(a) This article is adopted by the Town Commission to establish a code enforcement special magistrate and hearing process pursuant to the authority granted municipalities in Ch. 162, Florida Statutes.
(b) It is the intent of this article to promote, protect and improve the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the town by authorizing the creation of a code enforcement special magistrate with authority to impose administrative fines and other noncriminal penalties to provide an equitable, expeditious, effective and inexpensive method of enforcing the codes and ordinances in force in the town where a pending or repeated violation of any provision of this Code continues to exist.
(c) To the extent that any provision of the Town Code, or Appendix hereto, references a Code Enforcement Board or to the extent that any Town of Melbourne Beach administrative policy, rule, or procedure, references a Code Enforcement Board, the term "Code Enforcement Board" shall be read and interpreted to be synonymous with the term "special magistrate" as defined in this article, and the special magistrate is hereby authorized to exercise any power vested in the Town Code Enforcement Board.
(§ 162.02, Fla. Stat.)(Ord. 87-05, passed 4-14-87; Am. Ord. 2020-05, passed 10-21-20)