Port St. Lucie |
Code of Ordinances |
Title III. ADMINISTRATION |
Chapter 37. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE |
Article I. IN GENERAL |
§ 37.03. Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
City Attorney means the attorney for the city.
City Council means the council of the city.
Code Compliance Officer means any designated employee or agent of the City whose duty it is to enforce codes and ordinances enacted by the City Council and to provide evidence of code and ordinance violations to special magistrates, including, but not limited to code inspectors, code compliance specialists, law enforcement officers and animal control officers.
Repeat violation means a violation of a provision of a code or ordinance by a person or entity who has been previously found, by the special magistrate, through a quasi-judicial or judicial process, to have violated or who has admitted violating the same provision within five years prior to the violation, notwithstanding the violations occur at different locations.
Special Magistrate means an attorney or retired judge, whose membership is in good standing with the Florida Bar, who is appointed by the City Council to preside over code compliance matters and who may be discharged by the City Council at its discretion, with or without cause.
(Ord. No. 01-33, § 3, passed 6-25-01; Ord. No. 05-34, § 2, passed 3-14-05; Ord. No. 08-57, § 1, passed 6-9-08; Ord. No. 08-57, § 1, passed 6-9-08; Ord. No. 10-25, § 1, passed 5-24-10; Ord. No. 13-17, § 1, 4-8-13; Ord. No. 16-09, § 1, 3-14-16; Ord. No. 17-66, § 3, 9-25-17)