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POLICY PROPOSAL
DATE FILE NUMBER SUBJECT Substandard Housing Enforcement PAGE 1 OF-L
12/22/75 CP-7
PROPOSI-1 PROPOSED BY: C!T_Y MANAGER'S REVIEW
Hugh Parmer
The City of Fort Worth has an adequate ordinance (No. 6650) dealing with substandard
properties.
As a general principle the City Council expects the stiff to enforce this ordinance
as it is written. This enforcement would include issuing of municipal citation on
the authority of the Housing Officer unless a timely appeal had been made by the
ounier.
However, the City Council recognizes that administrative rigidity could result in
hardships to many low income citizens and persons living on fixed incomes.
Therefore, it is the policy of the City Council that present enforcement procedures
be continued in dealing with owner-occupied properties and with rental properties
which are owned by persons owning or controlling four or fewer rental units.
The City Council believes that persons offering over four housing units for rent to
the public are in fact in the business of dealing in residential rental housing.
Such persons have a major impact on the quality of housing in Fort Worth because of
the number of units controlled. They, therefore, have a unique responsibility. to
provide adequate housing.
The Council also recognizes that the City Housing staff has limited personnel and
resources.
Therefore, as an advisory policy the City Council recommends that the Housing
Official and his staff establish priorities of enforcement to guide the staff in
the use of their time and resources. It is suggested that top enforcement priority
be given to owners of most numbers of substandard rental units, with particular
emphasis on those owners in this category who have a history of violating the City
Housing Codes.
Finally, the City Council recognizes that situations may develop which create an
immediate hazard to the health and safety of a neighborhood or area.
In these cases, the City Council suggests that strict enforcement of the ordinance
may be applied to remedy the emergency, even if such enforcement violates other
principles of this policy statement.
LEGALITY
FISCAL NOTE L3
CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS[�
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POLICY PROPOSAL (cont'd)
Legality
The City Attorney has indicated no objections to this policy statement.
Fiscal Note
This proposal would basically just shift the priorities of the inspectors
from a City-wide effort to multiple owners, and as such would not necessarily
require any additional funds.
City Manager's Comments
We concur this policy will improve the staff capability to improve t condition
of blight and substandard properties.
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Hugh armer, Councilman
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