(A) Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Zoning Code, this Zoning Code shall be administered and enforced by the Zoning Inspector who is hereby designated the enforcing officer of this Zoning Code. The Zoning Inspector will be appointed by the Mayor with the concurrence of Council. The enforcing officer may be removed from office for neglect of duty after a hearing before the Commission and Council. Such removal and filling the vacancy thereby created shall be made by resolution of the Village Council.
(B) To be eligible for appointment, the Zoning Inspector shall be well informed on the details of this Zoning Code and be able to read and interpret building plans and specifications, surveys, and other documents to the extent necessary to fulfill his or her duties and responsibilities of enforcement. He or she shall be physically capable of making the necessary examinations and inspections of the building site.
(C) It shall be the duty of the Zoning Inspector to enforce all laws relating to this Zoning Code. It shall be the Zoning Inspector’s job to consider the construction, alteration, and/or repair of buildings and structures only as they relate to the enforcement of this Zoning Code.
(D) It shall be the duty of the Zoning Inspector or a duly appointed assistant to inspect all buildings or structures in the process of construction, as well as the installation on private property of all utilities and other facilities incident thereto, to see that the provisions of law relative to planning and zoning are complied with; to review all applications to determine that all requirements of law are complied with; and to determine the need for conditional use permits and the legality of nonconforming uses.
(E) The Zoning Inspector shall keep careful and comprehensive records of all applications made and of all permits and zoning certificates issued, inspections made, reports rendered, and notices or orders issued. A copy of all zoning certificates issued shall be mailed to the Chairperson of the Planning Commission within one week of issuance.
(F) Neither the Zoning Inspector nor any person duly appointed as his or her assistant, when acting for the village in the discharge of his or her duties, shall be deemed to render himself or herself personally liable, and he or she is hereby relieved of all personal liability for any damage that may accrue to persons or property as the result of any such acts performed in the discharge of his or her duties except intentional tortious conduct. Any suit brought against him or her because of any act performed by him or her in good faith, or any act not constituting an intentional tort, in the enforcement of any provision of this Zoning Code, shall be defended by the Solicitor and, if judgment is awarded against him or her, he or she shall be indemnified and held harmless for all costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees for his or her defense.
(Prior Code, § 1264.02) (Ord. 79-15, passed 11-12-1979)