(A) The authority and responsibility for properly administering this chapter and referral of complaints hereunder to the Commission as set forth in division (B) hereof shall be vested in the Executive Director of the City/County Planning Department of Huntington, Indiana.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of IC 22-9.5-4-8, the Executive Director of the City/County Planning Department of Huntington, Indiana, because of a lack of financial and other resources necessary to fully administer enforcement proceedings and possible civil actions under this chapter, herein elects to refer all formal complaints of violation of the articles of this chapter by complainants to the Indiana Civil Rights Commission (“Commission”) for administrative enforcement actions pursuant to IC 22-9.5-6 and the Town Council and/or Clerk-Treasurer of the Town of Warren, shall refer all said complaints to that director as provided for under division (A) of this section for purposes of investigation, resolution and appropriate relief.
(C) All executive departments and agencies of the town 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 Commission to further such purposes.
(D) That Executive Director or that director's designee, shall provide information on remedies available to any aggrieved person or complainant requesting such information.
(Ord. 1993-1, passed 2-22-93)