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(E) Assess and order the payment of civil penalties as provided herein. (F) Issue orders having the force of law to command whatever steps are necessary to bring a violation into compliance. (G)_ Section 5. Authority to Initiate Enforcement Proceedings. Code Enforcement Officers shall have the authority to initiate code enforcement proceedings and to issue Notices of civil violations as provided below. Special Masters shall not have such authority. A Code Enforcement Officer shall not by such designation have powers of arrest or subject the officer to the requirements of Sections 943.085-943.255, F.S. (1995). Section 6. Enforcement Procedures. A Code Enforcement Officer is authorized to issue a _ Notice of Violation, to a person when, based upon personal investigation, the officer has reason to believe that the Violator has committed a civil infraction in violation of a duly enacted Ordinance and shall specify a reasonable time period, not to exceed thirty (30) days, within which the Violator must correct the violation. This determination shall be based on consideration of fairness; practicality; ease of correction, ability to correct; severity of violation; nature, extent, and probability of danger or damage to the public; degree of nuisance to neighbors and neighborhood; and other relevant factors relating to the reasonableness of the time period prescribed. (B) If a Code Enforcement Officer has reason to believe that the violation represents a serious threat to the public health, safety or welfare or if the violation is an Uncorrectable Violation as defined above, the correction period shall not be applicable and the Notice of Violation may issue immediately. Section 7. Contents and Service of the _. shall contain: (1) The date and time of issuance. 098-21 Code Enf. Amendment -4-