A.

Certificate of occupancy. 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 chapter.

Certificates of occupancy shall be applied for coincident with the application for building permit, and shall be issued within ten days after the erection or structural alteration of such building shall have been completed in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and any other ordinance of the city and approval of all required inspections. Approval of the final building inspection by the building inspection department shall serve as a certificate of occupancy for all one-family and two-family residential dwelling units.

B.

Certificate of occupancy for a legal non-conforming use. Certificates of occupancy shall be required for all legal non-conforming uses. Application for certificate of occupancy for such non-conforming uses shall be filed within 12 months from the effective date of this chapter, accompanied by affidavits of proof that such non-conforming uses were not established in violation of this chapter, or any previous zoning ordinance.

Certificate of occupancy shall state that the building or proposed use of a building or land, complies with all building and health laws and ordinances and with the provisions of this chapter. 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. (No fee shall be charged for a certificate of occupancy for a legal non-conforming use.)