A. Application for a zoning certificate of compliance shall be made to the Permit Administrator:

(1) To use a building or structure following construction, erection, alteration, extension, relocation or structural changes, wholly or in part.
(2) To change the use of an existing building or a part thereof.
(3) To use vacant land or to change the use of land.

B. The Permit Administrator shall issue a zoning certificate of compliance after inspection of the premises if he is satisfied that the work for which the building permit was issued is completed and complies with all provisions of this chapter and other applicable ordinances.
C. Every applicant for a zoning certificate of compliance shall refer in his application to the building permit which he was issued or, in case none was needed, he shall submit such additional data as is required in an application for a building permit.
D. No building or structure following construction, erection, alteration, extension, relocation or structural changes, wholly or in part, and no existing building or part thereof may be changed in use and no vacant land may be changed in use until a zoning certificate of compliance has been issued by the Permit Administrator.
E. A zoning certificate of compliance shall continue in effect as long as such building, structure or portion thereof, or the use of same, or the use of land shall remain in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, including any further amendment thereto or other applicable ordinances.
F. One copy of every zoning certificate of compliance issued in accordance with this chapter shall be filed with the City Clerk, and one copy shall be retained by the Permit Administrator.
G. If the Permit Administrator declines to issue a zoning certificate of compliance, his reasons for doing so shall be stated on one copy of the application, and that copy shall be returned to the applicant.