With the exception of residential use in one-family homes, two-family homes, garden apartments, townhouses, or in apartments permitted previously in joint occupancy buildings, any time the tenancy or ownership of a property changes it shall require re-application by the new tenant or the owner of the building to the Zoning Officer of the Borough of Tenafly for the reissuance of a new Zoning Permit. The purpose of this procedure is to determine the existence of any code violations and to guarantee the correction of such violations in order to protect the health and welfare of the general public.