No building hereafter erected, converted or structurally altered shall be used, occupied or changed in use and no land may be used, nor shall any basic change of use in land or structure be made until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the building official of the City of Nassau Bay, stating that the building or proposed use of land or building complies with the provisions of this ordinance and other building laws of the City of Nassau Bay.

18-101. A certificate of occupancy shall be applied for coincident with the application for a building permit and will be issued within ten (10) days after the completion of the erection, alteration or conversion of such building or land provided such construction or change has been made in complete conformity to the provisions of this ordinance. All existing nonconforming uses shall obtain certificates of occupancy within twelve (12) months of the effective date of this ordinance. A certificate of occupancy shall be considered evidence of the legal existence of a nonconforming use as contrasted to an illegal use in violation of this ordinance.

18-102. A certificate of occupancy shall state that the building or proposed use of building or land, complies with all the building and health laws and ordinances and with the provisions of this ordinance. A record of all certificates shall be kept on file in the office of the building official, and copies shall be furnished on request to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the land or building affected.

18-103. Following the issuance of a building permit it shall be a violation of this ordinance for the owner of the property upon which the work under the permit is to be done to transfer title thereto, or otherwise sell or dispose of to any purchaser, without prior delivery to the purchaser of a valid certificate of occupancy pertaining to all work for which a building permit was issued; or, if the work for which the permit was issued has not been completed, without providing notice to the purchaser in writing that a valid certificate of occupancy has not been issued. A separate violation of this ordinance is committed for each day from the day of the sale of this property under these circumstances until the date of issuance of the pertinent certificate of occupancy.