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(a) An owner who rents, leases to, or allows another person to occupy a one-family dwelling unit or of a two-family dwelling unit within the TCU residential overlay district shall be required to register no later than March 31, 2015.
(b) A new registration is required upon any change in ownership of a one-family dwelling unit or of a two-family dwelling unit where it is leased, rented or another person is allowed to occupy the dwelling within the TCU residential overlay district within ten days after the date of acquiring ownership.
(Ord. 21548-12-2014, § 1, passed 12-2-2014, eff. 12-8-2014)
(a) An owner who rents, leases to, or allows another person to occupy a one-family dwelling unit or a two-family dwelling unit shall file with the city a written registration application, on the form provided for that purpose, and signed by the owner of the dwelling to be registered. A post office box shall not suffice for the address requirements of this section.
(b) The registration shall be on a form prescribed by the code compliance director, and shall at a minimum contain the following information:
(1) The names, addresses, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of the owner, and resident manager; and the type of business entity which owns the property;
(2) The name, e-mail address and physical address of designated employees or authorized representatives of the owner who shall be assigned to respond to emergency conditions and a telephone number where designated employees or authorized representatives can be contacted by the city during any 24-hour period. Emergency conditions shall include fire, natural disaster, flood, burst pipes, collapse hazard, and violent crime;
(3) If the owner does not live within fifty (50) miles of the TCU residential overlay district, then in addition to the information in subsection (1) above, the same information shall be provided for a local contact, who does reside within 50 miles of the TCU residential overlay district, that has the same authority to represent the owner in all matters relating to the one-family or two-family dwelling unit;
(4) If the property is owned by a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, trust or real estate investment trust, the name and address of any of the following:
a. For a corporation, a corporate officer;
b. For a partnership, a general partner;
c. For a limited liability company, the managing or administrative member;
d. For a limited partnership, a general partner;
e. For a limited liability partnership, a general partner;
f. For a limited liability limited partnership, a general partner;
g. For a trust, a trustee;
h. For a real estate investment trust, a general partner or an officer;
i. For any other legal entity not named above, a duly authorized agent;
(5) Name, address, e-mail address and telephone number of the property manager; and
(6) Street address of the one-family dwelling unit or two-family dwelling unit;
(7) Total square feet of living area and number of bedrooms;
(8) Number of persons occupying the one-family dwelling unit or two-family dwelling unit;
(c) If any change in the information required by this section occurs the owner shall notify the code compliance director within 30 days of the change, in a manner prescribed by the code compliance director.
(Ord. 21548-12-2014, § 1, passed 12-2-2014, eff. 12-8-2014)
It is a violation of this division to:
(b) Fail to present and/or provide documents requested pursuant to this division;
(c) Provide false information to the code compliance director under this division; or
(d) Continue non-compliance with this division, following either an administrative or judicial finding of non-compliance, plea of guilty or a plea of no contest.
(Ord. 21548-12-2014, § 1, passed 12-2-2014, eff. 12-8-2014)
The code compliance director or designee shall have the authority to investigate and issue citations for the violation of the provisions of this division. Owner or person authorized to represent the owner in all matters relating to the one-family or two-family dwelling unit shall produce lease agreements requested by the code compliance director or designee in the course of the investigation. A violation of this article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500. Each separate occurrence of a violation or each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 21548-12-2014, § 1, passed 12-2-2014, eff. 12-8-2014)
(a) The existing building code of the City of Fort Worth is hereby revised and amended to conform, with certain exceptions as specified below, to the 2021 edition of the International Existing Building Code of the International Code Council (ICC), and the same as amended is hereby adopted as the City's Existing Building Code.
(b) One copy of the 2021 edition of the International Existing Building Code, marked Exhibit "A", is incorporated herein by reference and shall be filed in the Office of the City Secretary for permanent record and inspection.
(c) The provisions of the Building Code, Residential Code, Electrical Code, Mechanical Code, Fire Code, and Plumbing Code, as adopted elsewhere, shall be used as part of this code for any provision, requirement or method that does not exist in this code.
(d) Any errata corrections published by the International Code Council for the 2021 International Existing Building Code, as they are discovered, are considered as part of this code.
(Ord. 20532-12-2012, § 1, passed 12-11-2012, eff. 12-22-2012; Ord. 22522-12-2016, § 1, passed 12-6-2016, eff. 1-1-2017; Ord. 25386-03-2022, § 1, passed 3-8-2022, eff. 4-1-2022)
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