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CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHARTER of THE CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS
VOLUME I
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2 ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 3 ADVERTISING
CHAPTER 4 RESERVED
CHAPTER 5 AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORTS
CHAPTER 5A AIR POLLUTION
CHAPTER 6 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 6A AMUSEMENT CENTERS
CHAPTER 7 ANIMALS
CHAPTER 7A ANTI-LITTER REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 8 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
CHAPTER 8A BOARDING HOME FACILITIES
CHAPTER 9 BICYCLES
CHAPTER 9A BILLIARD HALLS
CHAPTER 9B BUILDING SECURITY
CHAPTER 9C RESERVED
CHAPTER 10 RESERVED
CHAPTER 10A RESERVED
CHAPTER 10B RESERVED
CHAPTER 11 CEMETERIES AND BURIALS
CHAPTER 12 CITY YOUTH PROGRAM STANDARDS OF CARE
CHAPTER 12A CODE OF ETHICS
CHAPTER 12B CONVENIENCE STORES
CHAPTER 13 COURTS, FINES AND IMPRISONMENTS
CHAPTER 13A DALLAS TRANSIT SYSTEM
CHAPTER 14 DANCE HALLS
CHAPTER 14A RESERVED
CHAPTER 14B EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 15 RESERVED
CHAPTER 15A ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 15B EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
CHAPTER 15C EMERGENCY REPORTING EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 15D EMERGENCY VEHICLES
CHAPTER 16 DALLAS FIRE CODE
CHAPTER 17 FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 18 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES
CHAPTER 19 HEALTH AND SANITATION
CHAPTER 19A RESERVED
CHAPTER 20 EARNED PAID SICK TIME
CHAPTER 20A FAIR HOUSING AND MIXED INCOME HOUSING
CHAPTER 21 RESERVED
CHAPTER 22 RESERVED
CHAPTER 23 RESERVED
CHAPTER 24 LIBRARY
CHAPTER 25 LOAN BROKERS
CHAPTER 25A MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 26 RESERVED
CHAPTER 27 MINIMUM PROPERTY STANDARDS
CHAPTER 28 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
VOLUME II
VOLUME III
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SEC. 1-8.   SAME - PROCEDURE.
   When the ordinance provided for in the preceding section has been duly passed, the city council shall cause to be entered an order to such effect on the minutes of the council. From and after the entry of such order, such territory shall cease to be part of the city; provided, that the city council may exercise its own discretion with reference to discontinuing any part of such territory and in no case shall any territory be discontinued, except on the application of the owner or owners of such territory and where the metes and bounds of the territory that is sought to be discontinued are clearly set forth in such application; provided further, that all applications for the discontinuance of any territory shall be in writing as provided in this section, and approved by the city engineer’s and the city attorney’s departments. (Code 1941, Art. 29-2)
SEC. 1-9.   NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS; PRESUMPTION OF OWNERSHIP.
   (a)   Whenever the city is required by statute, rule, regulation, or ordinance to send a notice to an owner of real property for the purpose of enforcing a provision of this code, the notice may include the following statement: “According to the real property records of            County, you own the real property described in this notice. If you no longer own the property, you must execute an affidavit stating that you no longer own the property and stating the name and last known address of the person who acquired the property from you. The affidavit must be delivered in person or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to this office not later than the 20th day after the date you receive this notice. If you do not send the affidavit, it will be presumed that you own the property described in this notice, even if you do not.”
   (b)   The notice described in Subsection (a) must be delivered in person or by certified mail, return receipt requested.
   (c)   If the city sends a notice to the owner of the property to which the notice relates, as shown by the real property records of the county in which the property is located on or after the 10th day before the date the notice is sent, and the record owner no longer owns the property, the record owner shall execute an affidavit provided by the city with the notice stating:
      (1)   that the record owner no longer owns the property; and
      (2)   the name and last known address of the person who acquired the property from the record owner.
   (d)   The record owner shall deliver the affidavit in person or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the city not later than the 20th day after the date the record owner receives the notice.
   (e)   If the city receives an affidavit under Subsection (d), the city shall send the appropriate notice to the person named in the affidavit as having acquired the property. A notice sent under this subsection must include the statement authorized by Subsection (a).
   (f)   Upon receiving an affidavit under Subsection (d), the city shall:
      (1)   maintain the affidavit on file for at least two years after the date the affidavit was received; and
      (2)   deliver a copy of the affidavit to the chief appraiser of the appraisal district in which the property is located.
   (g)   The city is considered to have provided notice to a property owner if the city complies with the statute, rule, regulation, or ordinance under which the notice is sent and if the city complies with:
      (1)   Subsection (a) and does not receive an affidavit from the record owner; or
      (2)   Subsection (e) and does not receive an affidavit from the person to whom the notice was sent under Subsection (e).
   (h)   If the city complies with this section and does not receive an affidavit under Subsection (d), the record owner is presumed to be the owner of the property for all purposes to which the notice relates.
   (i)   For purposes of this section, “real property” does not include a mineral interest or royalty interest. (Ord. 21025)
SEC. 1-10.   RESERVED.
(Ord. No. 31872)
SEC. 1-11.   STANDARD OF JUDICIAL REVIEW FOR CITY BOARD AND COMMISSION DECISIONS.
   Whenever this code or another city ordinance provides that a person may appeal a decision of a city board or commission to district court, the appeal is limited to a hearing under the substantial evidence rule unless expressly provided otherwise by this code, another city ordinance, the city charter, or state or federal law. (Ord. 23227)