§ 6-160. Additional state authority.

Under authority of V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 214.001, subch. A. Dangerous Structures, upon hearing, a building or structure shall be ordered demolished, vacated, secured, or repaired, and/or its occupants relocated if found to be:

(1)

Dilapidated, substandard, or unfit for human habitation and a hazard to the public health, safety, and welfare; or

(2)

Regardless of its structural condition, but having been subject to repeated criminal enforcement efforts, unoccupied by its owners, lessees, or other invitees, the building is unsecured from unauthorized entry to the extent that it could be entered or used by vagrants or other uninvited persons as a place of harborage or could be entered or used by children.

(Ord. No. 85915, § 2, 4-17-97)