(A) It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, all police officers, City Controller, and all departments of the city, including the Building, Fire, Code Enforcement, and Health Departments, charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this code to conduct inspections of the business, thing, or device regulated and licensed under this code and to enforce, as may be provided by law, all laws of the city and state in the proper exercise of police powers of the city.
(B) For the purpose of enforcing provisions of this code with regard to required business licenses, police officers shall have the right to request any person claiming to be licensed under this code to produce a business licenses and to issue a citation to any person who violates any of the business license provisions of this code and shall have the right of entry and to cease operations, at any time, to any place or operation of business for which a business license is required by this code.
(C) For the purpose of ascertaining whether or not there is compliance with the licensing provisions of this code, the City Controller and the departments of Building, Fire, Code Enforcement, and Health, shall also have the right of entry and to cease operations at any time, to any place or operation of a business for which a business license is required.
(D) In accordance with I.C. 36-1-6-2(a), if a condition violating this code or other city ordinance exists on real property, employees or contractors of city may enter onto that property and take appropriate action to bring the property into compliance with the ordinance and may bring an enforcement action. See § 110.999. If the city takes action to bring compliance, the expenses incurred by the city to bring compliance constitute a lien against the property. The lien attaches when notice of the lien is recorded in the office of the County Recorder. The lien is superior to all other liens except liens for taxes, in an amount that does not exceed:
(1) Ten thousand dollars for real property unoccupied or unimproved property; or
(2) Twenty thousand dollars for all other real property.
(Ord. 11-0040, passed 1-9-2012; Ord. 12-0002, passed 3-1-2012; Ord. 12-0019, passed 6-15-2012)