Building official reports on substandard structures, mold complaints and flood-map changes
Assistant Development Services Director Christian Summers described recent inspections that flagged several unoccupied substandard structures (garages, damaged homes), discussed challenges with FEMA Region 6 records, and explained proposed flood-insurance map updates via Harris County's MapNext tool.
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Christian Summers, assistant development services director and building official, told the commission staff had recently toured the city to inspect substandard structures and enumerated problem addresses. "We've got 2 detached garages, 1 of which I've been working on Mayfair and Anderson... the garage has failed... Is leaning and the right side of the roof has dropped about 2 feet," he said, and noted an RV on site and yards full of debris at some properties.
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