Blythe Municipal Code Ch. 17.80 Building Permits—certificates of Occupancy

No building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title unless a building permit has been issued for such work. No building permit shall be issued for the erection or use of any building or structure or part thereof, or for the use of any land, which is not in accordance with all the provisions of this title.

(Ord. 595 § 8.01, 1982)

A. All applications for building permits shall be accompanied by a site plan drawn to scale, showing the actual dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the location, height and area of the building to be erected and such other information as may be necessary for the enforcement of this title.

B. Where a building is to be erected in any district and the proposed front yard is less than the prescribed minimum for the district in which the building is to be erected and when such minimum front yard is permitted to be reduced as hereinbefore specified, the site plan shall include the premises on both sides in the same block on which the premises' buildings have already been erected, together with the location of such buildings.

(Ord. 595 § 8.02, 1982)

A. No building erected, moved, enlarged or altered shall be occupied, used or changed in use until a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the director of public works. Such certificate shall be applied for coincidentally with the application for a building permit and shall be issued only after such building, erection, enlargement or alteration has been completed in conformity with the provisions of this title and when the proposed use conforms thereto. Any use legally occupying an existing building at the time the ordinance codified in this chapter became effective may be continued but shall not be changed unless a certificate of occupancy for the new use has been issued by the director of public works, after finding that such use conforms with the provisions of this title and applicable ordinances.

B. A certificate of occupancy shall also be applied for before any vacant land is used or before an existing use of vacant land is changed after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter. No certificate of occupancy shall be required where the land is to be used for tilling the soil and the growing of farm, garden or orchard products.

(Ord. 595 § 8.03 (part), 1982)

A. The certificate of occupancy shall state that the building or proposed use of a building or land complies with all the laws and ordinances and with the provisions of this title.

B. A record of all certificates shall be kept on file by the director of public works and copies shall be furnished on request to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the building or land affected.

(Ord. 595 § 8.03 (part), 1982)