11H-104 Certificate of Occupancy Required
Unofficial copy. It may be out of date. Not legal or zoning advice. Zoning rules change, and only the city or county can say for sure what is allowed on a property. Confirm with the city or county planning department before you buy, sign or build.
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Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
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No land shall be used or occupied and no building hereafter structurally altered or erected shall be used or changed in use, until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the Building Inspector, stating that the building or the proposed use thereof, or the use of the land, complies with the provisions of this ordinance or for the renewing, changing, or extending of a nonconforming use. A certificate of occupancy either for the whole or a part of a building or structure shall be issued within the ten (10) days after the erection or structural alteration of such building or structure, or part thereof, shall have been
completed in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance.
A. Building deposit will be forfeit, project will be red-tagged and subject to fines, set by resolution, if any structure is occupied before a Certificate of Occupancy is issued by the Town of Garden City Building Inspector.
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