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500K 90 FacE i:3 <br />seeing pictures showing "No Trespassing" signs, but the pictures <br />were not dated so we could not say when the property was posted. <br />County procedure is very clear that code enforcement officers do <br />not enter a property when they see a "No Trespassing" sign. <br />County Attorney Charles Vitunac agreed that if a property is <br />posted and owned by someone else, our agents cannot enter into it <br />unless they have some other authority to enter that property. One <br />of those authorities would be a search warrant. If they see a <br />violation from the road, they can cite it and take the steps to <br />access the property by a search warrant. Attorney Vitunac further <br />reported that recently Community Development Director Bob Keating <br />met with the code enforcement department and restated accepted <br />procedure. <br />County Administrator Jim Chandler confirmed that is our <br />procedure. He further explained that when Mr. Mensing's case went <br />before the Code Enforcement Board in May 1992, our code enforcement <br />officer indicated that she did not see a "No Trespassing" sign, <br />there was no sign as far as she could see. She followed procedure. <br />A notice of violation was issued, the violation was presented to <br />the Code Enforcement Board and a determination was made by that <br />Board. <br />Mr. Mensing stated that the integrity of code enforcement <br />officers should be addressed, and he accused the code enforcement <br />officer of being either blind or untruthful. He accused the code <br />enforcement department of harassment by selective code enforcement. <br />He stated that last year he made a list of 400 code violations that <br />were visible to anyone driving the legal speed limit on any roads <br />within the county and currently 350 of them still exist. <br />Chairman Bird explained that if we receive a complaint or a <br />report of code violation in a certain area, the officer will <br />investigate that situation. The officer may drive by some other <br />violations which they may or may not notice. Mr. Mensing may call <br />that selective enforcement, but the officer is being dispatched to <br />investigate a specific violation, and that is what the code <br />enforcement officer did in Mr. Mensing's case. Chairman Bird <br />summarized that what Mr. Mensing requested and what we currently <br />are doing is really the same. The anonymous calls must continue to <br />be included in the process because some people will feel <br />intimidated if their complaint is not kept confidential. When <br />property is posted, our agents will not enter a property without <br />proper authority. Chairman Bird assured Mr. Mensing that he was <br />not singled out to be harassed. He stated that our code <br />enforcement department will continue to do their job, the Board <br />members will do their job, and Mr. Mensing will continue to do his <br />22 <br />