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ORDINANCE NO. 92- 09 AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 103, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS, OF THE COUNTY CODE; CREATING SECTION 103.07, CODE ENFORCEMENT CITATION PROCEDURES - GENERAL; CREATING SECTION 103.08, CODE ENFORCEMENT CITATION PROCEDURES - CONTRACTING; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS, CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. Be it ordained by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County that: SECTION 1: Chapter 103, Commissions and Boards, of the Code of Indian River County is hereby amended by creating Sections 103.07 and 103.08, to read as follows: Section 103.07. Code Enforcement Citation Procedures - General. (1) These procedures are enacted pursuant to Section 162.21, Florida Statutes. (2) Citation authorization; application. A code enforcement officer so designated by the county is authorized to issue a citation to a person when, based upon personal investigation, the officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person has committed a civil infraction in violation of a duly enacted county code or ordinance; the county court will hear the charge. Designation as a code enforcement officer does not provide the code enforcement officer with the power of arrest or subject the code officer to the provisions of ss. 943.085-943.255, F.S. (3) Notification prior to citation issuance; procedures. (a) Prior to issuing a citation, a code enforcement officer shall provide notice to the person that the person has committed a violation of a code or ordinance and shall establish a reasonable time period within which the person must correct the violation. Such time period shall be no more than 30 days. If, upon personal investigation, a code enforcement officer finds that the person has not corrected the violation within the time period, the code enforcement officer may issue a citation to the person who has committed the violation. A code enforcement officer does not have to provide the person with a reasonable time period to correct the violation prior to issuing a citation and may immediately issue a citation if the code enforcement officer has reason to believe that the violation presents a serious threat to the public health, safety, or welfare, or if the violation is irreparable or Irreversible.' 1For purposes of this section, "irreparable or irreversible" violations shall include (but not be limited to) violations that result in apparent financial advantage for the violator in comparison to law-abiding citizens.