DEPARTMENT: Development Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Michael Shannon, Interim Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Neighborhood Protection Policy
SUMMARY:
Council Member Alan Warrick, II, submitted a Council Consideration Request (CCR) on January 18, 2017, asking City staff to research and recommend measures to prevent the negative impact to the quality of life in neighborhoods and disruption of peace by prohibiting those actors where Certificates of Occupancy have been revoked previously by the director of Development Services, the code official, at least twice and for cause, from receiving a third certificate of occupancy for a determined period of time.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
According to San Antonio City Code Chapter 10, Article I, Section 10-12, a certificate of occupancy is issued after the building official inspects the building or structure and finds no violations of the provisions of this chapter or other laws enforced by the department. The building official is authorized to suspend or revoke a certificate of occupancy under the provisions of this chapter wherever the certificate is issued in error, or on the basis of incorrect information supplied, or where it is determined that the building or structure or portion thereof is in violation of any ordinance or regulation or any provisions of this chapter.
The current provisions do not provide the building official with the authority to withhold issuance of a certificate of occupancy to a business if that business has previously had its certificate of occupancy revoked for cause.
On March 31, 2017, the Development Services Department (DSD) presented above changes for Chapter 10 to the Building-Related and Fire Codes Appeals and Advisory Board (BRFCAAB). The BRFCAAB approved the concept and requested a revised copy of Chapter 10 for final approval. Chapter 10, Section 10-12 - Certificate of Occupancy, (b) Certificate Issued will be modified by adding the following...
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