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Irving proposes code enforcement reorganization and $1,000 short‑term rental registration to fund STR inspections
Summary
Code enforcement director Shane Diller proposed reorganizing field teams to increase proactive patrols, add short‑term rental inspections and charge a $1,000 annual STR registration fee to fund the program; council gave consensus to include the changes in the manager’s proposed budget.
Irving’s code enforcement director outlined a proposed reorganization intended to increase proactive enforcement, professionalize field operations and launch a short‑term rental (STR) inspection program funded by a higher registration fee.
Shane Diller told council the plan would restructure the department into specialized teams for neighborhood enhancement, commercial/zoning enforcement and multifamily programs, and add a dedicated STR inspections team composed of two housing inspectors and a customer service representative. Diller estimated about 340 short‑term rentals operate in the city (roughly 200 currently registered plus additional units expected in multifamily complexes) and said the program would run at about $340,000 annually. To recover costs, he proposed raising the STR registration fee from $300 to $1,000 per year.
Diller said the reorganization would increase proactive patrol frequency in single‑family neighborhoods to roughly once every nine weeks and allow zoning‑focused officers to monitor conditional use permits and development commitments more closely. He also described recent pilot programs (a "keep it clean Irving" blitz and a hotspot study with UTA) that informed the staffing model.
Councilmembers generally expressed support for professionalizing enforcement and improving responsiveness; some asked how the fee would scale if more STRs were discovered and whether the $1,000 figure would remain cost‑neutral if the STR count rose. Diller said the program and fee would be reviewed annually and adjusted if necessary. "If in fact we come in where there are far more STRs found and we need to adjust that, we'll look at that point to figure out whether or not we need to... revise the fee," he said.
The mayor and several councilmembers signaled consensus for the proposal to be included in the city manager’s proposed FY27 budget; the transcript does not show a formal adoption vote at this meeting.
