[Amended 7-6-1993 by L.L. No. 10-1993]
A. No land, building or other structure or part thereof
hereafter erected or altered in its use or structure shall be used
or occupied until the officers and employees of the Building Department
shall have conducted a final inspection and shall have issued a certificate
of occupancy stating that such land, building, structure or part thereof
and the proposed occupancy or use thereof are found to be in conformity
with the application as approved and are in conformity with applicable
codes, regulations, standards, ordinances or other controls and shall
specify the use or uses and the extent thereof to which the building,
structure or part thereof may be used.
B. Within five days after notification that a building, structure or premises is ready for occupancy or use, it shall be the duty of the officers and employees of the Building Department to make a final inspection thereof and to issue a certificate of occupancy if compliance with the provision of this Part
1 and Article
VI, §
113-43, of Chapter
113, Building Code Administration and Enforcement, has been made.
C. If the officers and employees of the Building Department
deny a certificate of occupancy, they shall state, in writing, the
reasons for such denial and forward the same to the address indicated
on the application.
D. Every application for a certificate of occupancy shall
be accompanied by a property survey map prepared by a qualified engineer
or land surveyor and certified to the Town of Thompson indicating
the location, in exact relationship to all property and street lines,
of all buildings and other structures on the lot.
E. The fee for a certificate of occupancy or certified
copy of the same shall be as provided in the local law establishing
fees, payable to the Building Department at the time that application
for the same is made.
[Amended 10-21-2003 by L.L. No. 7-2003]
F. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where
the Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Appeals shall have approved
an application of an applicant for which compliance with site layout
is required and the value of the project is greater than $250,000,
the applicant shall, as a condition for the issuance of a certificate
of occupancy, submit to the appropriate board a certified as-built
plan together with the certificate of a licensed engineer or architect
certifying that the applicant has substantially complied with the
requirements of such approval, and, upon review, if the applicable
board shall agree, the officers and employees of the Building Department
shall issue such certificate of occupancy.
[Added 1-21-2003 by L.L. No. 1-2003]