Cedar Park, TX Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

The city hereby declares that every building or structure in the city, regardless of the date of its construction, which is dilapidated, substandard, or unfit for human habitation and is a hazard to the public health, safety, and welfare is herein defined to be a public nuisance. A building or structure is substandard if it fails to comply with the minimum standards for continued use and occupancy set forth in the standard building codes adopted in section 3.01.001 of this article, as amended. In order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public, the city declares that any substandard building or structure in the city is subject to being repaired, vacated, secured, removed, or demolished to abate such public nuisance.

(b) Criminal penalty for violation.Any violation of this article, including but not limited to the standard building codes adopted in section 3.01.001 of this article, shall be deemed a class C misdemeanor, and upon conviction, punishable by fine not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per day for each violation, pursuant to the general penalty provision in section 1.01.009 of this code, as amended. Continuing violations shall be deemed a separate offense upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues, and such fine may be levied for each day that a violation exists. (Ordinance CO23-14-01-23-C6 adopted 1/23/14)