Hearings before the commission.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 10-344
in effectSec. 10-344. - Hearings before the commission.
(a) The city attorney may recommend to the commission rules and procedures as are reasonable and necessary for the operation of the commission and the enforcement of this article. The commission as a whole shall adopt rules as required by Section 54.034, Texas Local Government Code.
(b) The neighborhood protection official shall designate a city employee to maintain the office of the commission and to preserve all records of the commission for at least three years after the records are created and as otherwise required by law. The city employee designated pursuant to this subsection may be the same city employee designated by the building official pursuant to section 10-332(b) of this Code.
(c) Notice of all proceedings before the commission shall be given as required by Section 54.035, Texas Local Government Code, or by Subchapter A of Chapter 214, Texas Local Government Code, and by this Code, as applicable to the proceeding.
(d) Proceedings before the commission shall be conducted essentially in the same manner prescribed by division 2 of this article for administrative hearings before the hearing officer.
(e) Promptly after the commission has issued a written order under this division, the neighborhood protection official shall give notice of the order in the manner required by Section 54.035, Texas Local Government Code, or by Subchapter A of Chapter 214, Texas Local Government Code, and by this Code, as applicable to the proceeding.
(f) In essentially the same manner prescribed by section 10-332(m) of this Code, the building standards official shall provide in recordable form a release of an order entered by the commission.
(Ord. No. 2011-108, § 4, 2-9-2011; Ord. No. 2011-697, § 11, 8-10-2011)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH10BUNEPR_ARTIXBUST_DIV3ADHEBEBUSTCO_S10-344HEBECOFetched: 10/26/2026