§ 120-60. Certificates of occupancy.

A. 

A certificate of occupancy is required for any of the following:

(1) 

Occupation and use of a building hereafter erected, altered, moved or extended.

(2) 

Change in the use of an existing building or portion thereof.

(3) 

Occupancy and use of vacant land, except for agricultural use.

(4) 

Change in the use of land, except for agricultural use.

B. 

No certificate shall be issued unless the work has been substantially completed in accordance with the plans and specifications.

C. 

Issuance. Within 10 days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, after written notification that a building or structure or lot or part thereof is ready for occupancy or use, it shall be the duty of the Building Inspector to make a final inspection and issue a certificate of occupancy if the land, building, structure or part thereof is found to conform with the provisions of this chapter. Failure to make such inspection and determination within the specified period of time shall not be deemed to be an approval or a disapproval of the application for certificate of occupancy.

D. 

Refusal. If the Building Inspector, after such final inspection, refuses to issue a certificate of occupancy, he or she shall state such refusal in writing, with the cause, and immediately thereupon mail notice of such refusal to the applicant at the address indicated on the written notification.