§ 114-7. Enforcement.

(a)

It shall be the duty of the planning, design and historic preservation division and the department of code compliance to enforce the provisions of these land development regulations and to refuse to approve any permit for any building or for the use of any premises, which would violate any of the provisions of these land development regulations. The building official shall enforce those provisions of the land development regulations which delegate specific powers and duties to that individual. It shall also be the duty of all officers and employees of the city to assist these departments by reporting to them any seeming violation in new construction, reconstruction or land uses.

(b)

The city's planning and zoning director, building official, and director of the department of code compliance are authorized, where deemed necessary for enforcement of these regulations, to request the execution of an agreement for recording.

(c)

In case any building is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, or converted, or any building or land is used in violation of these land development regulations, the city's planning and zoning director, building official, and director of the department of code compliance, or the city in their behalf is authorized and directed to institute any appropriate action to put an end to such violation.

(d)

For purposes of inspection and upon presentation of proper credentials, the city's planning and zoning director, building official, and director of the department of code compliance or their authorized representatives, may enter at any reasonable time, any building, structure or premises, for the purpose of determining whether these land development regulations are being violated. In the event violations of these land development regulations are found on a given premises, the building official and the director of the department of code compliance, historic preservation and urban design director or their authorized representative, are empowered to issue notices of violation to the owner of such premises and to any persons responsible for creating or maintaining the violations. Additionally, the building official may stop work on projects which violate these land development regulations with respect to materials, work, grades, use or other regulations or provisions thereof.

(Ord. No. 89-2665, § 21-1, eff. 10-1-89; Ord. No. 90-2722, eff. 11-21-90; Ord. No. 94-2959, eff. 12-17-94; Ord. No. 2015-3978, § 1, 12-9-15, eff. 4-1-16)