Planning board tables proposed certificate-of-occupancy ordinance amendment

The board examined draft language to add a certificate-of-occupancy (CO) requirement to the town ordinance, prompted by state law language requiring municipal inspection and certification for buildings in municipalities with more than 2,000 residents. Staff said the requirement would likely need placement in the minimum lot-size/land-use section and could require an ordinance amendment. "I put it there," the code-enforcement officer said when asked where the new checklist language might fit.