(a) No
building hereafter erected, converted or structurally altered shall
be used, occupied or changed in use and no land may be used until
a certificate of occupancy and compliance shall have been issued by
the building official of the City of Odessa stating that the building
or proposed use of land or building complies with the provisions of
this ordinance and other building laws of the City of Odessa.
(b) A
certificate of occupancy and compliance shall be applied for coincident
with the application for a building permit and will be issued within
ten (10) days after the completion of the erection, alteration or
conversion of such building or land provided such construction or
change has been made in complete conformity to the provisions of this
ordinance. All existing or hereafter created nonconforming uses shall
obtain a certificate of occupancy within eighteen (18) months of the
effective date of this ordinance. An occupancy permit shall be considered
evidence of the legal existence of a nonconforming use as contrasted
to an illegal use and violation of this ordinance.
(c) A
certificate of occupancy and compliance 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 these regulations.
A record of all certificates 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 land
or building affected.
(d) Whenever
a change of occupancy from one nonconforming use to another nonconforming
use is proposed, an application for a certificate of occupancy shall
be made to the building official.
(Ordinance 2019-13 adopted 4/9/19)