Certificate of Occupancy Rochester, NY

[Sam Torrey]

Hello all! 1st post ever here!

I recently purchased a single family rental property here in Rochester about 15 min away from where I live.

I went to go apply for a COO and noticed on the form a yes/no question that i dont know how I should answer. It asks whether the property is vacant or occupied.

As of today, 5/5/2020 it is vacant. However by the end of the month our renters will move in. What should I mark? I am leaning towards marking it "no" the property is not vacant because by the time an inspector briefly visits, there will be people there. Thoughts?

What should I do?

[Dennis Callaghan]

Which Town or is it city? If city, I would lean towards saying no as well because with a bunch of city workers getting furloughed as of today I would guess that no one will be there anytime soon since they are not entering homes currently as well. If you say yes that may trigger something saying that you cannot have it occupied until inspe turn is done....and again how long is that? If anyone ever notices once things get going again you can always say you tried to reach out but couldn't get through.