(A) In the event the owner or a person with an interest in a dangerous building fails to comply with the order of the City Council within the time specified therein, the city may cause any occupants of the dangerous building to be relocated, and may cause the dangerous building to be secured, removed, or demolished at the city's expense. The city may assess the expenses on, and the city has a lien against the property on which the dangerous building was located, unless it is a homestead as protected by the Texas Constitution. The lien is extinguished if the property owner or a person having an interest in the building reimburses the city for the expenses. The lien arises and attaches to the property at the time the notice of the lien is recorded and indexed in the office of the County Clerk in the county in which the property is located. The notice of lien must contain the name and address of the owner of the dangerous building if that information can be determined with a reasonable effort, a legal description of the real property on which the building was located, the amount of expenses incurred by the city, and the balance due. Such lien is a privileged lien subordinate only to tax liens.
(B) In addition to the authority set forth in division (A) of this section, after the expiration of the time allotted in the order for the repair, removal, or demolition of a dangerous building, the city may repair the building at its expense and assess the expenses on the land on which the building stands or to which it is attached. The repairs contemplated by § 151.05 and this section may only be accomplished to the extent necessary to bring the building into compliance with the minimum standards established by this chapter, and to the extent such repairs do not exceed minimum housing standards. The city shall follow the procedures set forth in division (A) of this section for filing a lien on the property on which the building is located.
(`88 Code, Ch. 3, § 4.05(f), (g)) (Ord. 402, passed 8-9-94)