(A) Authority. This chapter shall be enforced by the city by any appropriate actions and proceedings in law or in equity or any other means authorized by this chapter, including the withholding of building permits and necessary approvals, permits and licenses to prevent any violation of this chapter, to prevent unlawful construction, to recover damages, to restrain, correct or abate a violation, and to prevent illegal occupancy of a building, structure or premises.
(B) Code Enforcement Officers; authority. The City Attorney, Zoning Administrator and County/City Building Inspector, or any other individual appointed by the Mayor, are hereby identified as the Code Enforcement Officers of the city as designated and discussed by this chapter, and shall be responsible for enforcing all provisions and requirements of this chapter and for initiating appropriate proceedings to ensure compliance, as allowed and authorized by state laws and this code. The city shall have such other remedies as are and as may be from time to time provided by state law or city ordinance for the violation of any provision of this chapter.
(1) The Code Enforcement Officers, as identified herein, are authorized to inspect buildings and structures in the course of construction, modification or repair, and to inspect land uses to determine compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(2) The Code Enforcement Officers, as identified herein, shall have the right to enter any building or property for determining compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Such right of entry shall be exercised only at a reasonable hour. In no case shall entry be made to any building in the absence of the owner or tenant thereof without consent of the owner or tenant, or a written order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(3) The Code Enforcement Officers, as identified herein, shall investigate any purported violation of this chapter.
(4) It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with lawful enforcement activities.
(Prior Code, § 10-12-4) (Ord. passed 8-10-2006; Ord. 020912-02, passed 2-9-2012) Penalty, see § 153.999