A.

Certificates required. No building or addition hereafter constructed or structurally altered shall be used for any purpose, and no addition to a previously existing building shall be occupied, no land (except land used for garden or public recreation purposes and land without buildings or structures), and no change in a use shall occur until a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the zoning administrator. Every certificate of occupancy shall state that the use of occupancy complies with all of the provisions of this chapter.

B.

Application for occupancy permits. Every application for a zoning permit or building permit shall be deemed to be an application for a certificate of occupancy. Every application for a certificate of occupancy for a new use or change in use of land or building shall be made directly to the office of the zoning administrator.

C.

Issuance of certificate of occupancy. No certificate of occupancy for a building or portion thereof hereafter constructed or structurally altered shall be issued until construction has been substantially completed and the premises inspected and certified by the office of the zoning administrator to be in conformity with the plans and specifications upon which the zoning certificate was based. The zoning administrator may issue a temporary certificate of occupancy for a part of a building or site. The temporary certificate of occupancy shall state the nature of the incomplete work and the time period within which the work must be completed. The village may require a fee for this procedure, as established by the village board and stated in the village's fee schedule.

D.

Termination of certificate of occupancy. It shall constitute a violation of this chapter for any person, firm, corporation, or voluntary association, either owner or agent, to occupy a building in the village without having first obtained a certificate of occupancy. Any certificate issued upon a false statement of any fact that is material to the issuance thereof shall be void. Whenever the fact of such false statement shall be established to the satisfaction of the zoning administrator, he or she shall forthwith revoke the certificate of occupancy by notice in writing to be delivered by him to the holder of the void certificate upon the premises where the violation has occurred, or if such holder be not found there, by mailing said notice of revocation by certified letter to his last known address. Any person who shall proceed thereafter with such work or use without having obtained a new certificate of occupancy shall be deemed guilty of violation of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 16-07, 6-20-2016)