(A) Action by the State’s Attorney’s Office. If any notice of violation is not complied with promptly, the Community Development Administrator is authorized to request the State’s Attorney to institute the appropriate proceedings in the circuit court:
(1) To prevent the unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, installation, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use of the building, structure, or equipment;
(2) To prevent the occupancy of the building or structure or use of equipment;
(3) To restrain, correct, or abate the violation; or
(4)
To prosecute any violation of the Property Maintenance Code for which a notice to appear was issued pursuant to division (B) below.
(B) Code Hearing Unit. As an alternative or in addition to the remedies provided for in division (A) above, if any notice of violation is not complied with promptly, the Community Development Administrator is authorized to utilize the proceedings set forth in Chapter 34.
(C) Stop work orders. Whenever the Community Development Administrator finds any work regulated by this chapter or the codes adopted herein by reference is being performed in a manner contrary to the provisions of this chapter or the codes adopted herein by reference he or she is authorized to issue a stop work order.
(1) Issuance. The stop work order shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property involved, or to the owner’s agent, or to the person doing the work, or posted in a conspicuous location on the property where the violation occurred. Upon issuance of a stop work order, the cited work shall immediately cease. The stop work order shall state the reason for the order, and the conditions under which the cited work will be permitted to resume.
(2) Fee. The Community Development Administrator shall assess a fee for the stop work order as set forth in § 154.011.
(3) Unlawful continuance. Any person who shall continue any work after having been issued a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be subject to penalties as prescribed herein.
(Prior Code, 7 TCC 5-1(f)) (Res. LU-21-06, passed 7-28-2021)