Blue Mound City Zoning Code
§ 25
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
A.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY:
1.
No vacant land shall be occupied or used, except for agricultural purposes, and no building hereafter erected, reconstructed, altered, enlarged, or vacated shall be occupied or used until a Certificate of Occupancy shall have been issued by the Building Inspector stating that the building or proposed use of a building or premises complies with the building laws and the provisions of this ordinance.
2.
Certificates of Occupancy shall be applied for coincident with the application for building permit and shall be issued within ten (10) days after the erection or structural alteration of such building shall have been completed in conformity with the provisions hereof.
3.
Certificates of occupancy for residential structures shall expire at the time any such structure has been unoccupied for more than sixty (60) days.
4.
Nonresidential Certificates of occupancy shall be non-transferrable between entities and shall expire at the time there is a change of business or use at the location or address of occupancy. Additionally, Nonresidential Certificates of Occupancy may be subject to annual inspections by the Building inspector, the Fire inspector, or their designees.
B.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR A LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE:
Certificates of Occupancy shall be required for all legal nonconforming uses. Application for Certificate of Occupancy for such nonconforming uses shall be filed within twelve (12) months from the effective date of this ordinance, accompanied by affidavits of proof that such nonconforming uses were not established in violation of this ordinance, or any previous zoning ordinance. (No fee shall be charged for a Certificate of Occupancy for a legal nonconforming use.)
C.
CONTENT OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY; RECORDS.
Certificate of Occupancy shall state that the building or proposed use of a building or land, complies with all the building and health laws and ordinance and with the provisions of these regulations. A record of all certificates shall be kept on file in the office of the Building Inspector, and copies shall be furnished, on request, to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the building affected.
(Ordinance 200 adopted 7/19/88; Ordinance 315 adopted 3/18/97; Ordinance 593 adopted 2/20/2024)