§ 157.007 ENFORCEMENT AND VIOLATIONS.
   (a)   The city director of planning and development services and city engineer are hereby authorized and directed to enforce all the provisions of this chapter and establish rules for its administration. For those purposes, the director shall have the powers of a law enforcement officer.
   (b)   No owner, or developer, of any parcel of land located in a proposed subdivision shall transfer or sell any part of the parcel before a final plat of the subdivision has been approved in accordance with the provisions of the regulations and filed with the county register of deeds unless provisions of plat exemptions apply as within §§ 157.080 and 157.081.
   (c)   Whenever any work is being done contrary to the provisions of this chapter, the city director of planning and development services may order the work stopped by notice in writing served on any persons engaged in the doing or causing the work to be done; and any persons shall forthwith stop the work until authorized by the city director of planning and development services to proceed with the work.
   (d)   The city director of planning and development services and city engineer shall together have the authority to make interpretations of this chapter and to adopt and enforce rules and supplemental regulations in order to clarify the application of its provisions.
   (e)   No permit shall be issued for the demolition or construction of any building or structure located on a lot or parcel subdivided or sold in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
(1992 Code, App. A, § 15A.01.070) (Ord. 81-08, passed 7-7-2008; Ord. 87-18, passed 10-2-2018)