The Housing Department shall inspect any premises in the City for the purpose of enforcing and assuring compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The Code Official or his/her designee, may request that an owner provide access to all interior portions of an unoccupied building in order to perform an inspection. Nothing contained herein, however, shall diminish the owner's right to refuse consent for an interior inspection. If deemed necessary, the Code Official or his/her designee will be required to obtain the procurement of a search warrant from a court of competent jurisdiction in order to enable such inspection. The following shall apply:
(a) Vacant properties may be externally inspected by the Code Official a minimum of twice per year to ensure the compliance with property maintenance codes;
(b) A Notice of Violation will be completed for each inspection indicating any property maintenance code violations;
(c) Unless otherwise determined, by the discretion of the Code Official a property owner will have 90 days to correct the code violations. Failure to correct the violations by the compliance date may result in prosecution.
(Ord. 15-2012. Passed 2-6-12; Ord. 26-2022. Passed 3-7-22.)