Certificate of occupancy

Any occupancy, use or change of use shall not take place until a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the building official in accordance with the requirements for the issuance of a certificate of occupancy as stated in the Rhode Island Building Code. A certificate of occupancy as required by the Rhode Island Building Code shall be required for any of the following:

• • A. Occupancy and use of a building hereafter erected or enlarged;

  • B. Change in use of an existing building to a different use;

  • C. Intensification of an existing use of either a building or land;

  • D. Occupancy and use of vacant land except for the raising of crops;

  • E. Change in the use of land to different use except for the raising of crops; or

  • F. Any change in use of a nonconforming use.