(a) There is hereby created the department of code compliance of the city of Dallas, at the head of which shall be the director of code compliance who shall be appointed by the city manager. The director must be a person professionally competent by experience and training to manage the department. The department will be composed of the director of code compliance and other assistants and employees as the city council may provide by ordinance upon recommendation of the city manager.
(b) Whenever the director or department of streets, sanitation, and code enforcement services is referred to in relation to a code enforcement responsibility in this code or in any other city ordinance, the term means the director or department of code compliance. (Ord. 23666)