[Adopted by Ord. No. O-93-29 (§ 13-3.9B
of the Revised General Ordinances)]
No agent of an owner, real estate broker, firm,
company, partnership, corporation or person shall rent, re-rent, lease,
re-lease, sell, resell, or suffer to allow any person or persons to
occupy as a tenant or otherwise any commercially used building where
there shall be a change of occupancy, unless a certificate of occupancy
certifying that said building is fit for human occupation and that
said building is in compliance with the Property Maintenance Code
and all other ordinances of the Township, shall first be obtained
from the Code Administrator. Such a certificate of occupancy shall
be granted or denied within 10 days from the date of the application
for same. The Code Administrator shall cause to be prepared appropriate
application forms for such certificate of occupancy, which form shall
be available to the applicant at the office of the Code Administrator.
The charges to cover the cost of administration in connection with said application shall be paid at the time of application, shall be nonrefundable and are as provided in Chapter 150, Fees.
[Amended 6-24-2014 by Ord. No. O-14-8]
A certificate of occupancy issued hereunder
for the rental of a property shall be valid for a period not to exceed
60 calendar days from the date of issuance or until there occurs a
change in occupancy, whichever occurs first. A certificate of occupancy
issued hereunder for the resale of a property shall be valid for a
period not to exceed 120 calendar days from the date of issuance or
until there occurs a change of occupancy, whichever first occurs.
