(A) Establishment. There is hereby established within and under the supervision, control and jurisdiction of the Village Police Department a Property Maintenance Code Enforcement Department (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "Code Enforcement"). The Chief of Police shall have charge of the management and operation of such department and its operations, and may delegate such other personnel from the Police Department to exercise managerial or supervisory authority over Code Enforcement field personnel (such Code Enforcement field personnel hereinafter sometimes referred to as "Code Enforcement Officers"), who shall be employees of the Village Police Department and subject to the rules and regulations thereof. Subject to the approval of the President and Village Board of Trustees, the Chief of Police may hire or appoint such other officers or employees as may be needed to enforce and administer the provisions of this code from time to time. While subject to the management and supervision of the Chief of Police or his or her designees, Code Enforcement Officers shall not be sworn officers of the Department (but the foregoing shall not preclude any sworn officers of the Department from enforcing the provisions of this Code as may be necessary from time to time or as directed by the Chief of Police). Code Enforcement, as herein constituted and established, shall primarily be designated with the responsibility for enforcing the provisions of this chapter as the same may apply to residentially zoned, developed or occupied properties within the village, but shall not be precluded from enforcing the provisions of this chapter as applied to non-residentially zoned, developed or occupied properties. The Department of Community Development shall primarily be designated with the responsibility for enforcing the provisions of this chapter as the same may apply to non-residentially zoned, developed or occupied properties.
(B) Code Enforcement Officers. Code Enforcement Officers employed within the Property Maintenance Code Enforcement Department shall have the primary responsibility for enforcing the provisions of this chapter as applied to residentially zoned, developed or occupied properties within the village, for enforcing Chapter 93 of the Village Code of Ordinances, and for enforcing the provisions of § 132.43 of the Village Code of Ordinances prohibiting graffiti, as well as such other codes and ordinances of the village as may practically be assigned to Code Enforcement from time to time by the Village Manager and/or the Chief of Police. Sworn officers of the Village Police Department shall enforce the provisions of this chapter as directed by the Chief of Police or his designee.
(C) Fees. Applicable fees for inspections, permits, approvals or other actions (excluding fines, costs, or costs of remediation imposed in any proceeding for violation of this chapter or this Code) shall be as set forth from time to time in Chapter 43 of this Code.
(Ord. 17-1347, passed 3-1-17)