(A) The County Board of Health, County Building Inspector and/or his or her designee, or any other official appointed by the Town Council, shall be considered the “enforcement authority” for the implementation of this subchapter and shall be authorized to administer and to proceed under the provisions of said law in ordering the repair or removal of any buildings found to be unsafe as specified therein or as specified hereafter.
(B) Where, in the Town Unsafe Building Law, it is provided that anything must be done to the approval of, or subject to the direction of, the County Board of Health, County Building Inspector and/or his or her designee, or any other official appointed by the Town Council, this shall be construed to give such officer only the discretion of determining whether the rules and standards established by this chapter have been complied with. No such provisions shall be construed as giving any officer discretionary powers as to what such regulations or standards shall be, power to require conditions not prescribed by ordinance, or to enforce ordinance provisions in an arbitrary or discretionary manner.
(C) The Town Council shall be and is hereby designated as the “hearing authority” in connection with the terms and provisions of this subchapter and I.C. 36-7-9-1 et seq.
(Ord. 12-11-1, passed 12-12-2011)