§ 2-2004. General Definitions and Abbreviations.

When used in this Ordinance, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Code Enforcement Officer means any authorized agent or employee of the County whose duty it is to assure code and ordinance compliance.

Commission means the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida.

Enforcement Board means the Collier County Code Enforcement Board, which may act as the Collier County Nuisance Abatement Board from time to time, and which is authorized to hear and decide cases involving violations of any County codes and ordinances.

Notice to appear refers to a written order issued by a Code Enforcement Officer requiring a person accused of violating the law to appear in a designated court or government office at a specified date and time. If a person refuses to sign the notice to appear, the Code Enforcement Officer has no authority to arrest such person.

Order means a decision of the Enforcement Board or the Special Magistrate, whether stated orally or reduced to writing.

Person means an individual, association, firm, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity.

Prosecutor means anyone authorized to present cases before the Enforcement Board or Special Magistrate, and shall include Code Enforcement Officers.

Public nuisance means those nuisances as identified in either F.S. § 893.138 or F.S. § 823.05, or other statute or ordinance declaring public nuisances.

Repeat violation shall mean a violation of a provision of a code or ordinance by a person who has been previously found through the Enforcement Board, Special Magistrate, or any other quasi-judicial or judicial process, to have violated the same provision within five years prior to the violation, notwithstanding the former and present violations occurring at different locations.

Secretary to the Enforcement Board, or Secretary to the Special Magistrate, means the administrative staff personnel responsible for the preparation, development and coordination of all administrative and case management services necessary for the proper functioning of the Enforcement Board or Special Magistrate, as the case may be.

Special Magistrate is a person authorized by the Commission to hear and decide cases involving violations of any County codes and ordinances.

Violator means a person (the property owner, tenant, or business entity on the premises, or any combination thereof) alleged or found to have violated any code or ordinance of Collier County, which an Enforcement Board or Special Magistrate has jurisdiction to enforce.

(Ord. No. 2010-04, § 1)