Immediate corrective action.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 10-392
in effectSec. 10-392. - Immediate corrective action.
(a) If after an investigation appropriate to the circumstances the building standards official concludes that a condition of a property constitutes a serious and immediate hazard, the building standards official, as soon as reasonably possible, shall confer with the hearing officer regarding the condition. The conference may be in person, by telephone, or by electronic means but will not constitute a proceeding within the meaning of this article. The conference may be ex parte.
(b) If, as a result of the conference to which subsection (a) of this section refers, the building standards official and the hearing officer agree that the condition constitutes a serious and immediate hazard, as soon as reasonably possible the building standards official, at the city's expense, but without the necessity of prior notice to any person, shall cause corrective action to be taken so that the condition no longer constitutes a serious and immediate hazard.
(c) As soon as reasonably possible after the conclusion of the conference to which subsection (a) of this section refers, the hearing officer shall memorialize the date and time of the conference; the circumstances as described during the conference by the building standards official; whether the building standards official and the hearing officer agreed or disagreed that the condition constituted a serious and immediate hazard; and the reasons for the agreement or disagreement, as understood by the hearing officer. The memorialization may be typed, handwritten, or in electronic form and shall be preserved in the records of the hearing officer. The hearing officer promptly shall provide a copy of the memorialization to the building standards official.
(Ord. No. 2011-108, § 4, 2-9-2011)
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_DIV7EM_S10-392IMCOACFetched: 10/26/2026