Parker, TX Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

Chapter 152 defines a dangerous, dangerous structure, or substandard structure as one that is dilapidated, unfit for human habitation, unsecured against unauthorized entry, inadequately secured despite being boarded up or fenced, or out of compliance with the city's building, plumbing, or electrical codes or with county or state codes. 02 declares any structure meeting that definition a public nuisance and authorizes the city to require its vacation, the relocation of occupants, securing, repair, removal, or demolition. 04 requires the Building Official or Fire Marshal to send written notice, by certified mail or in person, to the owner, occupant, lessee, mortgagee, and anyone else with a recorded interest, describing the alleged violation and setting a public hearing.

05 requires that notice be mailed or delivered at least 21 days before the hearing, with newspaper publication at least 10 days beforehand if the city chooses to publish. At the hearing, the City Council, sitting as the Building Commission, takes testimony from the Building Official, the Fire Marshal, the owner, and other witnesses, then makes written findings on whether the structure is dangerous. 03(A)(5) authorizes demolition specifically where, after notice and hearing, the structure is found to be 50 percent or more damaged, decayed, or deteriorated from its original condition, or otherwise dangerous to occupants' health, safety, morals, or welfare.

If the owner does not act within the time the city sets, the city may vacate, secure, remove, or demolish the structure, or relocate the occupants, at the owner's expense.