ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS: Except as otherwise provided in this ordinance the Building Inspector for the City of Bridgeport shall administer and enforce this ordinance, including the receiving of applications, the inspection of premises and the issuing of building permits and certificates of occupancy and compliance. No building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued by him except where the provisions of this ordinance have been complied with.

BUILDING PERMIT REQUIRED: No person shall erect or construct or proceed with the erection or construction of any building or structure nor add to, enlarge, move, improve, alter, repair, convert, extend or demolish any building or structure or cause the same to be done in any zone district of the City of Bridgeport without first applying for and obtaining a building permit therefor from the Building Inspector. All applications for such permits shall be in accordance with the requirements of this ordinance and building code of the City of Bridgeport and unless upon written order of the Board of Adjustment, no such building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any building where said construction[,] addition, alteration or use thereof would be in violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF BUILDING INSPECTOR: Whenever any building work is being done contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, the Building Inspector may order the work stopped and also revoke the building permit theretofore issued by notice in writing served on any person owning such property or their agent or on any person engaged in the doing or causing of such work to be done and any such persons shall forthwith stop and cause to be stopped such work until authorized by the Building Inspector to recommence and proceed with the work or upon issuance of a building permit in those cases in which the building permit has been revoked and further, such stop work order and revocation or [of] permit shall be posted on the work being done in violation of this ordinance.

Whenever any building or portion thereof is being used or occupied contrary to the provisions of this ordinance the Building Inspector shall order such use or occupancy discontinued and the building or portion thereof vacated by notice served on any person using or causing such use or occupancy to be continued and such person shall vacate such building or portion thereof within ten (10) days after receipt of such notice or make the building or portion thereof comply with the requirements of this ordinance.

IN NEWLY ANNEXED TERRITORY: No person shall erect, excavate, construct, or proceed or continue with the erection or construction of any building or structure or add to, enlarge, move, improve, alter, repair, convert, insulate or extend or demolish any building or structure or cause the same to be done in any newly annexed territory to the City of Bridgeport without first applying for and obtaining a building permit therefor from the Building Inspector or the City Council as may be required herewith.

PERMITS ISSUED BY BUILDING INSPECTOR: In a territory newly annexed to the City of Bridgeport, no permit for the construction of a building shall be issued by the Building Inspector other than a permit which will allow the construction of a building permitted in the “R-1” District unless and until such territory has been classified in a zoning district other than “R-1” District by the City Council in the manner prescribed in this ordinance.

PERMITS ISSUED BY CITY COUNCIL: An application for a permit for any other use than that specified in the previous paragraph shall be made to the Building Inspector of the City of Bridgeport and by him referred to the City Planning and Zoning Commission for consideration and recommendation to the City Council. Whenever such recommendation is filed with the City Council by the City Planning and Zoning Commission, such recommendation shall be advisory in its nature and the Council shall be at liberty to affirm it or allow such construction as the facts in their opinion may justify.

PERMITS REQUIRED FOR BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION: The owner, lessee, or any other person, firm or corporation owning, controlling, constructing, supervising or directing the construction of any building or structure in process of construction and which is incomplete at the time the land upon which it is situated is annexed to the City of Bridgeport before proceeding any further with the construction, alteration or completion thereof shall apply to the Building Inspector of the City of Bridgeport authorizing further work on said building or structure and shall attach to said application for such permit, plans and specifications relating to the construction of said building or structure, which said application for building permit shall be promptly referred to the City Planning and Zoning Commission for consideration and said commission shall promptly thereafter file with the City Council its recommendation as to granting, modifying or rejecting said permit, the said recommendation to be advisory in its nature and the City Council shall be at liberty to affirm it or allow such construction as the facts in their opinion may justify. Said construction work shall be suspended until the permit provided for herein has been issued or until final zoning regulations have been adopted, which permit the construction, use and occupancy of the structure or building.

CITY SECRETARY: 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 and compliance shall have been issued by City Secretary of the City of Bridgeport stating that the building or proposed use thereof complies with the provisions of this ordinance.

No nonconforming use shall be maintained, renewed, changed or extended without certificate of occupancy and compliance having first been issued by the City Secretary of the City of Bridgeport therefor.

Application for a certificate of occupancy and compliance shall be made with the application for a building permit or may be directly applied for where no building permit is necessary and shall be issued or refused in writing within five (5) days after the City Secretary has been notified in writing that the building or premises is ready for occupancy.

The City Secretary 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.

No permit for excavation for 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 and compliance.

No permanent water, sewer, electrical or gas utility connections shall be made to the land, building or structure until and after a certificate of occupancy and compliance has been issued by the City Secretary of the City of Bridgeport.

Upon request of the owner or authorized representative, the City Secretary may issue a temporary certificate of occupancy for the temporary use and occupancy of a portion of a building prior to the completion and occupancy of the entire building provided such temporary occupancy or use will not in any way or manner jeopardize life or property.