Article V — Occupancy Permits

In other than residential areas, no land or structure shall be occupied or used until an occupancy permit shall have been issued by the building department. (Prior code § 30.901)

Occupancy permits for a new building, or the enlargement or alteration of an existing building, shall be applied for coincidentally with the application for a building permit and shall be issued within ten days after the erection or alteration of such building has been completed in conformity with the provisions of this article. (Prior code § 30.902)

Occupancy permits for the use of vacant land, or the change in the use of land as herein provided, shall be applied for before any such land shall be occupied or used for any purpose except that of tilling soil and the growing therein of farm, garden or orchard products. An occupancy permit shall be issued within ten days after the application has been made; provided such use is in conformity with the provisions of this article. (Prior code § 30.903)

Occupancy permits shall state that the building, or proposed use of a building or land, complies with all the building and health laws and ordinances and with the provisions of this chapter. A record of all occupancy permits 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 building or land affected. No fee shall be charged for an original permit applied for coincidentally with the application for a building permit; for all other permits or for copies of any original permits there shall be a fee as established by resolution of the City Council. (Prior code § 30.904)

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