Department of code enforcement; duties and scope of authority of the director

(a)

The director shall have all powers, duties and responsibilities to administer and enforce the following City Code chapters or sections. The director shall be deemed to be an officer for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter under authority provided in section 1-14 of this Code.

(1)

Section 5-105;

(2)

Sections 12-142, 12-143, 12-146 and 12-147;

(3)

Chapter 14, articles III, IV and X;

(4)

Chapter 19;

(5)

Chapter 21, articles I, II, III and V;

(6)

Chapter 22, articles I and III;

(7)

Chapter 25, article I;

(8)

Chapter 27;

(9)

Chapter 15, except for parking regulations within the central business district as defined in chapter 27.

(b)

The director shall have the power, duty and responsibility to administer and enforce those county ordinances not in conflict with a city ordinance, and which are enforceable within the City of Tampa. Without limiting the foregoing, the director shall have the power, duty and responsibility to administer and enforce "Section 36-373 of the Hillsborough County Code—General Requirements" within the City of Tampa.

(c)

Any action to be taken by the director pursuant to this chapter in regard to the enforcement of any section hereof shall be considered cumulative and in addition to penalties and to other remedies provided elsewhere by ordinance or law.

(d)

It shall be unlawful for any person to oppose, obstruct or resist the director or his authorized agents, assistants, employees and independent contractors in the discharge of his duties as provided in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 89-269, § 2(48-4), 10-12-89; Ord. No. 90-124, § 2(48-4), 5-17-90; Ord. No. 96-204, §§ 1, 3—6, 9-26-96; Ord. No. 97-44, § 1, 2-20-97; Ord. No. 97-91, § 1, 4-24-97; Ord. No. 2011-98, § 1, 8-25-2011; Ord. No. 2012-48, § 2, 5-3-2012; Ord. No. 2013-97, § 1, 7-18-2013; Ord. No. 2014-128, § 1, 12-18-2014; Ord. No. 2017-47, § 7, 4-6-2017; Ord. No. 2020-96, § 1, 10-1-2020; Ord. No. 2020-156, § 1, 12-3-2020; Ord. No. 2022-40, § 5, 3-3-2022; Ord. No. 2022-51, § 5, 3-17-2022; Ord. No. 2022-85, § 4, 5-19-2022)