(a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide a relocation assistance program pursuant to Section 21.046 of the Texas Property Code, as amended. The city hereby adopts, as its relocation assistance program, the URA and the provisions in this chapter governing a code enforcement, rehabilitation, or demolition program.
(b) The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to city of Dallas projects and code enforcement, rehabilitation, or demolition programs. The provisions of this chapter shall be performed by the city manager. All departments involved in land acquisition and a code enforcement, rehabilitation, or demolition program shall cooperate to the fullest extent to achieve the purposes of this chapter.
(c) Damages and costs within the purview of this chapter shall not be considered elements of market value or damage and shall not be recoverable in any eminent domain proceeding instituted by or against the city of Dallas.
(d) The city manager is hereby directed to comply with all regulations of any agency of the federal government, relating to land acquisition, relocation assistance, moving expenses, and replacement housing payments, when any such agency is rendering financial assistance to any city of Dallas project. (Ord. Nos. 13680; 30694)