The department of code compliance shall have the following duties.
(a) The director of the department shall act to coordinate activities within the department. The director shall provide overall management functions for the department, including contract management, fiscal control and personnel/safety programs.
(b) The director shall designate employees to enforce city code provisions. The code enforcement personnel shall be responsible for performing recurring inspections of properties in order to cause abatement of environmental, health, zoning and housing nuisances. These employees shall prepare cases for review by the building standards commission and the city council. They will initiate and participate in legal action, when required, to be processed through the municipal court and the Tarrant County court system and in nuisance abatement actions performed by the city.
(Ord. 24030-02-2020, § 14, passed 2-4-2020)