No land shall be occupied or used and no building hereafter erected or altered shall be occupied or used, in whole or in part, for any purpose whatsoever until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the Construction Official stating that the building or the location of the land complies with all provisions of this chapter or any other ordinance of the City.

No change or extension of use and no alteration of use of land or buildings shall be made in a nonconforming use of premises without a certificate of occupancy having first been issued by the Construction Official that such change, extension or alteration is in conformity with the provisions of this chapter or any other ordinance.

Nonconforming conditions or construction prohibited. The Zoning Officer may revoke a certificate of occupancy issued in the event that the Zoning Officer determines any of the following:

It shall be unlawful to convert any single-unit dwelling into a two-or-more-unit dwelling or to modify a structure to add or include an accessory apartment or to otherwise modify a structure so as to increase the number of dwelling units in any structure without approval from the Land Use Board.

Pursuant to the provisions of this section, no certificate of occupancy shall be issued by the City until an inspection is conducted by the Zoning Officer or Construction Official confirming that any and all single trash containers and/or recycling carts issued pursuant to Chapter 300 of the City Code are still present at the property.