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Division 2. Certificate of Compliance for Rental Dwellings Section 17-31. Inspection and certificate required. No owner, agent or person in charge of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall allow any person to occupy the same as a tenant or lessee or for a valuable consideration unless said dwelling or dwelling ~nit shall have been inspected immediately prior to occupancy and shall have been determined to be in compliance with the provisions o~ the Housing Code as adopted by reference in Section 17-16 or as amended in Section 17-18 of this Code. Such compliance shall be evidenced by a certificate of compliance issued by the Director of Housing Services and Community Development provided, however, no such inspection shall be required within 180 days of the date of the last certificate of compliance issued. Furthermore, no electric power company shall commence individual service to a dwelling unit unless it has determined that a valid and effective certificate of compliance has been issued therefore as hereinafter required or that a waiver as permitted by Section 17-34 has been granted. Section 17-32. Issuance of certificates. Upon the request of the owner, agent or other person authorized to rent a dwelling or dwelling unit (hereinafter referred to as applicant), the director or his agent shall promptly inspect such dwelling or dwelling unit. If such inspection establishes that the dwelling or dwelling unit complies with all of the provisions of Section 17-47 and the Housing Code, adopted in 'Division 1 herein, there shall be issued a certificate of compliance for said dwelling or dwelling unit, indicating thereon the maximum number of occupants who may lawfully occupy it under the provisions of said Housing Code. One copy of such certificate shall be given to the applicant and a second copy shall be posted by the inspector on the inside o~ the main entrance door o~ the certified premises or in a conspicuous place nearby and shall not be removed by or at the direction o~ anyone other than the tenant. Section 17-33. Reinspection. If said dwelling or dwelling unit fails to comply with the provisions of Section 17-47 and the Housing Code, adopted pursuant to Division 1 herein, the inspector shall furnish the applicant with a written list of specific violations. Failure to list any violations shall not be construed as a waiver of such violation. Upon the representation of the applicant that the listed violations have been corrected, said dwelling or dwelling unit shall be promptly reinspected.