There is hereby created the position of Zoning Administrator who shall be the City Administrator unless a different City employee or designee is so appointed by the Mayor, subject to Council approval. The Zoning Administrator shall exercise the following powers and duties:

1.   The Zoning Administrator shall have all enforcement powers, including but not limited to the investigation of complaints of zoning violations, issuance of notices to violators, and the preparation and submission to the City Council reports of said violations which continue unabated after exhaustion of reasonable administrative remedies toward their abatement.

2.   The Zoning Administrator shall attend the meetings of the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Board of Adjustment as requested by those bodies, shall investigate and review all cases presented to the Board of Adjustment, and shall advise that body on those cases upon request.

3.   In the event the City Council, after analysis of the report, institutes legal proceedings, the Zoning Administrator will cooperate fully with the City Attorney in the perfecting of such proceedings.