(A) Enforcement: The building official is hereby authorized and directed to enforce this code of building regulations and all its provisions. The building official may appoint deputies and otherwise delegate the authority herein provided, and for such purposes, he shall have the powers of a law enforcement officer.
Pursuant to the provisions of the California Penal Code, section 836.5, the building official and his duly appointed deputies, any employee of the City of Taft holding the position of building official/compliance officer, may enforce the provisions of this title and chapter 2, part 3, division 13 of the California Health and Safety Code (sections 19100 et seq.), and may arrest a person without a warrant whenever that employee has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a misdemeanor in his presence, which is a violation of any law which he has the duty to enforce.
An employee making an arrest under the authority of this section shall follow the citation-release procedures prescribed in chapter 5C, title 3, part 2 of the California Penal Code (sections 853.5 et seq.) or such procedures hereafter enacted by the state of California.
1. The building official shall have the power to render interpretations of this code, and to adopt and enforce rules and regulations supplemental to this code as the building official may deem necessary in order to clarify the applications of the provisions of this code. Such interpretations, rules, and regulations shall be in conformity with the intent and purpose of this code. (Ord. 696-02, 10-1-2002; amd. Ord. 840-21, 5-4-2021)