Syracuse, N.Y., Rev. Gen. Ord. ch. 27 § 27

(a) Upon receipt of written application by the owner thereof for a certificate of compliance or adequacy for specified premises, and payment of fees prescribed in section 27-127 herein, the director or his designated representative shall make an inspection of such premises to determine whether or not such premises conform to the requirements of this Code and other applicable laws, ordinances and regulations and if the premises do not so conform, to determine the violations thereof. Such application shall be deemed to have expired after six (6) months from the date thereof whether or not a certificate has been issued, and thereafter no certificate shall be issued except upon a renewed application and payment of the prescribed fees, provided however, that the application shall not be deemed to have expired in the event the failure to issue a certificate is due solely to delay caused by the division.
(b) Within ten (10) days of receipt of such written application and fee, the director shall issue one (1) of the following:
(1) An appropriate certificate covering the premises specified, which certificate shall be dated as of the date of the latest inspection hereunder; or
(2) A notice of intent to issue an appropriate conditional certificate which shall:
a. Specify any violations of this Code or of other applicable laws or regulations; and
b. Designate the period in which such violations must be removed or corrected; and
c. Inform the person to whom it is directed of his right to apply within five (5) days for a hearing before the director or his designated representative to request a review or modification of such conditions. (When an application for a hearing is properly made, the director shall set a time and place for such hearings); and
d. State the penalties provided by law for failure to remove or correct such violation; or
(3) A notice of violation in accordance with section 27-114 or section 27-118 herein.
(c) Within five (5) days after a hearing held in accordance with subparagraph 113.1(b)(2)c., above, or if no such hearing has been held, within ten (10) days after issuance of notice of intent to issue a conditional certificate, the director shall issue such a conditional certificate. The director may require, as a condition of his issuance of such a conditional certificate:
(1) That the owner shall first provide an undertaking in an amount, or place in escrow a sum, reasonably calculated to cover the cost of removing or correcting the violations noted; and/or
(2) That the owner and/or the prospective purchaser acknowledge in writing the existence of the violation(s) and their intention to remove or correct such violation(s) and to waive further notice of such violation(s).
(d) After a conditional certificate has been issued, the director or his designated representative shall make a subsequent inspection of the premises, and if the conditions of said conditional certificate have been satisfied and no further violations are found, shall issue an appropriate certificate without further application or payment of fees therefor. If the violations enumerated in the conditional certificate have not been corrected within the time specified therein, the director may, without further notice, proceed to have the violation removed or corrected pursuant to section 27-117 below, applying any sums held in escrow for this purpose to the expense thereof, and may pursue any other penalties provided by law.
(e) Failure to issue any notices or certificate within the time periods stated in this section shall not be construed as a waiver by the division of any requirements of this Code.
(f) Notwithstanding any provision contained herein no certificate of compliance shall be issued until proof has been submitted to the director that there are no delinquent city taxes including assessments for local improvements against the subject premises or proof that an agreement has been executed with the city of Syracuse to pay delinquent taxes including assessments for local improvements in installments as provided by the Tax and Assessment Act of the city of Syracuse, as amended, being Chapter 75 of the Laws of 1906, as amended.