Lewisville, TX Rental Inspections: Inspection Programs (2026)
Key Facts
- Inspection frequency
- At least annually, more if needed
- Standard applied
- City's Property Maintenance Code
- Notice required
- Advance notice plus checklist
- Pass result
- Written inspection report issued
- Consequence
- Uncorrected violations can revoke license
Summary
Lewisville inspects every licensed multi-family complex at least once a year under City Code § 4-207, checking compliance with the city's property maintenance code. The code official gives advance notice and an inspection checklist before entering, documents a pass with a written report, and can order the owner or property manager to correct any violations found on a set deadline.
(a)Minimum standards. Any multi-family complex inspected under the authority of this division must comply with the standards set forth in this section in order to pass inspection. This inspection will determine compliance with minimum building and property maintenance standards set forth in the property maintenance code (PMC).(b)Notice. The code official shall give reasonable notice to the owner or property manager of a multi-family complex of his intention to inspect the multi-family complex. Notice shall include an inspection checklist.(c)Unlawful acts. It is unlawful for an owner or property manager to falsify any document or record related to an inspection or to conceal or attempt to conceal any condition that may be a violation of any provision of the standards set forth in the PMC.(d)Frequency. Inspections shall be performed annually by the code official or more often as deemed necessary by the code official.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Unified Development Code: Supplement 3 | Code of Ordinances: Supplement 34 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Inspections under this division test compliance with the minimum building and property maintenance standards codified in the city's property maintenance code (PMC), not just cosmetic upkeep. The code official must give the owner or property manager reasonable advance notice of an inspection, along with a checklist identifying what will be reviewed, before entering the property. Inspections recur at least annually for every licensed complex, and the code official can schedule additional inspections whenever necessary, for example after a complaint. When a complex passes, the code official documents the result and issues the owner or manager a written inspection report for their records.
When violations are found, the code official may issue a written order directing correction, and has discretion to set a reasonable compliance deadline; that order can be revised, amended, or extended as circumstances require, but issuing it does not limit the city's separate authority to issue a citation for any violation of applicable law. Falsifying an inspection document or record, or concealing or attempting to conceal a condition that violates the PMC standards, is itself a separate unlawful act under this division, independent of whatever underlying condition was hidden.
This inspection regime runs alongside the annual multi-family complex license required by § 4-206, since license issuance depends on the same property first clearing its backflow-device and fire-protection-system testing, and uncorrected violations documented during an inspection are grounds for the director of neighborhood and inspection services to revoke that license.
Violations & Fines
Falsifying an inspection record or concealing a PMC violation from the code official is a separate unlawful act, apart from the underlying condition itself. Uncorrected violations documented during an inspection are grounds for the director of neighborhood and inspection services to revoke the complex's multi-family license under § 4-206, and the city may still issue citations independent of any correction order.
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