(A) The Planning and Community Development Department and its delegated officers shall exercise the powers that may be necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including the following powers in addition to others herein granted:
(1) To investigate the dwelling conditions in the municipality in order to determine which dwellings therein are unfit for human habitation.
(2) To administer affirmations, examine witnesses, and receive evidence.
(3) To enter upon premises for the purpose of making examinations, provided that such entries shall be made in such manner as to cause the least possible inconvenience to the persons in possession, and to obtain an order for this purpose from a court of competent jurisdiction in the event entry is denied or resisted.
(4) To appoint and fix the duties of such officers, agents, and employees as are deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(5) To delegate any of its functions under this chapter to the officers that it may designate. ('71 Code, § 13-15) (Ord. passed 8-2-60; Am. Ord. passed 3-19-68; Am. Ord. passed 2-7-09)
(B) The following positions within the Planning and Community Development Department are hereby abolished:
(1) Account Clerk
(2) Clerk Typist III
(3) Housing Code Administrator
(4) Housing Code Director
(5) Housing Inspectors (5 positions)
(Ord. passed 7-1-94)
Statutory reference:
Authority of city to confer power upon housing code department, see R.S.A. 48-A:8
Authority of city to confer power upon housing code department, see R.S.A. 48-A:8