307 Certificate of Occupancy Required

A certificate of occupancy shall be required before any structure or premises, or part thereof, hereafter erected, changed, converted, moved, altered or enlarged wholly or in part, may be used or occupied. 1) It shall be a violation of this title if a certificate of occupancy has not been obtained by the holder of a building permit prior to the expiration of the building permit or any renewal thereof. 2) No owner of land shall allow any structure or building thereon which requires a certificate of occupancy to be occupied by humans prior to obtaining a certificate of occupancy as required herein. 3) Allowing or permitting the occupancy of a building or structure, by humans, which is required pursuant to this title to have a certificate of occupancy, shall be a Class B Misdemeanor. Each day that the violation continues shall be a separate and additional misdemeanor offense. 4) Upon the expiration of any building permit if the building official determines that a certificate of occupancy has not been issued, the building official shall cause to be recorded in the records of the County Recorder a notice of delinquency describing the real property for which the building permit was issued. The notice shall be in substantially the form titled “Notice of No Certificate of Occupancy Issued” located in Appendix A 5) The notice referred to above shall not be recorded if the building official has been notified that the building project for which the building permit was issued has been canceled or terminated and that construction of the project, structure, building, or home shall not be undertaken. 6) The notice shall be released upon compliance with this title; an issuance of a permanent certificate of occupancy. Upon compliance with the foregoing, the building official shall deliver to the owner of the real property a release in substantially the form titled “Delinquency Notice” located in Appendix A. 7) The original of said release of delinquency notice shall be delivered upon completion to the record owner of the real property or the owner’s agent for recording in the records of Daggett County.