(A) The Building Commissioner, as chief administrative officer of the City Building Department, shall be authorized to administer and to proceed under the provisions of this chapter or IC 36-7-9-5 in ordering the repair or removal of the buildings found to be unsafe as specified therein or as specified hereafter.
(B) Whenever in the building regulations of the city or the City Unsafe Building Subchapter it is provided that anything must be done to the approval of or subject to the direction of the Building Commissioner or any other officer of thecity, this shall be construed to give such officer only the discretion of determining whether the rules and standards established by this subchapter have been complied with; and no such provisions shall be construed as giving any officer discretionary powers as to what such regulations or standards shall be, or the power to require conditions not prescribed by this subchapter, or the power to act in an arbitrary or discretionary manner.
(C) Orders or portions of orders issued by the city under IC 36-7-9-5 requiring an owner to bring his premises into compliance with the standards set forth herein shall be complied with by the time specified in the order, or as extended by the hearing authority acting under IC 36-7-9-6. However, an order, other than an order requiring immediate boarding, shall provide the owner at least 33 days from the mailing of the order to comply or to prepare for an administrative hearing.
(D) Failure of an owner to comply within the time specified in the order shall constitute a violation of the code. Each day that the violation continues constitutes a separate offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by fines not exceeding $500 for each violation.
(Ord. 1-1988, passed 5-2-88; Am. Ord, 1-1997, passed 5-5-97)