[Amended 10-20-1992 by Ord. No. 643-92; 9-25-1996 by Ord. No. 862-96]
There shall be a Department of Code Enforcement, the head of
which shall be the Director.
The Department shall survey the quality of the environment in
the city with particular reference to conditions affecting health,
sanitation, waste disposal, housing, neighborhood deterioration and
rehabilitation, air and water pollution abatement, noise control and
abatement and the relationship of city services and functions to such
environmental factors. Within the limits of its legal authority and
funds available to it pursuant to law, the Department shall organize
and administer programs and activities designed to maintain, improve
and beautify the physical environment of those who work, live and
visit within the city.
Within the Department there shall be an Office of Construction and Fire Prevention, the head of which shall be the Construction Official/Fire Official. Under the direction and supervision of the Director, the Office shall administer and enforce Chapter 184, Uniform Construction Codes, the Fire Prevention Ordinance[1] and such other ordinances related to fire prevention.
Within the Department there shall be an Office of Housing Inspections.
Under the direction and supervision of the Chief Housing Inspector,
the Office shall administer and enforce the Property Maintenance Ordinance[1] and any other ordinances governing the condition and maintenance
of structures and real property.
The Department of Code Enforcement shall maintain a master file
of each building and structure in the city. There shall be entered
in the master file a record of each inspection, the observations of
the inspector with respect to code violations, the state of repair
and the nature of the occupancy of each building or structure and
a record of each action taken with respect to each structure or building
and the inspection thereof.
The Department shall conduct and administer such inspections
and enforcement proceedings as are authorized by the ordinances and
laws under its administration. It shall, to the extent practicable,
consolidate and coordinate all regulatory inspections relating to
the construction, maintenance, use and occupancy of buildings and
structures which are not vested in any other department or division
by this chapter and shall, to the extent practicable, provide for
cooperative inspection and enforcement with such regulatory inspections
as may be vested in any other department or public agency.
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Editor's Note: Former § 4-99, Electrical Bureau,
was repealed 9-25-1996 by Ord. No. 862-96.
Within the Department there shall be an Environmental Advisory
Committee. The Committee shall consist of 11 members to be appointed
by the Mayor. Each member shall serve for a term of four years, beginning
July 1 of the year in which he is appointed, except that, of those
members first appointed, two shall be appointed for terms of one year,
three for terms of two years, three for terms of three years and three
for terms of four years. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired
term only. The Committee shall advise and consult with the Director
on all matters pertaining to the quality of the environment in the
city. The Committee may organize, adopt rules for the conduct of its
affairs and elect a Chairman and Secretary from among its members.
