(a) Chief Enforcement Officer and Assigned Enforcement Officers. The Village Administrator shall serve as the Chief Enforcement Officer and may assign the duties of administering and enforcing this Maintenance Code to other related technical officers, inspectors, and other employees (hereinafter, the Chief and any assigned Enforcement Officers shall be denoted as the Enforcement Officer).
(1) The Enforcement Officer shall issue all necessary notices or orders to ensure compliance with the Code.
(2) The Enforcement Officer may call upon any department for whatever assistance may be necessary to abate a violation of this Exterior Property Maintenance Code.
(b) Relief from Personal Responsibility. Any officer or employee of the Village, acting in good faith and without malice, is hereby relieved from all personal liability or costs in any action, suit, or proceeding instituted for damage accruing to persons or property as a result of any act performed by that officer or employee in the lawful discharge of official duties under the provisions of this Maintenance Code, and shall be defended by the legal representative of the Village until the final termination of the proceedings. However, the Village will not be liable for the actions of any independent contractor, hired by the Village to effect this Maintenance Code, for acts outside the scope of official duties.
(c) Rulemaking Authority. The Enforcement Officer shall have power as necessary in the interest of public safety, health and general welfare, to adopt and promulgate rules and procedures to implement the provisions of this Maintenance Code, to secure the intent thereof, and to designate requirements applicable because of local climatic or other conditions. Such rules shall not have the effect of waiving structural or fire protection requirements specifically provided in this Maintenance Code, or of violating accepted engineering methods involving public safety.
(d) Modifications. Whenever there are practical difficulties involved in carrying out the provisions of this Maintenance Code, the Enforcement Officer shall have the authority to grant modifications for individual cases, provided the Enforcement Officer shall first find that special individual reason makes the strict letter of this Maintenance Code impractical and the modification is in compliance with the intent and purpose of this Maintenance Code and that such modification does not lessen health, life, and fire safety requirements. The details of action granting modifications shall be recorded and entered in the official records for the property.
(e) Official Records. All inspections, notices, and orders shall be in writing and be certified by the Enforcement Officer. An official record shall be kept of all inspections and related activities of the Enforcement Officer as long as the building or structure to which such records relate remains in existence. All such records shall be open to public inspection during business hours and according to reasonable rules to maintain the integrity and security of such records. (Ord. 10-2016. Passed 12-20-16.)