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Texarkana adopts ordinance allowing suspension or revocation of commercial occupancy permits for nuisance-related incidents
Summary
The board adopted an ordinance empowering the building official to suspend or revoke commercial certificates of occupancy for properties declared nuisances, or that experience multiple verified nuisance incidents or imminent threats; the ordinance includes notice and appeal steps and an emergency clause was attached.
The Board of Directors voted to adopt an ordinance authorizing the suspension or revocation of commercial certificates of occupancy when properties are declared public nuisances, are the site of multiple verified nuisance incidents within a short period, or pose an imminent threat to public health or safety.
City staff said the measure is intended to give the building official authority — on…
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