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City engineer outlines plan to revive Building and Standards Commission; $40,000 budgeted for unsafe-structure work
Summary
City Engineer Chris Snapp briefed Terrell City Council on reconstituting the Building and Standards Commission, a timeline for appointments and orientation, and the intended use of budgeted funds mainly for demolition or mitigation of unsafe, primarily unoccupied structures.
City Engineer Chris Snapp briefed the Terrell City Council on Feb. 4 about plans to reconstitute the Building and Standards Commission and the city’s process for addressing unsafe structures.
Snapp said the commission has not met in several years and that staff intends a staged reinstatement: appoint commissioners by March, conduct a legal and procedural orientation in May, and begin hearings on identified properties in June, with more visible activity expected by September or October.
Why it matters: the Building and Standards Commission is the city’s formal mechanism for enforcing property‑maintenance and unsafe‑structure remedies.…
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