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Current vs. Proposed Zoning Enforcement <br />CURRENT PROCEDURE PROPOSED PROCEDURE <br />1. Zoning Officer receives complaint or 1. Zoning Officer receives complaint or <br />observes zonin violation. ~ observes zonin violation. <br />2. Zoning Officer logs complaint into system 2. Zoning Officer logs complaint into <br /> system <br />3. Zoning Officer investigates complaint 3. Zoning Officer investigates complaint <br />4. If violation exists, Zoning Officer takes 4. If violation exists, Zoning Officer takes <br />hotos and initiates notification rocess photos and initiates notification rocess <br />5. 5. Zoning Officer must whenever possible <br /> make contact with the violator either in <br /> person or via telephone to discuss the <br /> violation. <br />6. Notice sent to violator, by registered or 6. Initial notice of violation delivered in <br />certified mail, describing violation, person or sent to violator, by registered <br />specifying reasonable time to correct or certified mail, describing violation, <br />violation, and warning that failure to correct specifying reasonable time to correct <br />violation within time period will result in violation, and inviting the alleged <br />assessment of civil penalty. violator to meet with the Zoning <br /> Officer to discuss the violation and <br /> how it maybe corrected. The Zoning <br /> officer may provide the alleged violator <br /> additional notices of violation. If the <br /> violator does not claim or refuses to <br /> accept certified mail delivery <br /> containing the notice, notice by regular <br /> mail along with posting on site is an <br /> option. <br />~. 7. Final notice of violation may also be <br /> delivered in person or sent to violator, <br /> by registered or certified mail, <br /> describing violation and specifying <br /> reasonable time to correct violation and <br /> the remedies and penalties for failure to <br /> timely correct. If the violator does not <br /> claim or refuses to accept certified mail <br /> delivery containing the notice, notice <br /> by regular mail along with posting on <br /> site is an o tion. <br />8. The violator may appeal the Zoning Officer's 8. The violator may appeal the Zoning <br />determination of violation to the Board of Officer's determination of violation to <br />Adjustment. the Board of Adjustment. <br />9. [There is no prevision in the existing 9. The violator may appeal the <br />ordinance concerning an appeal to the compliance date to the Orange County <br />Commissioners for additional lime, to correct Board of Gemmissioners for additional <br />the violation.] time to correct the violation. <br />