The officer shall have the following powers and duties:
(A) To enforce all the provisions of this code relative to the maintenance of structures and premises except as may otherwise be specifically provided for herein or by other codes or ordinances;
(B) To issue all necessary notices and orders to abate illegal or unsafe conditions in order to ensure compliance with this code’s requirements for the safety, health and general welfare of the public;
(C) To enter any nonresidential structure at any reasonable time for the purpose of making inspections and performing duties under this code when there is sufficient exterior evidence of deterioration or neglect to warrant interior inspection;
(D) To enter and conduct interior inspection of residential property or structures for the purpose of determining the question of condemnation only upon application to, and issuance of an order by a court of competent jurisdiction authorizing such entry; and
(E) To seek from a court of competent jurisdiction an order for an owner, occupant or other person in charge of a premises to cease and desist in refusing, impeding, inhibiting or obstructing the free access by the officer to any part of a structure wherein inspection is sought.
(1999 Code, § 29-2-2)