(A) Complaints alleging violations of § 93.07 shall be received and processed or may be initiated by code enforcement officials of the Building Official’s office within the Department of Public Works of the city. An inspection shall be made by code enforcement officials to determine whether or not a probable violation exists.
(B) Where it appears after such inspection that there is a violation, the notice of said violation shall be given to the owner or occupant in charge as follows: notice in writing personally served; or notice by letter addressed to such owner at his or her post office address; or notice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in said city if personal service may not be had on the owner or occupant.
(C) The contents of such notice shall include:
(1) Date of notice;
(2) Directed to the owner, if known, and his or her address, if known, and if unknown: “to the owner of Lot _____, Block_______, _____________ Addition to the City of Maud, Texas, and with a street address of _________ Street, Maud, Texas,” or other proper description, so that the lot may be identified;
(3) Calling attention to the code violations on the property;
(4) Stating the minimum requirements to correct the said violations;
(5) A statement that, if the proper action is not taken within ten days to correct the deficiency, or if a written application is not filed with the City Council within the same ten-day period, the city, may do such work or cause the same to be done and thereafter charge the expenses incurred in doing or having such work done, together with costs of newspaper publication, lien notices and administrative costs of $100 to the owner of each such property, and that the city shall have a lien on the property as provided by law; and
(6) A statement that a complaint may be filed in Municipal Court in addition to any other action by the city if the violation is not corrected and if the appeal, where made, is not sustained by the City Council.
(Ord. 12-062, passed 7-19-2012) Penalty, see § 93.99
Statutory reference:
Authority of city to prohibit and regulate matters dealt with in this section, see Tex. Health and Safety Code §§ 342.001 et seq.