(a) 
Notice to an owner of real property for the purpose of enforcing The Code of Civil and Criminal Ordinances of the City of Irving, Texas, may include the following statement in the notice: "According to the real property records of Dallas County, you own the real property described in this notice. If you no longer own the property, you must execute an affidavit stating that you no longer own the property and stating the name and last known address of the person who acquired the property from you. The affidavit must be delivered in person or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to this office not later than the 20th day after the date you receive this notice. If you do not send the affidavit, it will be presumed that you own the property described in this notice, even if you do not." The notice must be delivered in person or by certified mail, return receipt requested.
(b) 
If the city sends a notice to the owner of the property to which the notice relates as shown on or after the tenth day before the date notice is sent by the Dallas County real property records, and the record owner no longer owns the property, the record owner shall execute an affidavit provided with the notice by the governmental entity stating:
(1) 
That the record owner no longer owns the property; and
(2) 
The name and last known address of the person who acquired the property from the record owner.
(c) 
The record owner shall deliver the affidavit in person or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the code enforcement director not later than the twentieth day after the date the record owner receives the notice.
(d) 
If the code enforcement director receives an affidavit under subsection (c), the code enforcement director shall send the appropriate notice to the person named in the affidavit as having acquired the property. A notice sent under this subsection must include the statement authorized by subsection (a)(1).
(e) 
If the code enforcement director receives an affidavit under subsection (c), he or she shall:
(1) 
Maintain the affidavit on file for at least two (2) years after the date the entity receives the affidavit; and
(2) 
Deliver a copy of the affidavit to the chief appraiser of the appraisal district in which the property is located.
(f) 
The city is considered to have provided notice to a property owner if the city complies with the statute, rule, regulation, or ordinance under which the notice is sent and if it:
(1) 
Complies with subsection (a) and does not receive an affidavit from the record owner; or
(2) 
Complies with subsection (d) and does not receive an affidavit from the person to whom the notice was sent under subsection (d).
(g) 
If the city complies with this section and does not receive an affidavit under subsection (c), the record owner is presumed to be the owner of the property for all purposes to which the notice relates.
(h) 
For purposes of this section, "real property" does not include a mineral interest or royalty interest.
(i) 
All notices herein shall be sent or given by the code enforcement director.
(Ordinance 2008-9000, § 2, adopted 10/2/2008)
(a) 
It is unlawful for the owner or manager of a building to knowingly:
(1) 
Permit a building or structure to be in violation of any provision of this chapter;
(2) 
Permit a building to exist in a dilapidated or substandard condition, or condition unfit for human habitation and a hazard to the public health, safety, and welfare;
(3) 
Permit a building to be unoccupied and 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;
(4) 
Permit a building that is boarded up, fenced, or otherwise secured to:
a. 
Constitute a danger to the public; or
b. 
Have inadequate means to secure the building from unauthorized entry or use;
(5) 
Permit a building to be unoccupied or occupied only by persons who do not have a right of possession and violate any applicable law;
(6) 
Permit a building to exist in a dangerously damaged or deteriorated condition or in a condition likely to endanger persons or property;
(7) 
Permit a building to be occupied when the building does not meet the minimum building or maintenance standards as set forth in this chapter;
(8) 
Permit a building to operate with a risk rating of 4 except as provided in this chapter; or
(9) 
Permit a building to operate without updating information required by a license as set forth in this chapter;
(10) 
Permit a building or unit to be occupied that does not have a certificate of occupancy.
(b) 
It is unlawful for the owner, manager, occupant or lessee of a building to knowingly:
(1) 
Remove or destroy a placard placed by the city without authority from the code enforcement director, building official, police chief or fire chief;
(2) 
Occupy a building or room on which the city has placed a placard;
(3) 
Permit a person to occupy a building or room on which the city has placed a placard; or
(4) 
Permit interference with an employee of a utility company posting notices of a utility interruption at dwelling units of a master-metered multi-family dwelling community.
(5) 
Remove a notice of utility interruption posted at a dwelling unit of master-metered multi-family dwelling community. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this subsection that the person is a resident of the dwelling unit from which notice is removed.
(c) 
The owner or manager of a master-metered multi-family dwelling community commits an offense if the owner or manager fails to pay a utility bill and the nonpayment results in the interruption to any dwelling unit of an essential utility service.
(1) 
Each violation of this subsection is considered a separate offense for each dwelling unit to which an essential utility service is interrupted.
(2) 
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this subsection that the occupant of a dwelling unit to which utility service is interrupted is in arrears in rent to the owner or manager of the master-metered multi-family dwelling community.
(d) 
It is unlawful for any person to knowingly:
(1) 
Own or manage a manufactured home community or recreational vehicle community that contains any manufactured home built after 1976 that is not constructed and installed in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, including, but not limited to, those of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; or
(2) 
Own, keep or occupy a manufactured home built after 1976 that is not constructed and installed in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations including, but not limited to, those of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(Ordinance 2008-9000, § 2, adopted 10/2/2008)
(a) 
A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00). However, a fine for the violation of a provision of this chapter that governs fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation, including dumping or refuse, may not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).
(b) 
Violations that govern fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation include, but are not limited to, those violations in buildings, dwelling units, multi-family dwelling communities, manufactured home and recreational vehicle communities, hotels, and on grounds.
(c) 
An offense under article X or article XI is punishable by a fine not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).
(d) 
Each day any violation of any provision of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense. Each structure or ground which is in violation of any part of this chapter is a separate offense. Each violation in any structure or ground is a separate offense.
(e) 
The penalties provided for in this section are in addition to any other enforcement remedies that the city may have under other city ordinances or state law.
(Ordinance 2008-9000, § 2, adopted 10/2/2008; Ordinance 2009-9081, § 3, adopted 6/11/2009; Ordinance 2009-9113, § 3, adopted 9/3/2009)