2006 New York Code - Issuance Of Certificates Of Occupancy.



 
    §  27-222  Issuance of certificates of occupancy. (a) All applications
  for certificates of occupancy and accompanying papers shall be  examined
  promptly  after  their  submission.  If  the building is entitled to the
  certificate of occupancy applied for, the application shall be  approved
  and  the  certificate of occupancy issued by the commissioner within ten
  calendar days  after  submission  of  the  application.  Otherwise,  the
  application  shall  be rejected and written notice of rejection, stating
  the grounds of rejection, shall be given to  the  applicant  within  ten
  calendar  days  of  the  submission  of  the  application.  Wherever  an
  application  has  been  rejected  and  proof  is  thereafter   submitted
  establishing  that  the  grounds of rejection have been met and that the
  building is entitled to the certificate of occupancy  applied  for,  the
  application  shall  be  approved and the certificate of occupancy issued
  within ten calendar days after submission of such proof.
    (b) No certificate of occupancy or temporary certificate of  occupancy
  shall  be  issued  until  a  fire protection plan, if required under the
  provisions of article twenty-five, has been filed and accepted.
    (c) No certificate of occupancy shall be issued until compliance  with
  such  provisions  of chapter three of title twenty-seven of this code as
  may be required  in  regulations  promulgated  by  the  commissioner  is
  certified by the bureau of electrical control.
    This   subdivision  shall  not  apply  to  temporary  certificates  of
  occupancy issued by the commissioner pursuant to section 27-218 of  this
  code.

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