18.190.020 Enforcement responsibilities.
All departments, officials, and public employees of the city, vested with the duty or authority to issue permits or licenses, shall conform to the provisions of this chapter, and shall issue no permit or license for uses, buildings, or purposes in conflict with the provisions of this chapter; and any such permit or license issued in conflict with the provisions of this chapter shall be null and void. All officers not specified in this section shall enforce the provisions of this code related to their areas of responsibilities, when necessary. The following officials, departments, and employees have specific responsibilities as follows:
A. Zoning Administrator. The zoning administrator or its designee shall enforce all provisions of this chapter related to issuance of discretionary permits and shall have responsibility for ordering the correction of violations and initiating the revocation of discretionary permits pursuant to MCC 18.140.130, Revocation of Permits and Approvals, and the abatement of nuisances as defined in this chapter.
B. Building Official. Prior to issuance of building permits, the building official shall ascertain that plans presented with the building permit application conform to those approved subject to the requirements of this chapter.
C. Code Enforcement Officer. The code enforcement officer shall enforce all provisions of this chapter pertaining to the use, erection, construction, reconstruction, relocation, conversion, alteration, or addition to any building or structure and condition of approval of use permits, variances, nuisance abatements, or other discretionary approvals. The code enforcement officer is hereby authorized to cause to be stopped any work or use undertaken without or contrary to approval granted pursuant to this chapter or in violation of any of its other provisions.
D. City Attorney. The city attorney may, at its discretion or upon order of the city council or city manager, immediately commence action or proceedings for the abatement and removal and enjoinment of violations in the manner provided by law, and may take such other steps and may apply to such courts as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate and remove such use, or building or structure, and may seek to restrain and enjoin any person, firm or corporation from such use of any property, building or structure, or from setting up, erecting, building, maintaining or demolishing any such building or structure contrary to the provisions of this chapter. [Ord. 14-12 § 1; Res. 14-36 § 512.02.]