§ 8-72. Performance of work and recovery of cost

(a) General.

(1) Procedure. When any work to repair, remove, secure, vacate, or demolish is to be done pursuant to this article, the code compliance officer shall cause the work to be accomplished by city personnel or by private contract under the direction of the code compliance officer, or he may employ such architectural and engineering assistance on a contract basis as he may deem reasonably necessary.

(2) Costs. The cost of such work shall be paid from the general fund, and may be made a special assessment against the property involved.

(b) Vacant or dangerous building remediation funding.

(1) The city council may appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary in order to expedite the remediation. Payments shall be made out of said funding upon the order of the code compliance officer, with the concurrence of the city manager, to defray the costs and expenses incurred by the city in doing or causing to be done the necessary remediation of substandard buildings and structures. Any collection or special assessment shall be refunded to the general fund.

(2) The code compliance officer shall keep an itemized account of the expenses incurred by the city in the remediation of any building pursuant to the provisions hereof, and upon the completion of the work, the code compliance officer shall cause to be prepared and filed with the city secretary a report specifying the work done, the itemized and total cost thereof, a description of the real property upon that the building or structure is or was located and the names and addresses of the persons entitled to notice pursuant to section 8-69 hereof.

(3) The city council may thereupon order that said costs, including administrative costs, be made a personal obligation of the feeholder and/or assess said charge against the property involved under the applicable provisions of the Constitution and laws of the United States, the State of Texas, and the Charter of the City of Granite Shoals.

(4) If the city council orders that the charge shall be a personal obligation of the feeholder, it may request the city attorney to collect the same on behalf of the city by use of all appropriate legal remedies. If the city council orders that the charge shall be assessed against the property under the applicable provisions of the Constitution and laws of the United States, the State of Texas, and the Charter of the City of Granite Shoals, it shall confirm the assessment and cause the same to be recorded in the real property records of Burnet County, and thereafter said assessment shall constitute a special assessment against and a lien upon the property.

(Ord. No. 613, § II, 8-27-2013)