Wylie, TX Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)

Wylie does not run a separate landlord-tenant habitability ordinance; instead, Sec. 22-101 adopts the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code as the city's property maintenance code, applicable to all residential, nonresidential and commercial buildings, existing premises and structures, and setting the minimum requirements and standards for premises, structures, equipment and facilities for safe and sanitary maintenance. The adopting ordinance, No. 2022-19, took effect February 8, 2022, and the city secretary keeps the official reference copy on file. Because the IPMC is adopted without the article of local amendments used for the building, plumbing, mechanical and electrical codes, its baseline provisions on structural maintenance, sanitation, plumbing fixtures, heating, light and ventilation apply directly to rented single-family homes, duplexes and apartments the same as owner-occupied property.

Code Enforcement uses this chapter to investigate tenant complaints about defective structural elements, insufficient sanitation or unsafe equipment, and can escalate to the dangerous-buildings procedures in Sec. 22-211 when conditions rise to the level of a public nuisance. Because property maintenance sits squarely within the public health and sanitation category listed in the city's general penalty section, Sec. 1-13, a violation of the adopted IPMC can be fined up to $2,000.00 for each offense, with every day the condition continues counted as a separate offense until it is corrected.