No land shall be occupied or used and no buildings hereafter placed, 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 use of the building therein specified, or either of them as the case may be, complies with all the provisions of this chapter or any other ordinance of this Borough applicable to its issuance. Such certificates of occupancy shall be granted or denied within 10 days after the written application therefor has been received by the Construction Official. Applications shall be filed in duplicate by the owner or his agent and shall state the intended use of the structure and of the land. The application shall be accompanied by detailed plans and specifications, a plot plan, the established building lines within the site and such other information as may be necessary or desirable to provide for the enforcement of this chapter. Plans shall be drawn to scale and shall show actual dimensions in figures. All building plans, specifications and plot plans shall be signed by an architect or professional engineer licensed by the State of New Jersey. The owner may sign the building plans as to single-family dwellings or as to building accessories to the dwellings in the event the owner has prepared the building plans, provided the owner files an affidavit to that effect in accordance with law. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, only a land surveyor licensed by the State of New Jersey may prepare and certify the required plot plan.

A record of all certificates of occupancy shall be kept on file in the office of the Construction Official and copies shall be furnished upon request to any person having a proprietary or leasehold interest in the building or land affected. A fee of $20 shall be charged for each original certificate and $1 for each copy thereof.

After any building or structure having previously been issued a certificate of occupancy suffers a change in tenancy through either sale or lease, the owner of the building or structure shall notify the Building Subcode Official of such impending change in occupancy. After receipt of the notice, the Building Subcode Official shall inspect the building or structure to determine whether same complies with all of the provisions of this chapter or any other ordinances of this Borough. If the building or structure meets the requirements hereof, the Building Subcode Official shall forthwith issue a certificate of occupancy; but if the building or structure does not meet the requirements hereof, the Building Subcode Official shall notify the applicant of the details in which the building or structure does not meet the requirements hereof, and when such details have been perfected, the applicant shall notify the Building Subcode Official that the items have been corrected. No building or structure pursuant to this section shall be occupied or used until the certificate of occupancy has been issued.

Fees. A fee of $10 shall be charged for the first inspection by the Building Subcode Official after notification; any additional inspections, if required, shall be charged a fee of $5. The fee shall become the property of the Borough. No additional fee shall be charged for a certificate of occupancy issued pursuant to this section. The Tax Search Officer shall provide notice of a certificate of occupancy requirement on all issued tax searches.