A. Administration. The duty of administering the provisions of the Zoning Code is hereby conferred upon the Planning and Development Director.
1. He/she may be provided with the assistance of other persons as the City may direct.
2. In carrying out the administrative duties of this Zoning Code, the Planning and Development Director shall also act in accordance with the requirements of any other City regulations regarding code enforcement, and shall cooperate with the Building Commissioner in the enforcement of the requirements of this ordinance.
3. If the Planning and Development Director shall find any of the provisions of this Code are being violated, he/she shall notify the Building Commissioner of such violation.
B. Enforcement. The duty of enforcing the provisions of the Zoning Code is hereby conferred upon the Building Commissioner.
1. The Building Commissioner, as approved by the Planning and Development Director, may promulgate such rules and regulations as he/she may determine as necessary to supplement or aid in the interpretation of the requirements of the Zoning Code, which regulations shall be consistent therewith and with the rules and regulations of the Building and Zoning Board of Appeals. Rules of the Building Commissioner shall have the same force and effect as provisions of the Zoning Code and the rules of the Board.
2. In addition to any other power given to the Building Commissioner by law or ordinance, the Building Commissioner is empowered and authorized to investigate any reported violation of the provisions of the Zoning Code. The Building Commissioner shall not enter onto any premises for the purposes of conducting any such investigation without first either obtaining the express written consent of the owner or other adult person in control of or in charge of such premises to enter upon the premises to conduct such investigation, or obtaining a warrant from a court of competent jurisdiction authorizing him/her to conduct a search of the premises.
3. The Building Commissioner shall keep, or cause to be kept, in accordance with applicable records retention requirements, a record of the Division of Building in regard to any decision, determination or conclusion reached by him/her in connection with the enforcement of the Zoning Code. Such records shall be open to public inspection during regular business hours.
C. Liability. Neither the Planning and Development Director, the Building Commissioner nor any person appointed or employed by them when acting in good faith and without malice shall be personally liable for damages by reason of anything done under the provisions of the Zoning Code.
(Ord. 2017-32. Passed 5-2-17.)