Certificate of Use and Occupancy:
A Certificate of Use and Occupancy shall be required prior to
the sale of any property. The Certificate of Use and Occupancy shall
state the zoning classification of the property, the approved use
of the property (including the number of dwelling units for residential
properties), any variances granted for the property and any conditions
or outstanding violations affecting the property.
When a Zoning Certificate has been issued for the reconstruction,
alteration or movement of any other structure or the construction
of any new structure, including dwellings, it shall be unlawful to
use or occupy that structure without a Certificate of Use and Occupancy.
Upon completion of the construction, reconstruction alteration, or
movement of the structure, the holder of the Zoning Certificate shall
notify the Zoning Officer that the work has been completed and the
structure is ready to be used or occupied.
Upon inspection and determination that all applicable ordinance
regulations and any conditions attached to the Zoning Certificate
have been met, the Zoning Officer shall issue a Certificate of Use
and Occupancy. The Certificate of Use and Occupancy shall include
certification by the Building Inspector that all applicable requirements
of the Borough Building Code have been met.
For all uses in all C, Commercial, Districts, any change in
occupancy from one owner or tenant to another or any change from one
use to another of any structure or lot shall require the issuance
of a Certificate of Use and Occupancy, whether or not a Building Permit
is required. Prior to occupying the building or structure in which
the change of use or occupancy is established, the landowner or lessee
shall be required to make an application for a Certificate of Use
and Occupancy. The Zoning Officer shall determine that all applicable
regulations of this Ordinance for the proposed change of use or change
of occupancy have been met prior to issuing the Certificate of Use
and Occupancy.
Issuance of all Certificates of Use and Occupancy shall be subject
to payment of the required fee established from time to time by Resolution
of Borough Council.
A Certificate of Occupancy shall be applied for coincidentally
with the application for a building permit and shall be issued upon
examination of the completed structure and certification by the Zoning
Officer, within ten (10) days after the erection or structural alteration
of such structure or part thereof shall have been complete, if in
conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance and all other laws
of the Borough. However, such Certificate shall be void if the premises
are not occupied for the approved use within six (6) months of the
date of issue or renewal.
A Certificate of Occupancy shall be valid only so long as the
use and occupancy of such land or structure shall continuously comply
with all of the requirements and regulations of this Ordinance. The
Zoning Officer may revoke a Certificate of Occupancy upon his determination
that a failure of compliance of any regulation of this Ordinance exists.
Upon such invalidity or revocation, any further use or occupancy of
such land or structure shall be considered to be in violation of this
Ordinance and subject to its penalty provisions.