Title
An Ordinance to Amend Section 13.33 of the West Allis Revised Municipal Code Relating to Occupancy Permits (Sponsored by Safety and Development Committee).
Body
The Common Council of the City of West Allis do ordain as follows:
PART I. Section 13.33 of the Revised Municipal Code is hereby repealed and recreated to read:
13.33 CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY
(1) Residential. No building, lot or premises, may be occupied until a Certificate of Occupancy shall have been issued, unless as otherwise provided under this section.
(a) Certificate of Occupancy Required. No dwelling unit or accessory residential building hereafter erected, altered or residential use lot shall be occupied or used in whole or in part for any purpose whatsoever until a Certificate of Occupancy shall have been issued by the Director of the Department of Building Inspections and Zoning or designee stating that the building complies with all zoning, building, fire and health laws and ordinances, and with the provisions of these regulations.
(b) Change of Use. No change of use shall be made in any dwelling or part thereof now or hereafter erected or altered, without a building permit having been issued by the Building Inspector and no permit shall be issued to make such changes unless it is in conformity with the provisions of this Chapter or amendments thereto hereafter duly enacted. Nothing herein shall prevent the continuance of the present occupancy or use of any existing dwelling except as may be necessary for safety of life and property.
(c) Application and Issuance. Certificate of Occupancy shall be applied for coincident with the application for a building permit and shall be issued within ten (10) days after the erection or alteration is completed. A record of all certificates shall be kept on file in the office of the Building Inspector and copies shall be furnished on request to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the property a...
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