(a) The building standards commission pursuant to the Tex. Local Government Code §§ 54.032 and 54.043 is hereby authorized, after proper notice and hearing to:
(1) Enforce ordinances relating to conditions caused by accumulations of refuse, vegetation or other matter that creates breeding and living places for insects and rodents; or
(2) Enforce ordinances relating to a building code or condition, use or appearance of property in a municipality.
(b) The commission may after notice and hearing:
(1) Order the repair or removal, within a fixed period, of violations of an ordinance and further order that the city may repair or remove the violation if the commission’s order is not complied with within the allotted time;
(2) Order the repair or removal of a nuisance, within a fixed period, of property found to be in violation of an ordinance related to a building code or condition, use or appearance of property in a municipality;
(3) Determine the amount and duration of the civil penalty the municipality may recover pursuant to § 7-103;
(4) Order, in an appropriate case, the immediate removal of persons or property found on private property;
(5) Order the entrance on private property to secure the removal if it is determined that conditions exist on the property that constitute a violation of an ordinance; and
(6) Issue orders or directives to the chief of police of the municipality, to enforce and carry out the lawful orders or directives of the commission panel.
(c) Proceedings before the commission. All abatement cases to be heard by the building standards commission shall be heard as prescribed by § 7-100.
(d) Notice of proceedings. The director of code compliance shall give notice of all proceedings on abatement cases before the commission pursuant to the provisions set out in § 7-101.
(Ord. 14629, § 1, passed 5-22-2001; Ord. 23577-03-2019, § 1, passed 3-19-2019)