(A) The authority and responsibility for properly administering this chapter and referral and complaints hereunder to the Commission as set forth in division (B) hereof shall be vested in the Chief Executive Officer of the city.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of I.C. 22-9.5-4-8, the city because of a lack of financial and other resources necessary to fully administer enforcement proceedings and possible civil actions under this chapter, herein elect to refer all formal complaints of violation of this chapter by Complainants to the Indiana Civil Rights Commission (“Commission”) for administrative enforcement actions pursuant to I.C. 22-9.5-6 of the Indiana Code and the Chief Elected Officer of the city shall refer all said complaints to the Commission as provided for under division (A) of this section to said Commission for purposes of investigation, resolution and appropriate relief as provided for under I.C. 22-9.5-6.
(C) All executive departments and agencies of the city shall administer their departments, programs and activities relating to housing and urban development in a manner affirmatively to further the purposes of this chapter and shall cooperate with the Chief Executive Officer and the Commission to further such purposes.
(D) The Chief Executive Officer of the city or the Chief Executive Officer’s designee, shall provide information on remedies available to any aggrieved person or complainant requesting such information.
(Ord. 728, passed 3-15-1993; Am. Ord. 1094, passed 10-5-2015)