174.18 ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER POWERS AND DUTIES.
   The Zoning Enforcement Officer shall exercise the following powers and duties:
      1.   Exercise all enforcement powers under Sections 174.01 and 174.02, including but not limited to the investigation of complaints of zoning violations, issuance of notices and municipal infraction citations to violators, and the preparation and submission to the legal department of reports of those zoning violations which continue unabated after exhaustion of reasonable administrative remedies toward their abatement, for such legal action as the facts of each report may require.
      2.   In all cases in which the City commences court action, cooperate with the City attorney by performing such additional investigative work as the City attorney shall require.
      3.   Attend the meetings of the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Zoning Board of Adjustment as requested by those bodies, investigate and review all cases presented to the Zoning Board of Adjustment, and advise that body on those cases upon request.
      4.   If the City, after analysis of the report, institutes legal proceedings, cooperate fully with the City attorney in the perfecting of such proceedings.
      5.   The Zoning Enforcement Officer may provide a written determination regarding the application of the Zoning and Property Chapters and related land use regulations to a specific site to any person requesting such information upon receipt of a fee in the amount set in the schedule of fees adopted by the City Council by resolution.