S. Dallas Crime Watch | City of Dallas is compiling list of properties that are urban nuisances.

VACANT OR BOARDED HOMES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD????? South Central is here to help.

We need you to help us by:

* composing a list of the vacant or boarded homes in your area. Include on

... the list your name, contact number, the crime watch group you attend, a
complete and accurate address for the listed property, a description of the
house if no address is posted (color or location on the street) and the length
of time house has been vacant or boarded.
* Have the list ready at the next Neighborhood Crime Watch meeting.
* Give the list to the NPO conducting the meeting, drop the list off at the
substation or mail the list to the substation to the attention of the NPO Unit.

South Central Patrol Division
1999 E. Camp Wisdom Road

A single listing of the properties will be compiled and then submitted to the city prosecutors office to consider for demolition.

 A brief look at Chp 27.  of the Dallas City Code.

SEC. 27-1.     LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS OF FACT.

     There exists in the city of Dallas, Texas, structures used for human habitation and nonresidential purposes that are substandard in structure and maintenance.  Furthermore, inadequate provision for light and air, insufficient protection against fire, lack of proper heating, insanitary conditions, and overcrowding constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals, welfare, and reasonable comfort of the citizens of the city of Dallas.  The existence of such conditions will create slum and blighted areas requiring large scale clearance, if not remedied.  Furthermore, in the absence of corrective measures, such areas will experience a deterioration of social values, a curtailment of investment and tax revenue, and an impairment of economic values.  The establishment and maintenance of minimum structural and environmental standards are essential to the prevention of blight and decay and the safeguarding of public health, safety, morals, and welfare.  (Ord. Nos. 15198; 19234)

SEC. 27-2.     PURPOSE OF CHAPTER.

     (a)     The purpose of this chapter is to protect the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the citizens of the city of Dallas by establishing minimum standards applicable to residential and nonresidential structures.  Minimum standards are established with respect to utilities, facilities, and other physical components essential to make structures safe, sanitary, and fit for human use and habitation.
     (b)     This chapter is found to be remedial and essential to the public interest, and it is intended that this chapter be liberally construed to effect its purpose.  All structures within the city on the effective date of this chapter, or constructed thereafter, must comply with the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. Nos. 15198; 19234; 24961)