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ORDINANCE 91-2 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A <br />VOLUNTEER SPECIAL MASTER PURSUANT TO <br />CHAPTER 162, FLORIDA STATUTES, TO <br />CONDUCT CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES. <br />WHEREAS, Code , Enforcement Board procedures <br />require Board action before an alleged violator is brought <br />before the Board; and <br />WHEREAS, this procedure may take up to two months <br />from the time the violation is noticed; and <br />WHEREAS, Chapter 162, Florida Statutes, allows for <br />the appointment of a special master; and <br />WHEREAS, the use of a special master especially <br />with respect to notices to appear will reduce the time it <br />takes to bring an alleged violator to a hearing on the <br />alleged violation, <br />NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Board of <br />County Commissioners of Indian River County, that <br />SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. <br />A new section 103.06 of the Code Of Ordinances of <br />Indian River County is added to read as follows: <br />Section 103.06 Code Enforcement special master <br />The Chairman of the Code Enforcement Board shall also <br />be a special master as provided for under section <br />162.03, Florida Statutes. The special master shall <br />have all of the authority allowed under Chapter 162, <br />Florida Statutes. The primary duty of the special <br />master will be to issue notices to appear. Proceedings <br />initiated before a special master may be continued <br />before the Code Enforcement Board and proceedings <br />initiated before the Code Enforcement Board may be <br />continued before the special master. <br />SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY. <br />If any section, or if any sentence, paragraph, <br />phrase, or word of this ordinance is for any reason held to <br />29 noF 8 FAGE 58 7 <br />