[Amended 6-24-1996 by L.L. No. 5-1996]
A.
No building, structure, driveway or parking area hereafter
erected, enlarged, extended or altered shall be occupied or used,
in whole or in part, until a certificate of occupancy, certifying
that the building, structure, driveway or parking area conforms to
the approved plans and the requirements of this chapter and the provisions
of the zoning and other laws and regulations of the Village, and stating
the purposes for which the building may be used in its several parts,
and any special stipulations on such use shall be issued and signed
by the Building Inspector or other duly authorized person. If the
occupancy or use of a building is not discontinued during the work
or alteration, the occupancy of the building shall not continue for
more than 30 days after completion of the alteration, unless a certificate
of occupancy shall have been issued. For the purposes of this chapter,
the term "certificate of occupancy" shall include a certificate of
completion. Where the plans or specifications are required to be prepared
and stamped by a licensed architect or licensed professional engineer
as provided in this chapter, the Building Inspector may, in the exercise
of discretion, require the certification of a licensed architect or
licensed professional engineer to the foregoing effect.
B.
Change of occupancy.
(1)
No change in the nature or character of occupancy
or use shall be made in a building or structure that is not consistent
with the most recently issued certificate of occupancy for such building
or structure, unless an amended certificate of occupancy is obtained
from the Building Inspector for such change of use. In the case of
a lawfully existing building or structure for which no certificate
of occupancy is required, no change in the nature or character of
occupancy or use shall be made that is not consistent with the most
recently authorized use, unless a certificate of occupancy is obtained
from the Building Inspector authorizing such change of use.
(2)
After a change in occupancy has been made, the reestablishment
in a building of a prior use which would not be permitted in a new
building of the same type of construction is prohibited. No change
shall be made from any prohibited use to another prohibited use.
C.
Surveys. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
chapter, no certificate of occupancy shall issue for any building
or structure, the footprint of which has been changed, altered, expanded
or diminished, unless the Village first receives a satisfactory survey
of the said building or structure in as-built status.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 44-19, Required
certifications of compliance, added 9-9-1947 by Ord. No. 41, as amended,
and which immediately followed this section, was repealed 6-24-1996
by L.L. No. 5-1996.
D.
No certificate of occupancy will be issued for a structure
or an alteration thereto having a total floor area in excess of 2,000
square feet until a final certificate is filed with the Building Inspector
by the architect or engineer who inspected the construction certifying
that the structure was in fact erected or altered in conformity with
the plans therefor filed with the Building Inspector.
[Added 2-14-2004 by L.L. No. 2-2005]
E.
No certificate of occupancy or certificate of completion
will be issued in any case where the approvals for the work, including,
but not limited to, the building permit, required proper completion
of landscaping and/or grading. A certificate of an architect, engineer
or other qualified professional who supervised or inspected the construction,
certifying that the work was completed in substantial conformity with
the approved plans, shall be submitted with the application for such
certificate.
[Added 7-14-2008 by L.L. No. 4-2008]
