(A)   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 shall have been issued by the Building Commissioner, stating that the building complies with all the Building and Health laws and ordinances and with the provisions of this Code.

   (B)   No change of use shall be made in any building or part thereof, now or hereafter erected or altered that is not consistent with the provisions of this Code. Nothing in this Section shall prevent the present occupancy or use of any existing building, except as may be necessary for safety of life and property.

   (C)   Certificates for occupancy and compliance shall be applied for coincident with the application for a building permit and shall be issued within ten (10) days after the erection or alteration of such buildings shall have been completed.

   (D)   A record of all certificates shall be kept on file in the office of the Building Commissioner and copies shall be furnished on request, to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the buildings affected. A fee of two dollars ($2.00) shall be charged for each original certificate and one dollar ($1.00) for each copy thereof.

   (E)   No permit for excavation for the erection of any building shall be issued before application has been made for certificate of occupancy and compliance. No buildings or premises maybe occupied until such certificate shall have been issued.

   (F)   No excavation for the erection of any building shall be made until permit for the erection of such building has been granted by the Building Commissioner. The penalty for any violation of this provision shall be fixed by the Village Board.

All applications for building permits shall be accompanied by a plat in duplicate, drawn to a scale showing the actual dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the size of the building to be erected, and such other information as may be necessary to provide for the enforcement of these regulations. A careful record of such applications and plots shall be kept in the office of the Building Commissioner.

Any person who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with, or who resists the enforcement of any provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. The Building Commissioner is hereby designated and authorized to enforce this Chapter.

Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various districts as shown on the map on file in the office of the Village Clerk and made a part of this title, the following rules apply:

   (A)   The District Boundaries are either streets or alleys unless otherwise shown and where the designations on said map, on file and made part of this title, indicating the various districts, are approximately bounded by street or alley lines, such street or alley shall be construed to be the boundary of such district.