§ 14-325. Notice of hearing before the building and standards commission.

Notice of all proceedings before the building and standards commission shall be given on or before the tenth day before the date fixed for hearing before the building and standards commission and must state the date, time, and place of the hearing:

(1)

By personal delivery, by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by delivery by the United States Postal Service using signature confirmation service, to the record owners of the affected property sent to the last known address, and each mortgagee, lienholder and each holder of a recorded lien against the affected property, as shown by the records of the county clerk in which the affected property is located if the address of the lienholder can be ascertained from the deed of trust establishing lien or other applicable instruments on file in the office of the county clerk.

(2)

To all unknown owners by posting a copy of the notice on the front door of each improvement situated on the affected property or as close to the front as practicable.

(3)

In addition, the notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city on one occasion before the tenth day preceding the date fixed for the hearing.

(4)

The notice shall contain the following:

a.

The name and address of the owner of the affected property if that information can be determined from a reasonable search of the instruments on file in the real property records of the county clerk where the real property is primarily situated.

b.

An identification, which is not required to be a legal description of the building and the property on which it is located.

c.

A description of the violation of the municipal standards that is present at the building.

d.

A statement that the city will vacate, secure, remove, repair or demolish the building or relocate the occupants of the building if the ordered action is not taken within a reasonable time.

e.

A statement that the owner, lienholder, or mortgagee will be required to submit proof, at the hearing, of any work that may be required to comply with this article and the time it will take to reasonably perform the work.

f.

The time, date, and place of the hearing.

(5)

Notice to a condominium association shall conform to the requirements of V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 54.035, as may be amended.

(6)

In addition, if the city files a notice in the official public records of real property where the real property is primarily situated pertaining to the hearing, as set forth above, the notice shall bind all subsequent holders of interest in the property, according to state law.

(7)

All meetings of the commission shall be open be open to the public.

(Code 2005, § 14-325; Ord. No. 2013-28, § 2, 9-9-2013)