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// CODE SNIPPET

A-701.2.1 Approval Prior to Occupancy

Philadelphia Administrative Code > 7 Certificates and Approvals > A-701 Certificate of Occupancy > A-701.2 Review and Approval > A-701.2.1 Approval Prior to Occupancy
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Newly constructed buildings, altered areas of existing buildings and relocated buildings shall not be used or occupied, and a change of occupancy of a building or portion thereof shall not be made, until the code official has issued a certificate of occupancy.

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