A. A certificate of compliance shall be required in advance of:

1. The issuance of a building permit.

2. Grading or filling a lot or parcel.

3. Changing the use of any part of a structure or lot, including any increase in the number of families or dwelling units occupying a building or lot.

4. The installation of a manufacturing or other industrial process whose operation may generate effects of the types and magnitudes limited by performance standards as set forth in Section 14.12.090.

5. Installation of any sign for which a permit is required.

6. The establishment of a temporary use.

7. Electric or gas utility companies and/or cooperatives extending service or utilities to a given site.

B. When the director of planning and facilities receives an application for a certificate of compliance whose proposed improvement and use described and illustrated conforms to all requirements of this title, he/she shall issue a certificate of compliance and return a signed copy to the applicant within ten days of receipt of the application.

C. When the director of planning and facilities receives an application for a certificate of compliance whose proposed improvement and use described and illustrated does not conform to this title, he/she shall deny the issuance of a certificate of compliance, and so advise the applicant within ten days, citing the particular sections of this title with which the application does not comply. (Ord. 99-O-25 § 9.10, 1999)