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Brookshire adopts ordinance to streamline enforcement on substandard buildings
Summary
After a legal briefing on state authority and due-process steps, the Brookshire City Council approved Order/Ordinance No. 2674816 to replace the city’s dangerous-buildings rules and speed enforcement by empowering staff and using a Chapter 214 administrative/judicial process.
The Brookshire City Council on April 16 approved Order/Ordinance No. 2674816, repealing and replacing the city's dangerous-buildings article to establish procedures for unsafe or substandard buildings consistent with Chapter 214 of the Texas Local Government Code. The vote was taken by voice and the motion passed.
The council's action followed a presentation from Natalie Dame, a senior attorney with the Denton Navarro law firm serving as special counsel. Dame told the council the streamlined approach merges the administrative process with a quasi-judicial…
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