.)