§ 58-271. Designation of investigating and enforcing authority.

(a)

The department shall have the authority to investigate and enforce the provisions of this article.

(b)

Pursuant to F.S. § 705.1015, the code enforcement officers of the department are designated by the board to administer the provisions of F.S. ch. 705 which pertain to lost or abandoned property.

(c)

Each code enforcement officer of the department is authorized to have removed or impounded any inoperative vehicle, derelict vessel, or off-road vehicles from public property, which reasonably appears to be in violation of this article, in accordance with the provisions of F.S. ch. 705, as they pertain to lost or abandoned property.

(Ord. No. 06-10, § 1, 1-24-06)