§ 50-774. Certificate of occupancy.

(a)

General. No land shall be occupied or used and no building hereafter erected, altered or extended shall be used or changed in use until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the building official, stating that the buildings or proposed use thereof complied with the provisions of this article.

(b)

Application for certificate of occupancy. All certificates of occupancy shall be applied for coincident with the application for a building permit. Such certificate shall be issued within ten days after completion of the erection or alteration and after it shall have been approved as complying with the provisions of this article.

(c)

Record. The building official shall maintain a record of all certificates and copies shall be furnished upon request to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the building affected.

(d)

Application mandatory. No permit for excavation of, or the erection or alteration of, or repairs to any building shall be issued until an application has been made for a certificate of occupancy.

(e)

Rental units. It is the intent of this article that substandard rental dwelling units pose a threat to the public health, safety and general welfare, and should be eliminated in a manner which causes the least hardship to the occupants thereof. To accomplish this:

(1)

No rental unit when vacated may be re-rented or reoccupied unless it has posted a certificate of occupancy issued within the past 12 months.

(2)

No rental unit when vacated may be resupplied with electrical power, public water, public sewer, gas or any other services unless it has posted a certificate of occupancy issued within the past 12 months.

(1991 LDR ch. 79, § 9.05; Ord. No. 2007-03, § 23, 7-17-2007)