(a) The Enforcement Official shall have the authority and powers necessary to determine whether a violation exists and take appropriate action to gain compliance with the law and abate any violation. The Enforcement Official shall further have authority to issue courtesy notices, administrative citations, invoices, and any other notices and orders necessary to obtain compliance and cost recovery, as well as the power to inspect public and private property as provided by law, impose fines and fees, and use the administrative remedies that are available under State law or this Code. The Enforcement Official shall also have authority to use the civil remedies available under State law or this Code, including, but not limited to, receiverships, the Drug Abatement Act ("DAA"), the Red Light Abatement Act ("RLAA"), the Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act ("STEP"), and other nuisance abatement actions.
(b) Every person who willfully resists, delays, or obstructs any Enforcement Official or Hearing Officer in the discharge or attempt to discharge any duty of their office or employment shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by imprisonment in a County jail not to exceed one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(c) Every person who willfully states anything which that person knows to be false in any oral or written statement to an Enforcement Official or Hearing Officer regarding the subject of a Code Enforcement investigation or hearing shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by imprisonment in a County jail not to exceed one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(§ 2, Ord. 1526, eff. October 29, 2020)