In other than residential areas, no vacant land shall be occupied or used and no building hereafter erected, or altered, shall be occupied or used until a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the building department.

(Prior Code § 10-3.2101)

Certificates of occupancy for a new building, or the enlargement or alteration of an existing building, shall be applied for coincidentally with the application for a building permit and shall be issued within ten days after the erection or alteration of such building has been completed in conformity with the provisions of these regulations.

(Prior Code § 10-3.2102)

Certificates of occupancy for the use of vacant land, or the change in the use of land as herein provided, shall be applied for before any such land is occupied or used for any purpose except that of tilling the soil and the growing therein of farm, garden or orchard products in a properly zoned agricultural district. A certificate of occupancy shall be issued within ten days after the application has been made, provided such use is in conformity with the provisions of these regulations.

(Prior Code § 10-3.2103)

Certificates of occupancy shall state that the buildings, or the proposed use of a building or land, complies with all the building and health laws and ordinances and with the provisions of this title. A record of all certificates shall be kept on file in the office of the building department, and copies shall be furnished, upon request, to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the building or land affected. No fee shall be charged for an original certificate applied for coincidentally with the application for building permit; for all other certificates or for copies of any original certificates there shall be a charge of $2.00 each.

(Prior Code § 10-3.2104)