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(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)
The terms used in this chapter have the meanings ascribed to them in the Federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended, or as defined below:
CITY MANAGER means the city manager or the city manager's designee.
CODE ENFORCEMENT, REHABILITATION, OR DEMOLITION PROGRAM means an official order issued by the fire marshal, building official, or the city's health officer, or their designees, and which, notwithstanding Section 21.046(e) of the Texas Property Code, as amended, is unrelated to real property title acquisition.
URA means the Federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended, and applicable regulations.
(Ord. Nos. 13680; 20613; 29478; 30694)
(a) A person is considered displaced when, as a direct result of a code enforcement, rehabilitation, or demolition program, the person permanently moves or discontinues a business, permanently moves personal property, or permanently moves from a dwelling.
(b) A person who is displaced under this section shall be treated as a displaced person under the URA.
(c) Whenever, due to a code enforcement, rehabilitation, or demolition program, a person is required to temporarily vacate or evacuate property, the occupant of the property may receive temporary housing payments, for a period not to exceed 72 hours, for housing and food expenses based on the U.S. General Services Administration's per diem standard rate for Texas for the current year, whether or not they could qualify for permanent relocation benefits under this chapter.
(d) When a person is displaced pursuant to this section, the city may, in accordance with Section 214.001 of the Texas Local Government Code, as amended, place a lien on the property, unless it is a homestead protected by the Texas Constitution, to recover costs incurred by the city in relocating the displaced person.
(Ord. Nos. 13680; 30694)
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