(A) ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER shall mean the town’s Zoning Administrator or his or her designee.
(B) The Zoning Enforcement Officer shall review all reported violations of this zoning code.
Upon receiving a report of a zoning violation, the Zoning Enforcement Officer shall inspect the site of the alleged violation. During an inspection, the Zoning Enforcement Officer shall take careful and comprehensive notes as to condition and existing uses of the subject property, location, property owner and address, and specific section(s) of the zoning code corresponding to the alleged violation.
(C) Should the Zoning Enforcement Officer determine that a violation is occurring on the subject property, he or she shall serve notice to the property owner/alleged violator of the violation. The notice of violation shall cite the nature of the violation, the section of the zoning code violated, information of possible penalties if violation has not ceased, steps necessary to bring the subject property into compliance with the zoning regulations, and a reasonable time frame in which all necessary actions should be completed to correct the noticed violation.
(D) Re-inspection shall occur after the given deadline. If the violation still exists at this time, a second notice shall be given to the property owner/alleged violator. The second notice of violation shall set a final deadline for compliance not to exceed two weeks. If the Zoning Enforcement Officer is convinced an attempt is being made in the correction of the violation, an additional extension not to exceed 30 days may be granted.
(E) If all reasonable attempts by town staff fail to resolve the violation within the time specified in the second notice, or by the deadline of any extension, a citation shall be issued for each specific section of the zoning code which has been violated. The town shall use reasonable efforts to personally serve the citation on the alleged violator by the Zoning Enforcement Officer at least 17 days prior to the hearing. If the Zoning Enforcement Officer is unable to personally serve the citation, the citation may be served in the same manner prescribed for alternative methods of service by the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure. Violations for which citations are issued shall be scheduled for a hearing before the Town Hearing Officer. If a citation is served upon an alleged violator other than by personal service (i.e., certified mail with return receipt), the hearing shall be set for a date no sooner than 30 days from the date indicated on the certified mail receipt. A notification of the specific time and date by which the alleged violator must appear at the Hearing Office to submit a plea shall be enclosed with the citation.
(Ord. 2012-04, passed 12-5-2012)