§ 154.140 ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

   (A)   The Enforcement Officer, or his or her duly designated and acting deputy, shall be responsible for interpreting and administering the provisions of this chapter and shall have primary responsibility for the enforcement of this chapter by means of the duties specified herein. Without limiting the generality of the previous sentence, the duties and authority of the Enforcement Officer shall be as follows:

      (1)   (a)   The Enforcement Officer shall provide the Plan Commission with review, analysis, reports, and recommendations on: petitions for rezoning (Zoning Map amendments); proposed text amendments to this chapter; special use permit applications; and planned developments.

         (b)   As applicable, the Enforcement Officer shall obtain and compile the comments from other village staff with respect to the above subjects.

      (2)   Determine whether applications for building permits are in compliance with applicable requirements of this chapter;

      (3)   Furnish to the various department superintendents or other employees of the village such information as will aid in ensuring the proper compliance with this chapter and other codes of the village;

      (4)   Administer the site plan review provisions contained in §§ 154.110 through 154.113;

      (5)   Administer the special use permit provisions contained in §§ 154.125 through 154.128;

      (6)   Provide administrative support to the Board of Appeals. This includes receiving, filing, and forwarding to the Board of Appeals, all information constituting the record upon which actions appealed from are taken;

      (7)   Supervise the preparation of updates to the Official Zoning Map;

      (8)   Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, notify in writing any person responsible for violating any of the provisions of this chapter, indicating the nature of the violation and ordering the necessary corrective action;

      (9)   May cause the cessation of any erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, maintenance, or use in violation of this chapter by issuing a stop work or stop use order; and

      (10)   May refer any violation of this chapter to the Village Attorney for prosecution or other appropriate action when deemed necessary.

   (B)   The Enforcement Officer may adopt such administrative policies as necessary to the carrying out of such duties.

(Ord. 834, passed 2-1-2001)