(A) Creation and purpose. There is created a Building and Code Enforcement Department, an executive department of the Village. The Building and Code Enforcement Department shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the Village Manager. The Building and Code Enforcement Department shall provide for the administration and coordination of all building inspections, code enforcement and related activities within the Village.
(B) Composition. The Building and Code Enforcement Department shall be composed of such officials, deputies, assistants and employees, including supervisors, inspectors, clerks, project assistants and other employees as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Department and as may be financed by the President and Board of Trustees in the annual budget of the Village.
(C) Director of Building and Code Enforcement. The head and direct supervisor of the Building and Code Enforcement Department shall be known as the Building Director. The Building Director shall be appointed by the Village Manager and shall be an official of the Village. The Building Director shall report directly to the Village Manager. The duties and responsibilities of the Building Director shall include oversight of the building inspection and code enforcement activities of the Village, as set forth in further detail below. All of the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Building and Code Enforcement Department as set forth below may be performed by the Building Director, in his or her discretion, or may be performed at his or her direction. A bond shall be posted and paid for by the Village on behalf of the Building Director in an amount to be determined by the Village Manager at the time of his or her appointment.
(D) Powers, duties and responsibilities. The powers, duties and responsibilities of the Building Director, and his or her subordinates, shall be under the supervision and at the direction of the Village Manager, and shall include, but are not limited to:
(1) Carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the Building and Code Enforcement Department relative to enforcement of the Building Code and other Codes adopted by the Village, as well as other departmental duties relative to Code Enforcement as set forth throughout the Village Code;
(2) Conducting plan review and the issuance of permits as appropriate pursuant to the Village Code and any other codes or regulations adopted by the Village;
(3) Conducting inspections required by the Village Code and any other codes or regulations adopted by the Village, and oversight of all inspectors, including electrical and plumbing inspectors;
(4) The power to order all work stopped on construction or alterations and/or repairs to buildings within the corporate limits of the Village whenever such work is being done in violation of the Village Code, building, zoning, and property maintenance codes or any other Village code or regulation;
(5) The power, for the purposes of making inspections at any reasonable time, to make or cause to be made entry into any building or premises where work or altering, repairing and/or constructing any building or structure is commenced;
(6) Issuing notices of violations and citations for violations of the Village Code or any building or other Codes or regulations adopted thereunder;
(7) Approving certificates of occupancy and zoning for any structure or use of land in the Village;
(8) With the assistance of the administrative staff of the Building and Code Enforcement Department, keeping all records of transactions and matters involving the Building and Code Enforcement Division, including all records required by federal and state funding agencies, all financial records, records and files related to applications for permits and inspections, records related to compliance issues concerning properties within the Village, and other such records as may be necessary for the efficient operation of the Department; and
(9) The performance of any other duties at the direction of the Village Manager.
(E) At-will employee. Notwithstanding wording contained in other parts of the Village Code, the Building Director is an at-will employee and shall serve at the pleasure of the Village Manager.
(Ord. CO-2021-19, passed 8-17-2021; Am. Ord. 2021-21, passed 8-17-2021)