Frisco, TX Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)
Key Facts
- Code
- IPMC as adopted
- Cure Period
- Typically 10 days
- Fine
- Up to $500/day
- Enforcement
- Code Services + BSC
Summary
Frisco adopts the International Property Maintenance Code with local amendments. Conditions such as peeling paint, damaged roofs, broken windows, accumulated junk, and inoperable vehicles constitute blight. Code Services issues correction notices typically requiring abatement within 10 days.
Sec. 343.011. PUBLIC NUISANCE. (a) This section applies only to the unincorporated area of a county.(b) A person may not cause, permit, or allow a public nuisance under this section.(c) A public nuisance is:(1) keeping, storing, or accumulating refuse on premises in a neighborhood unless the refuse is entirely contained in a closed receptacle;(2) keeping, storing, or accumulating rubbish, including newspapers, abandoned vehicles, refrigerators, stoves, furniture, tires, and cans, on premises in a neighborhood or within 300 feet of a public street for 10 days or more, unless the rubbish or object is completely enclosed in a building or is not visible from a public street;(3) maintaining premises in a manner that creates an unsanitary
Full Breakdown
Frisco Code Services inspects properties on complaint or proactive patrol. Severe cases involving structural decay can trigger a Building and Standards Commission hearing with authority to order repair or demolition. Liens may be placed on properties for city-performed abatement costs. Contact Frisco at (972) 292-5000 for enforcement.
Violations & Fines
Citations up to $500/day (Class C misdemeanor). Structural violations handled by Building Standards Commission.
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