12-3-3: CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE AND OCCUPANCY:
   A.   Certificate Required: No building or structure hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be occupied and used until a certificate of compliance and occupancy has been issued by the Building Official. The certificate of compliance and occupancy shall be issued only after the Building Official makes a finding that the building is in conformance with the provisions of this title, and other health and building laws, and construction is proceeding in accordance with the building permit.
   B.   Application For Certificate: A certificate of compliance shall be applied for coincident with the application for a building permit and shall be issued within ten (10) days after the erection or alteration of the building shall have been satisfactorily completed.
   C.   Record Of Certificates: A record of all certificates shall be kept on file in the Office of the Building Official, and copies shall be furnished, on request, to persons having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the building affected.
(1980 Code § 36-98)