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37 CHAPTER 1119 Building Permit and Certificates of Occupancy 1119.01 Building permit required; real 1119.03 Records. property taxes. 1119.04 Fees. 1119.02 Certificate of occupancy 1119.05 Voidance. required. CROSS REFERENCES Building permits and fees - see BLDG. Ch. 1321 Commercial and other building permits - see P. &. Z. Ch. 1126 1119.01 BUILDING PERMIT REQUIRED; REAL PROPERTY TAXES. (a) No excavation for a foundation, nor the erection, construction or alteration of any structure or part of a structure, nor occupancy of any street or alley with the building materials, nor erection of temporary structures for construction purposes, nor any other improvement to real property for which a building permit is required, shall be undertaken until a building permit therefor has been issued by the Building Official. (b) No building permit required by subsection (a) hereof for commercial construction or new residential construction shall be issued unless the applicant first submits to the Building Official a statement from the County Treasurer certifying either that all real property taxes due and owing on the property for which the permit is sought have been paid, or that the owner has entered into an agreement with the County Treasurer which will provide for the payment of all real property taxes presently due and owing on the property. For purposes of this paragraph only "commercial construction" shall mean the construction of any building or building addition on land in the City which is zoned for any use other than single- family, two-family or single family cluster, and "new residential construction" shall mean the construction of any building or building addition on land which is zoned for single-family, two- family or single family cluster use. (Ord. 99-113. Passed 12-5-00.) 1119.02 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY REQUIRED. No vacant land and no building hereafter erected or altered shall be occupied or used, in whole or in part, nor shall any owner or tenant of any land or building hereafter change the use classification or enlarge the use of any building or any premises, including offstreet parking, without a certificate of occupancy issued by the Building Official stating that the use of the building or premises complied with the provisions of this Zoning Code. (a) Application with Building Permit Application. Each applicant for a building permit shall file with the Building Official an application for a certificate of occupancy of the building proposed to be constructed or altered prior to and as a condition to the issuance of such building permit. No building permit shall be issued if the structure planned or the use disclosed in the application for a certificate of occupancy violates any provision of this Code. December 2016 Replacement