144-36 - Certificates of Occupancy for Developments or Enlargements in Public Access
Areas

LAST AMENDED
6/6/2024


No temporary certificate of occupancy shall be issued by the Department of Buildings or Department of Small Business Services
for #floor area# in a #development# or #enlargement# resulting in a public access area requirement under Section 144-31
(Required Public Access Areas) without the substantial completion of the public access area required for such #development# or
#enlargement#, and no final certificate of occupancy shall be issued prior to the final completion of the required public access
area.

Notwithstanding the provisions above, the Department of Buildings or the Department of Small Business Services, as
applicable, may issue a temporary certificate of occupancy allowing for #floor area# allocated to #uses# listed under Use Group
IV(B), IX or X without the substantial completion of the required public access area, in which case the public access area shall be
completed within one year of the issuance of the first such certificate of occupancy. Following such one-year period, no
additional #floor area# within the #development# or #enlargement# shall receive a certificate of occupancy until the substantial
completion of the required public access area.