No land shall be occupied or used and no structure hereafter erected or altered shall hereafter 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. It shall be the duty of the Construction Official to issue a certificate of occupancy only when he is satisfied that the structure or part thereof and the proposed use conform to this Chapter and all other applicable codes and ordinances of the Borough.

A certificate of occupancy shall be granted or denied in writing within 10 days from the date that a written notification is filed with the Construction Official that construction is completed, unless additional time is agreed upon by the applicant in writing. A fee of $5 shall be charged for issuance of each certificate of occupancy.

Should the Construction Official decline to issue a certificate of occupancy, his reasons for doing so shall be so stated on two copies of the application, and one copy shall be returned to the applicant, the other to be retained by the Construction Official.

Upon notice being served of any condition found to exist in violation of any provision(s) of this Chapter, the building code or any other applicable code or ordinance of the Borough with respect to any land use or structure, the certificate of occupancy for such land use or structure shall thereupon, without further notice, be null and void and a new certificate of occupancy shall be required for any further use of such structure or land.

A monthly report of the certificate of occupancy issued shall be filed with the Tax Assessor. A record of all certificates of occupancy shall be kept in the office of the Construction Official and copies shall be furnished on request to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the structure or land affected. The charge for each copy shall be $3 except that there shall be no charge to a municipal agency.