§ 11-32. Legal counsel and case presentation.

(a)

An attorney may be appointed by the board of county commissioners in accordance with applicable law and ordinances to be counsel to the code enforcement board.

(b)

A Code enforcement officer inspector and/or a member of the county attorney's staff, shall represent the county by presenting cases before the code enforcement board or a special magistrate. If the county prevails in prosecuting a case before the enforcement board or a special magistrate, it shall be entitled to recover all costs incurred by prosecuting the case before the board or before the special magistrate, including, but not limited to, any fees paid to the special magistrate.

(c)

In no instance may the county attorney or a member of his or her staff serve in both capacities.

(Code 1965, § 10-7; Ord. No. 82-19, § 7, 9-21-82; Ord. No. 87-37, § 7, 10-19-87; ; Ord. No. 92-14, § 1, 4-14-92; Ord. No. 98-16, § 2, 8-4-98; Ord. No. 2002-10, § 2, 8-13-02; Ord. No. 2002-14, § 4, 9-24-02; Ord. No. 2016-13 , § 2, 6-28-16)

State law reference

Legal counsel, etc. for code enforcement board, F.S. § 162.05(4).