[Adopted 6-9-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-5-5; amended in its entirety 4-12-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-4-3]
There is hereby created the position of Code Enforcement Officer. The Code Enforcement Officer shall be appointed by the Township Committee, which shall determine the hours of employment. The Code Enforcement Officer shall receive such salary as is, from time to time, established in the salary ordinance.
The Code Enforcement Officer shall enforce any of the ordinance provisions of the Code of Hainesport Township which are not the sole jurisdiction of another officer. The right of the Code Enforcement Officer to take action under a Code provision shall not preempt the right of any other person to act thereunder who is otherwise permitted to act thereon.
The Code Enforcement Officer shall take steps to cause the correction of any violation of any code under the officer's jurisdiction. These steps may include warnings, a written direction to correct the matter, the filing of charges for ordinance violations or filing, with the assistance of the Township Solicitor, other court actions to enforce the Code.