When a provision of this article gives the county sheriff, the county environmental
health services division, the county code compliance division, the county planning
and zoning division, the county public safety department, or the code compliance department
the authority or duty to act, the authority or duty vests in the county sheriff, the
director of the county environmental health services division, the director of the
county building code compliance division, the director of the county planning and
zoning division or the chief of the county public safety department or the director
of the code compliance department (or the head of the successor agency, department,
etc., who fulfills the functions set out in this article), or in any inspector or
employee who is given the authority or duty to act in accordance with the administrative
procedures of the agency or office concerned.
