2023-95 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 68 Mechanical Code

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h. Failure to obtain a required Certificate of Occupancy before occupying or allowing occupancy of new construction or change in use. Permit applicants from which permits are to be withheld must be notified by mailing notice of same to the permit applicant or licensed subcontractor by certified mail, return receipt requested. Said notice shall inform the permit applicant or licensed subcontractor of the violations, which if corrected, will allow the City to issue to the permit applicant or licensed subcontractor additional permits. Corrections shall be made within fourteen (14) days after mailing of such notice,which notice must contain a statement of the right of the permit applicant or licensed subcontractor to appeal the same to the Construction and Housing Board of Appeals and the time limitation thereon. The withholding of permits as herein provided may be appealed to the Construction and Housing Board of Appeals by filing a notice of such appeal with the City Clerk within fourteen (14) days of the mailing of notice of such withholding. An appeal shall stay the due date for corrections required until the date of the final order of the Board. 15. SEVERABILITY. The provisions hereof are and shall be construed to be severable and invalidity of any section or provision of this Chapter or of the codes and standards hereby adopted, shall not invalidate other sections or provisions hereof.