Ord 047-91 5/7/1991 ORDINANCE NO. 1247-q/
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 7 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES ENTITLED 'BUILDINGS' , AT SECTIONS 7-28 AND
7-29 SO AS TO DELETE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE
BUILDING INSPECTOR AND FIRE MARSHAL UNDER SAID
SECTIONS, AND SUBSTITUTING SUCH RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE
BUILDING AND CODE ADMINISTRATOR OR HIS DESIGNEE;
PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE; PROVIDING A
REPEALER CLAUSE, AND FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE
MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED WAS OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Section 7-28 of the Code of Ordinances
entitled duties of the building inspector and fire marshal is
hereby amended so that said section shall read as follows:
"Duties of the building and code administrator or his
designee.
The building and code administrator or his designee shall:
(a) Inspect or cause to be inspected, when necessary, all public
buildings, schools, halls, churches, theaters, hotels,
tenements or apartments, other multifamily residences,
commercial manufacturing buildings for the purpose of
determining whether any conditions exist which render such
places a "dangerous building or structure" within the terms
of section 7-25 of this article.
(b) Inspect any building, wall or structure about which
complaints are filed by any person to the effect that a
building wall or structure is or may be existing in
violation of this article.
(c) Determine the names and current addresses of the owners and
other persons having an interest in any building found to be
a "dangerous building or structure" by reviewing the deed
records of the county in which the structure is situated.
In the event that the current addresses of the owners or
other persons having an interest in the property cannot be
ascertained from county deed records, the building and code
administrator or his designee shall attempt to determine
their current addresses by:
(1) Reviewing the records and accounts of the various
departments of the City of Wichita Falls;
( 2) Interviewing the occupants or owners of adjoining
property;
(3 ) Reviewing telephone and city directories; and
( 4) Contacting relatives of the owners and other persons
having interest in the structure.
(d) Provide written notice to the owner and other persons having
an interest in the structure by personal service or
certified mail at their current address. If the owners and
other interested persons or their current address cannot be
determined, such notice shall be published in a newspaper of
general circulation, not less than three ( 3 ) times within a
fifteen-day period.
(e) Set forth in the notice provided for in subsection (d)
hereof, a description of the building or structure deemed
unsafe, a statement of the particulars which make the
building or structure a "dangerous building," and an order
requiring the same to be put in such condition as to comply
with the terms of this article. Such order shall state
that:
(1) The owner must vacate or repair, or demolish the
building or structure in accordance with the terms of
this notice and this article;
(2) The occupant or lessee must vacate the building or
structure or may have it repaired in accordance with
the notice and remain in possession;
(3 ) The owner or other persons having an interest in the
building or structure may at his own risk repair,
vacate, or demolish the building or structure, or have
such work or act done, provided that any person
notified under this subsection to repair, vacate or
demolish any building or structure shall be given such
reasonable time, not exceeding sixty (60) days, as may
be necessary to do or have done, the work or act
required by the notice provided for herein.
(f) Report to the city council in its capacity as building
commission any noncompliance with the "notice" provided for
in subsections (d) and (e) hereof.
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(g) Appear at all hearings conducted by the city council in its
capacity as building commission and testify as to the
conditions of "dangerous building. "
(h) Place a note on all "dangerous buildings" upon a
determination by the city council that the structure is
hazardous, reading as follows:
"This building has been found to be a dangerous building by
the City of Wichita Falls building and code administrator or
his designee. This notice is to remain on this building
until it is repaired, vacated, or demolished in accordance
with the notice which has been given the owner. It is
unlawful to remove this notice until such notice is complied
with. "
SECTION 2. That Section 7-29 of the Code of Ordinances
entitled duties of the City council acting in its capacity as
building commission, is hereby amended at Subsections (a) and (b)
so that such subsections shall read as follows:
"Duties of city council acting in its capacity as building
commission.
(a) Upon receipt of a report of the building and code
administrator or his designee as provided for in section 7-28(f)
hereof, notice shall be given as required by section 7-28(d) to
the owners and all other persons having an interest in the
building to appear before the commission on a date specified in
the notice to show cause why the building or structure reported
to be a "dangerous building" should not be repaired, vacated or
demolished in accordance with the statement of particulars set
forth in the building and code administrator' s (or his designee)
notice provided for herein in section 7-28(e) .
(b) The city council shall hold a hearing and hear such
testimony as the building and code administrator or his designee
and the owner, or any other person having an interest in the
building, shall offer relative to the determination of the
question of whether the building or structure in question is a
dangerous building. "
SECTION 3 . It is the intention of the City Council of the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas, that the provisions of this
ordinance shall become a part of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and that sections of this ordinance
may be renumbered or relettered to accomplish such intention.
SECTION 4. If any provision, section, subsection, sentence,
clause, or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same
to any person or set of circumstances is for any reason held to
be unconstitutional, void or invalid (or for any reason
unenforceable) , the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of
circumstances shall not be affected thereby, it being the intent
of the City Council of the City of Wichita Falls in adopting and
of the Mayor in approving this ordinance, that no portion hereof
or provision or regulation contained herein shall fail by reason
of any unconstitutionality or invalidity of any other portion,
provision or regulation, and to this end all provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 5 . It is hereby officially found and determined
that the meeting at which this resolution is passed is open to
the public as required by law and that public notice of the time,
place, and purpose of said meeting was given as required.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 7th day of May, 1991.
M A Y 0 R
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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ORDINANCE N0.38-91
' AN ORDINANCE NOMINATING
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TEXAS EXTERPRISE ZONE ACT
(TEXAS ARTICLE 5190.7); STATUTES, COUNTY OF WICHITA
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LAND ADJACENT TO THE TERRI- ' BUILDING AND CODE ADMINIS- , IN WHICH SUCH RATE MAY BE WAS OPEN TO THE PUBUC IN
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WICHITA FALLS,TEXAS,WHICH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN 11 AMENDED; PROVIDING FOR ORDINANCE NO.53-91
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PLAN FOR SUCH TRACT OF PEALER CLAUSE, AND FINDING.I RATE CASE EXPENSE; PROVID-
LAND ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS AND DETERMINING THAT THE ING FOR A SCHEDULE OF SER- TION 22-1(A)(9)OF THE CODE
ORDINANCE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDI- VICE CHARGES; PROVIDING OF ORDINANCES TO PERMIT •
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ORDINANCE WAIVING APPEN : TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY RATE; DECLARING AN EMERG- PORTION OF WILLIAMS PARK BY -
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