(a) The Director of Administration or other designated official is authorized to make or cause to be made external inspections of all structures or premises used for dwelling purposes and all secondary or appurtenant structures to determine whether such structures or premises conform to the provisions of this chapter.
(b) When a property owner denies the Director of Administration or other designated official entry onto his property for the purpose of making an exterior inspection, the Director of Administrator or other designated official, may apply for and obtain a search warrant pursuant to constitutional guidelines in order to gain access to such property.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall limit the right of immediate entry by the Director of Administration or other designated official onto any property in the City when he determines an emergency exists.
(Ord. 96-8964. Passed 5-1-96.)
(d) The Director of Administration, or other designated official, is hereby conferred with the authority to issue citations, complaints, and/or summons against any individual or property owner who the Director of Administration, or other designated official, shall have determined upon inspection of a subject’s real property to be in violation of this chapter. The power hereunder conferred upon the Director of Administration, or other designated official, shall be limited to the exception and filing of criminal citations, criminal complaints, and/or summons. And further, the Director of Administration, or other designated official shall have the power to serve upon any individual or property owner alleged to have violated any provisions of this chapter, any criminal citation, criminal complaint, and/or summons.
(Ord. 03-9446. Passed 6-18-03.)