§ 231-6. Duties and powers of Housing Officer.

A. 

General. The Housing Officer shall enforce the provisions of this chapter, along with the Administrator, the Deputy Administrator, the Director of Public Works and any other agent, officer or employee of the Borough as may be designated by the administration of the Borough.

B. 

Inspections. The Housing Officer shall make all of the required inspections or shall accept reports of inspections by approved agencies or individuals. All reports of such inspections shall be in writing and be certified by a responsible officer of such approved agency or by the responsible individual. The Housing Officer is authorized to engage such expert opinion as deemed necessary to report upon unusual technical issues that arise, subject to the approval of the appointing authority.

C. 

Right of entry. The Housing Officer is authorized to enter the structure or premises at reasonable times to inspect subject to constitutional restrictions on unreasonable searches and seizures. If entry is refused or not obtained, the Housing Officer is authorized to pursue recourse as provided by law.

D. 

Identification. The Housing Officer shall carry proper identification when inspecting structures or premises in the performance of duties under this chapter.

E. 

Notices and orders. The Housing Officer shall issue all necessary notices or orders to ensure compliance with this chapter.

F. 

Records. The Housing Officer shall keep official records of all business and activities in the provisions of this chapter. Such records shall be retained in the official records as long as the building or structure to which such records relate remains in existence, unless otherwise provided for by other regulations.

G. 

Coordination of inspections. Whenever in the enforcement of this chapter or another code or ordinance the responsibility of more than one code official of the Borough is involved, it shall be the duty of the code officials involved to coordinate their inspections and administrative orders as fully as practicable so that the owners and occupants of the structure shall not be subjected to visits by numerous inspectors or multiple or conflicting orders. Whenever an inspector from any agency or department observes an apparent or actual violation of some provision of some law, ordinance or code not within the inspector's authority to enforce, the inspector shall report the findings to the code official having such jurisdiction.