§ 37.03. DEFINITIONS.

For the purpose of this Chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

Board. The Code Enforcement Board of the City.

City Attorney. The City Attorney or Assistant City Attorney.

City Commission. The legislative body of the City.

Code Enforcement Board Attorney. An attorney and a member in good standing of the Florida Bar for a minimum of five (5) years who has been retained by the City to provide legal advice to the Board and assist with the conduct of hearings.

Code Enforcement Clerk. The town clerk or any other employee so designated by the City Manager.

Code enforcement officers or building/code enforcement Officers. Those employees or other agents of the City designated by ordinance or duly authorized and appointed by the City Manager, whose duty it is to enforce city codes and to present code violations to the Code Enforcement Board.

Codes. The Chapters of this Code of Ordinances described in Section 37.02 above.

Notice or written notification. Notice shall be provided to the alleged violator in accordance with F.S. § 162.12.

Repeat violation. A violation of the provision of any code or ordinance by a person who has been previously found through a Code Enforcement Board, a Special Magistrate, or any other quasi-judicial or judicial process, to have violated or who has admitted violating the same provision within five (5) years prior to the violation, notwithstanding the violations occur at different locations.

Special Magistrate. The hearing officer who presides over code enforcement hearings, who must be an attorney and a member in good standing of the Florida Bar for a minimum of five (5) years.

Violator. The person responsible for the code violation, which in the appropriate circumstances shall be the perpetrator of the violation or the owner of the real property upon which the violation occurred, or both.

(Code 1980, § 2-103; Ord. No. 78-79, passed 12/10/79; Am. Ord. No. 51-82, passed 8/24/82; Am. Ord. No. 81-89, passed 12/5/89; Am. Ord. No. 99-94, passed 1/3/95; Am. Ord. No. 5-97, passed 2/18/97; Ord. No. 28-00, § 1, passed 11/7/00; Ord. No. 03-18 , § 2(Exh. A), passed 2/20/18)