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CHAPTER 242
Department of Housing and Neighborhoods
242.01   Establishment and Composition.
242.02   Code Enforcement Officers; Police Powers.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Authority of Council to establish departments - see CHTR. Sec. 83
   Enactment and amendment of Subdivision Regulations - see Ohio R.C. 711.101
   Powers and duties - see Ohio R.C. 713.02, 713.06
   Planning Commission shall be Platting Commission - see Ohio R.C. 713.03, P. & Z. 1222.01, 1222.02
   Planning Commission - see ADM. Ch. 252
   Approval of subdivision plans and plats - see P. & Z. Ch. 1220
   Responsibilities re zoning regulations - see P. & Z. Ch. 1242
242.01   ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION.
   (a)   A Department of Housing and Neighborhoods is hereby established in and for the City.
   (b)   The Department shall consist of the Director of Housing and Neighborhoods, a Deputy Director of Housing and Neighborhoods, and such other officers and employees as may be determined from time to time by Council. The Department shall be under the supervision and control of the Director, who shall be under the supervision of the Mayor.
   (c)   The Department shall include a division for Property Maintenance Code Enforcement.
   (d)   The Director of Housing and Neighborhoods shall be responsible for and have the authority to administer the City's Zoning Code.
   (e)   References throughout these Codified Ordinances to the Department of Community Development shall be deemed to mean the Department of Housing and Neighborhoods.
(Ord. 091-22. Passed 4-11-22.)
242.02   CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS; POLICE POWERS.
   (A)   The employees appointed as Code Enforcement Officers in the Department of Community Development shall have the duty to conserve the peace and enforce all laws within the City and shall have the authority to arrest violators of the ordinances of the City and the laws of the State, within the City, and to serve summonses, warrants and all other legal writs and processes. The appropriate peace officer's training, as determined by the Ohio Peace Officer's Training Council, shall be required for this position.
   (B)   The Code Enforcement Officers are hereby also authorized to prevent noise and disturbance and indecent and disorderly conduct, preserve the peace and good order and protect the property of the City beyond the geographical limits of the City on property owned by the City, pursuant to Ohio R.C. 715.49 and 715.50.
(Ord. 112-93. Passed 7-26-93.)