Plano, TX Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

City Code of Ordinances Sec. A. Local Government Code, Chapter 54, Subchapter C. Under subsection (c)(1), the commission hears cases involving public safety in construction materials and methods, fire safety features, "dangerously damaged or deteriorated buildings or improvements," overgrown vegetation and brush that creates a public safety hazard, and building-code conditions affecting the use or appearance of property citywide. After a hearing and a finding of violation, subsection (c)(2) empowers the commission to declare a building substandard, order reduced occupancy or removal of persons/property from dangerous conditions, require demolition of a structure found to be a public nuisance, require repair within a fixed period to bring the property into code compliance, order correction of a dangerous condition (with the city able to complete the work and bill the owner if the owner fails to act), require that dangerous unoccupied structures be secured against entry, direct peace officers to carry out its orders, and set civil penalties recoverable under Local Government Code Chapter 54, Subchapter B.

Notice procedures in Sec. 6-4 require personal delivery or certified mail to owners and lienholders at least 10 days before a hearing, posting for unknown owners, and newspaper publication. Sec. 6-6 caps the civil penalty at the maximum allowed under Chapter 54, Subchapter C, and lets the city file the order with the Collin County District Clerk to enforce it. Failing to comply with a final commission order is a Class C misdemeanor under Sec. 6-13, punishable up to $2,000 per offense, with each day of noncompliance a separate offense and no culpable mental state required for conviction.