(a) Enforcement Officers. The City Manager shall assign the duties of administering and enforcing this Code to any or all of the following: the Director of Public Service, or his or her designee, the Planning Director, or his or her designee, or the Enforcement Officer, or his or her designee. Any person so assigned may call upon any department, division or contractor of the City for whatever assistance may be necessary to abate a violation of this Code.
(b) Complaints and Citations. Any officer of the City, who has been assigned the duties of administering and enforcing this Code, may file any misdemeanor complaints and issue any misdemeanor citations, and to take all such other actions as are necessary, to enforce this Code.
(c) Liability.
(1) The Code Official, officer or employee charged with the enforcement of this Code, while acting for the jurisdiction, shall not thereby be rendered liable personally, and is hereby relieved from all personal liability for any damage accruing to persons or property as a result of an act required or permitted in the discharge of official duties.
(2) Any suit instituted against any officer or employee because of an act performed by that officer or employee in the lawful discharge of duties and under the provisions of this Code shall be defended by the legal representative of the jurisdiction until the final termination of the proceedings. The Code Official or any subordinate shall not be liable for costs in an action, suit or proceeding that is instituted in pursuance of the provisions of this Code; and any, acting in good faith and without malice, shall be free from liability for acts performed under any of its provisions or by reason of any act or omission in the performance of official duties in connection therewith.
(Ord. 04-24. Passed 5-17-04; Ord. 07-30. Passed 7-16-07; Ord. 2022-36. Passed 9-6-22.)